M&A Deal Summary

Atena Equity Partners Acquires E&T

On May 1, 2018, private equity firm Atena Equity Partners acquired manufacturer E&T

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Atena Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Atena Equity Partners’ 7th transaction in Portugal.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-05-01
Target E&T
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Atena Equity Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

E&T

Portugal
E&T is focused on engineering and project management for the mold-making industry enabling quality tools production with a relevant cost efficiency and on-time delivery. E&T also develops and manufactures medium-sized molds as its core strength lies in the machining (CNC), assembling and finishing processes of the mold.

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DESCRIPTION

Atena Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in lower middle-market Portuguese companies. Atena looks to invest up to €15 million in companies valued between €10 and €50 million. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally pursues a variety investment situations, including buy-and-build opportunities, companies facing succession issues, financial restructurings, growth capital financings, and non-core divestitures. Atena Equity Partners was formed in 2014 and is based in Lisbon.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 18
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 6 of 15
Country: Portugal M&A 7 of 18
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-17 Tecnifreza

Marinha Grande, Portugal

Tecnifreza is a high-precision mold maker specializing in highly complex molds ranging from 0.5 to 4 tonnes. The company operates from mold design, engineering, production, testing to pre-series injection and its core competencies are erosion and precision grinding processes with up to 1-2 microns tolerance. Tecnifreza was founded in 1989 and is based in Marinha Grande, Portugal.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-01 LeYa

Lisbon, Portugal

LeYa is an editorial group that includes some of the most prestigious Portuguese-language publishers in Portugal, Angola, and Mozambique. It is also present in Brazil where it operates in the distance learning/e-learning sector. LeYa was formed in 2008 and is based in Lisbon, Portugal.

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