M&A Deal Summary

Alpine Equity and Invest Acquire Bauer Group

On February 1, 2003, private equity firms Alpine Equity and Invest acquired machinery company Bauer Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Alpine Equity’s 1st and Invest’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Alpine Equity’s 7th and Invest’s 1st transaction in Austria.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2003-02-01
Target Bauer Group
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Alpine Equity
Invest
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Bauer Group

Voitsberg, Austria
Bauer Group is specialised in the manufacturing of agricultural equipment and machines as well as profiles such as metal sheet plate components and vessels. Bauer Group was founded in 1930 and is based in Voitsberg, Austria.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Alpine Equity

Bregenz, Austria

Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Alpine Equity is a lower middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in medium sized businesses in Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Germany. Prospective transaction situations include startups, corporate expansions, technology development, changes in shareholder structure, management buy-ins and buyouts, and turnarounds. The Firm will consider minority or majority positions and can invest both equity and mezzanine capital. Alpine Equity was formed in 1999 and is located in Breganz, Austria.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 15
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Austria M&A 7 of 13
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-12-01 Pachem AG

Austria

Pachem, an Austrian based packaging company, sought the expertise, reliability and experience of Alpine Equity to expand its operations into the United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-04-01 Alexander Scharf & Sohne Gesellschaftm.b.H.

Neusiedl/See, Austria

Scharf can look back at a decade of history in the coffee and catering sector. Scharf has had a constant develoment in its business segment and hence enjoys the status of being a pioneer in espresso-machine technology. The core business of the Scharf Company lies within development and trading of coffee machines and in the catering business.

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Buyer

Invest

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 200M EUR
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Invest is the investment arm of Raiffeisen bank group and looks to make long-term equity and mezzanine investments in small to mid-sized Austrian and German companies. Invest was established in 1984 and is headquartered in Linz, Austria.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 54
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 4
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 1 of 22
Country: Austria M&A 1 of 39
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-22 TTI Austria

St. Florian, Austria

TTI Austria offer services range from traditional personnel deployment on integration leasing and Payrollabrechnungen to special Recruiters jobs. TTI Austria is based in St. Florian, Austria.

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