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Ardian Acquires Duplomatic

On January 15, 2008, private equity firm Ardian acquired machinery company Duplomatic

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ardian’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 4th transaction in Italy.
Investment Fate
  • Duplomatic was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2013.
  • Duplomatic was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2017 for 27M EUR.
  • Duplomatic was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2022 for 220M EUR.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-01-15
Target Duplomatic
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Ardian
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Duplomatic

Parabiago, Italy
Duplomatic is a producer of hydraulic valves, pumps, and oil-pressure activated systems which are mainly utilised in industrial applications for industries such as energy, machine tools, construction machineries, rubber and wood industry as well as naval and agricultural industry. Duplomatic was established in 1952 and is based in Parabiago, Italy.

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Buyer

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 127.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 103 of 465
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 7
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 48 of 124
Country: Italy M&A 4 of 37
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 20
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 Caesars Entertainment

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Caesars Entertainment is a diversified casino entertainment provider with casinos and resorts in the US, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. In addition to casinos, Caesars' facilities typically include hotel and convention space, restaurants, and non-gaming entertainment facilities. Caesars Entertainment Corp. was established in 1937 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-17 Martek Power

Torrance, California, United States

Martek Power is today one of the world's leaders in the power conversion industry. With over 40 years of experience, Martek Power possesses a unique expertise in the design and production of power conversion products for high technological aeronautical, defence, medical, telecom and railway industries.

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