M&A Deal Summary

Capvis Acquires Felss

On January 18, 2017, private equity firm Capvis acquired machinery company Felss

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Capvis’ 8th transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Capvis’ 12th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-01-18
Target Felss
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Capvis
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Felss

Konigsbach-Stein, Germany
Felss is a solution provider in the field of cold forming for the automotive industry. As a lightweight construction expert, Felss develops solutions and processes for customers from product design and development to machine design and construction, to finished component manufacturing. Felss is based in Konigsbach-Stein, Germany.

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Buyer

Capvis

Baar, Switzerland

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1990
PE ASSETS 3.9B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Capvis Equity Partners is a Swiss-based private equity firm focused on buyout, succession, and expansion investments in Switzerland, China, and Germany. Sectors of interest include Healthcare, Industrial Technology, and Advanced Services & Software. Capvis will consider both majority and minority positions. The Firm's investment horizon is four to six years. Capvis Equity Partners was formed in 1990 and is headquartered in Baar with additional offices in Germany and China.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 46 of 58
Sector: Machinery M&A 8 of 10
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 33 of 37
Country: Germany M&A 12 of 16
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-26 Gotha Cosmetics

Bergamo, Italy

Gotha Cosmetics researches and creates new colouring cosmetics formulae, manufactures bulk products, industrializes new products, and offers add-on filling and packaging solutions. The company is a one-stop-shop partner for the global cosmetics industry ranging from prestige, masstige to mass-market brands. Gotha Cosmetics was founded in 2005 and is based in Bergamo, Italy.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-06 WLW

Hamburg, Germany

WLW is an online B2B search engine in the DACH region. WLW offers suppliers a dedicated platform to present themselves and their products or services of professional buyers and found to be fast and efficient. WLW was established in 1995 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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