M&A Deal Summary

Atena Equity Partners Acquires Tecnifreza

On October 17, 2017, private equity firm Atena Equity Partners acquired manufacturer Tecnifreza

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Atena Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Atena Equity Partners’ 6th transaction in Portugal.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-10-17
Target Tecnifreza
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Atena Equity Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

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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Buyer

Atena Equity Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
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 6 of 18
Sector (Manufacturing) 1 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 5 of 15
Country (Portugal) 6 of 18
Year (2017) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-01 Wemold Group

Leiria, Portugal

Wemold Group is a complete solutions provider for injection molds. The group companies, Tecnifreza, E&T, AFR, and Planitec, use advanced mold making technologies to deliver functional, reliable, and affordable solutions. Highly skilled resources and state of the art equipment, capable of designing, engineer, manufacturer, test and deliver precision molds for the worldwide market. Wemold was formed in 2017 and is based in Leiria, Portugal.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-01 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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