M&A Deal Summary

Altor Equity Partners Acquires Ferrosan Medical Devices

On December 1, 2011, private equity firm Altor Equity Partners acquired medical products company Ferrosan Medical Devices

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Altor Equity Partners’ 6th transaction in Denmark.
Investment Fate
  • Ferrosan Medical Devices was sold to a financial buyer in 2017.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-12-01
Target Ferrosan Medical Devices
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Altor Equity Partners
Deal Type Consolidation

Target

Ferrosan Medical Devices

Soborg, Denmark
Ferrosan Medical Devices is a provider of gelatine-based absorbable hemostatic products. Key products are Spongostan® / Surgifoam® (a gelatine-based absorbable hemostat also offered in powder form) and Surgiflo® (a prefilled, flowable hemostat). Ferrosan Medical Devices was founded in 2010 and is based in Soborg, Denmark.

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Buyer

Altor Equity Partners

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 8.3B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Altor Equity Partners is a private equity firm that looks to principally invest in medium-sized Nordic based companies across a broad range of industries. Altor typically seeks control positions when investing. Prospective companies generally have revenues of €50 to €500 million. Broad areas of interest include healthcare services, electronics, technology, financial services, business services, niche manufacturing, capital equipment, software, marine, consumer products, and communications. Altor Equity Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 39 of 99
Sector: Medical Products M&A 3 of 4
Type: Consolidation M&A Deals 2 of 6
Country: Denmark M&A 6 of 12
Year: 2011 M&A 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-08 Ålö AB

Umea, Sweden

Ålö AB is a developer and manufacturer of quality front-end loaders under the brands Quicke® and Trima®, and associated implements under Original Implements™. Ålö AB was founded in 1949 and is based in Umea, Sweden.

Buy €240M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-26 Haarslev

Harslev, Denmark

Haarslev is a cleantech business dedicated to manufacturing of processing equipment for organic by-products from e.g. slaughterhouses and water purification plants. The products are applied in various industries, including in the meat and bone meal and fishmeal industries and in the environmental and bio-energy sectors. Haarslev was founded in 1973 and is based in Harslev, Denmark.

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