M&A Deal Summary

Ambienta Acquires Maccaferri

On February 12, 2024, private equity firm Ambienta acquired engineering company Maccaferri from Stellex Capital Management and The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ambienta’s 1st transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is Ambienta’s 19th transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2024-02-12
Target Maccaferri
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) Ambienta
Sellers(s) Stellex Capital Management
The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Maccaferri

Bologna, Italy
Maccaferri is a provider of environmental engineering solutions, design, and development of solutions within the civil engineering, geotechnical, and environmental construction market. The company's products represent a low carbon emissions and environmentally friendly alternative within the building materials space. It focuses on environmental solutions and supports the drive towards above-market average growth. Maccaferri was founded in 1879 and is based in Bologna, Italy.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ambienta

Milan, Italy

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 3.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ambienta is a pan-European middle-market investor focused on acquiring rapidly expanding companies capturing long-term environmental trends. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout Europe and looks to commit €30 to €100 million per transaction. Ambienta was formed in 2007 and is based in Milan, Italy.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 32
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 6 of 6
Country (Italy) 19 of 19
Year (2024) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-01-17 Frigoveneta

Verona, Italy

Frigoveneta designs, builds, and sells centralized refrigeratory systems predominantly for food retail and cold storage applications. Frigoveneta is based in Verona, Italy.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Stellex Capital Management

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 2.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Stellex Capital Management is a private equity firm focused on acquiring middle-market companies throughout North America and Europe. Stellex looks to invest $25 to $150 million in transactions valued up to $500 million. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, industrial, business services, aerospace, defense, government services, automotive, consumer products, distribution, and transportation. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, turnarounds, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, consolidations, and secondary purchases. Stellex Capital Management was formed in 2014 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 2 of 2
Country (Italy) 1 of 1
Year (2024) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-03-08 DBSantasalo

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

DBSantasalo designs and manufactures industrial gears and mechanical and hydraulic transmission systems used in a wide range of applications from industrial machinery, such as conveyors, to transportation applications, such as rail traction gears. DBSantasalo also manufactures industrial pumps for the oil, gas and petrochemical industries. DBSantasalo is based in Huddersfield, United Kingdom.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-05-31 TriplePoint

Houston, Texas, United States

TriplePoint is a provider of HVACR installations, maintenance, repair, design, and consulting services to commercial clients across a ten-plus state footprint in the Midwest and Southeast regions. TriplePoint is based in Houston, Texas.

Buy -
SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 474 of 481
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 115 of 117
Country (Italy) 11 of 11
Year (2024) 2 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-02-09 Jagex

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jagex is a video game developer and publisher focused on creating a deep and engaging living game on PC and mobile. Its flagship RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly active worlds, and community-focused development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped. Jagex was founded in 2000 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-02-15 KB

Seoul, South Korea

KB engaged in banking business, investment & securities, equity and derivatives brokerage services , life insurance and asset management. KB was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

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