Divestiture • Engineering

capiton Acquires Essener Hochdruck-Rohrleitungsbau

On April 1, 2004, private equity firm capiton acquired engineering company Essener Hochdruck-Rohrleitungsbau from Technip Group SA

Acquisition Context
  • This is capiton’s 1st transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is capiton’s 3rd transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Essener Hochdruck-Rohrleitungsbau was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2006.

Explore All 111 Divestiture Engineering Deals - Search the Database Free


M&A Deal Summary

Date April 1, 2004
Target Essener Hochdruck-Rohrleitungsbau
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) capiton
Sellers(s) Technip Group SA
Deal Type Divestiture

Target Company

Essener Hochdruck-Rohrleitungsbau

Essen, Germany
EHR is a leading company in engineering, production as well as the assembly and repair of high-pressure pipelines in Europe. The components are predominantly used in the power station field as well as in the chemical and petrochemical industries..
Explore More Deals

Browse All 215,158 Deals

FILTER BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Search Free

Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

capiton

Berlin, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 1.8B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

capiton AG is a private equity firm that targets management-led buyouts and growth capital financings of small and medium-sized businesses in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Broad sectors of interest include capital goods, consumer goods, services, and healthcare. capiton AG looks to invest with a turnover of between €50 and €300 million and usually invest between €20 and €60 million. The Firm generally looks for control positions when considering opportunities. capiton AG was established in 1999 and is based in Berlin, Germany.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 5 of 44
Sector: Engineering 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture 1 of 9
Country: Germany 3 of 36
Year: 2004 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-11-11 Refresco Gerber

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Refresco Gerber is a soft-drink company provides fruit juice and soft drinks for retail private labels and ‘in contract’ manufacturing for international A-brands. Refresco Gerber was founded in 1999 and is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Sell €240M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-01 GMC-Instruments

Nuremberg, Germany

GMC-Instruments provides portable measuring and testing devices for a wide range of electronic applications. GMC-Instruments was founded in 1919 and is based in Nuremberg, Germany.

Buy -

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Technip Group SA

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1958
Sector Engineering
Employees31,747
Revenue 10.3B EUR (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Technip is a a French provider of project management, engineering and construction services for the energy industry. Technip was formed in 1958 and is based in Paris.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Engineering 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture 1 of 2
Country: Germany 1 of 1
Year: 2004 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-10-11 Coflexip Stena Offshore

Paris, France

Coflexip Stena Offshore is providing deepwater services to offshore oil and gas industry.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-28 Subocean Group

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Subocean is in the business of underwater cable-laying for offshore wind.

Buy -

Explore Related M&A Activity