M&A Deal Summary

BPE Acquires Greif-Velox

On July 24, 2018, private equity firm BPE acquired machinery company Greif-Velox

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BPE’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is BPE’s 22nd transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-07-24
Target Greif-Velox
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) BPE
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Greif-Velox

Lübeck, Germany
Greif-Velox develops and produces individualized bagging machines and filling systems in the area of ​​solids and liquids for the chemical, petrochemical and food industries. Greif-Velox was founded in 1908 and is based in Lübeck, Germany.

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Buyer

BPE

Hamburg, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 360M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BPE is a generalist private equity firm focused on acquiring small and medium-sized companies located in German speaking countries. Generally, BPE looks for situations allowing for control and seeks businesses with sales of €10 to €100 million. BPE's investment horizon is five to ten years. BPE was formed in 1998 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 28
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 18 of 22
Country: Germany M&A 22 of 27
Year: 2018 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-18 CEDS Duradrive

Salzbergen, Germany

CEDS Duradrive is a provider of efficient and innovative electric motors and electric drives for over 50 years. From prototypes to series production. The drives are primarily used in the renewable energy, machine tool, defense, marine ship technology, traffic technology and lifting technology sectors, as well as in aerospace. CEDS Duradrive was founded in 1970 and is based in Salzbergen, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-27 BE-terna

Innsbruck, Austria

BE-terna is a full-service business software provider in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) marketplace based on MS Dynamics AX and Infor M3, as well as Business Intelligence (BI) and Customer Relationship Management (Microsoft Dynamics CRM). BE-terna is based in Innsbruck, Austria.

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