M&A Deal Summary

Apostroph Group Acquires WIENERS+WIENERS

On April 10, 2017, Apostroph Group acquired business services company WIENERS+WIENERS from ECM Equity Capital Management

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Apostroph Group’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Apostroph Group’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-04-10
Target WIENERS+WIENERS
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Apostroph Group
Sellers(s) ECM Equity Capital Management
Deal Type Merger

Target

WIENERS+WIENERS

Ahrensburg, Germany
WIENERS+WIENERS GmbH is a provider of premium translation, adaptation, editing and proofreading services for business, advertising and financial texts. WIENERS+WIENERS was formed in 1990 and is based in Ahrensburg, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Apostroph Group

Ahrensburg, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Business Services
Employees160
DESCRIPTION

Apostroph Group is a language service provider in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region with a total of 10 sites across Switzerland and Germany. Apostroph offers language services in all disciplines and 100 languages, providing all industries with products tailor-made for the local markets. Apostroph Group was founded in 1994 and is based in Ahrensburg, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ECM Equity Capital Management

Frankfurt, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Equity Capital Management (ECM) is a private investment firm that looks to acquire majority/minority interests in mid-sized companies through its German Equity Partners private equity funds. ECM primarily looks for buyout opportunities to support succession and spin-off situations. Targets companies typically have annual sales between EUR10 and EUR250 million and are in the manufacturing, service or trade industries. ECM's geographical focus is within German-speaking Europe. ECM is based in Frankfurt.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 23
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 14 of 19
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-10 Apostroph Group

Ahrensburg, Germany

Apostroph Group is a language service provider in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region with a total of 10 sites across Switzerland and Germany. Apostroph offers language services in all disciplines and 100 languages, providing all industries with products tailor-made for the local markets. Apostroph Group was founded in 1994 and is based in Ahrensburg, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-20 Uroviva

Bulach, Switzerland

Uroviva is the largest provider of medical services in the field of urology, especially in the Canton of Zurich. Uroviva combines a highly specialized urological clinic with a network of eight urological practices and in the future one andrological practice. On this basis, more than 26,000 urological treatments per year are offered to the patients, including high quality and complex operations. A team of 21 experienced urologists with complementary sub-specializations at the Uroviva practices in combination with the Uroviva clinic providing outstanding infrastructure, state-of-the-art technology, and first-class personal service. Uroviva was founded in 2006 and is based in Bulach, Switzerland.

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