Add-on Acquisition • Forest Products

Binderholz Acquires Klenk Holz AG

On September 28, 2017, Binderholz acquired forest products company Klenk Holz AG from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Context
  • This is Binderholz’s 1st transaction in the Forest Products sector.
  • This is Binderholz’s 1st transaction in Germany.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date September 28, 2017
Target Klenk Holz AG
Sector Forest Products
Buyer(s) Binderholz
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Klenk Holz AG

Oberrot, Germany
Klenk Holz AG produces lumber, solid wood panels, softwood lumber, multi-purpose panels, garden wood, solid construction timber, moulded pallet blocks, moulded wood pallets and waste timber. This product range is sold through builders merchants, retail, wood processing industries and the packaging industry, among others. Klenk Holz exports approx. 30% of its products and annually cuts approx. 2 million cubic metres.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Binderholz

Fügen, Austria

Category Company
Founded 1948
Sector Forest Products
DESCRIPTION

Binderholz GmbH is a European company for solid wood products and innovative building solutions. In the timber industry, the name of Binder stands for tradition and integrity, combined with high-tech and innovation. Still only a small sawmill operation 60 years ago, the family operation has become a leading European company today, equipped with cutting-edge technologies and production methods, with a corresponding reputation on the timber market.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Forest Products 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition 1 of 2
Country: Germany 1 of 1
Year: 2017 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-10-08 BSW Timber

Earlston, United Kingdom

BSW Timber is an integrated forestry and sawmilling business and it has five main operating divisions: tree nurseries, forestry, sawmilling, timber manufacturing, and energy. BSW Timber was founded in 1848 and is based in Earlston, United Kingdom.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 334 of 490
Sector: Forest Products 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition 142 of 203
Country: Germany 6 of 11
Year: 2017 17 of 26
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-21 Hudson Products

Beasley, Texas, United States

Hudson Products Corp. is a provider of heat transfer solutions firms providing air-cooled heat exchangers and axial-flow fans to some of the largest processors in the petroleum, natural gas, power generation, petrochemical and chemical industries.

Sell $410M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-01 Ampere Computing

Santa Clara, California, United States

Ampere Computing is a semiconductor company that built for the cloud with a modern 64-bit Arm server-based architecture, Ampere gives customers the freedom to accelerate the delivery of all cloud computing applications. Ampere processors are tailored for the continued growth of cloud and edge computing. Ampere Computing was founded in 2018 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

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