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Ardian Acquires HDT Automotive Solutions

On August 1, 2015, private equity firm Ardian acquired automotive company HDT Automotive Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ardian’s 6th transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 30th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ardian’s 1st transaction in Michigan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-08-01
Target HDT Automotive Solutions
Sector Automotive
Buyer(s) Ardian
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

HDT Automotive Solutions

Livonia, Michigan, United States
HDT Automotive Solutions is a provider of automotive tubular components. HDT has ten manufacturing facilities across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Italy, United Kingdom, Poland, Hungary, and China and serves the North American, European, and Asian automotive markets. HDT Automotive Solutions was founded in 1943 and is based in Livonia, Michigan.

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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 247 of 464
Sector: Automotive M&A 6 of 8
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 86 of 123
State: Michigan M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 30 of 70
Year: 2015 M&A 20 of 27
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-01 Sante Cie

Villeurbanne, France

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

Evolve IP provides organizations with a unified option for cloud services, including unified communications, contact center, managed network, and cloud computing technologies. Evolve IP was founded in 2007 and is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

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