M&A Deal Summary

Cividale Acquires ZML Industries

On October 1, 2006, Cividale acquired manufacturer ZML Industries from Vestar Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cividale’s 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Cividale’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-10-01
Target ZML Industries
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Cividale
Sellers(s) Vestar Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

ZML Industries

Maniago, Italy
ZML Industries S.p.A has become a leading producer of custom-made metal products for European industry. It operates through three divisions: Its Aluminum Die-Casting Division supplies aluminum casts primarily for the automotive industry; the Grey Cast Iron Casting Division provides casts for both the automotive and electrical household appliance industries; and the Magnet Wire Division supplies enameled copper wire for the automotive, household appliance and electromechanical industries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Cividale

Tavagnacco, Italy

Category Company
Sector Distribution
DESCRIPTION

Cividale S.p.A. produces and supplies steel and cast iron products for cast and forged solutions. The company’s products include hand-molded, ceramic-molded, and machine-molded steel/iron castings; and steel ingots, investment castings, steel forgings, aluminum die-castings, grey-iron castings, magnet wires, copper wires, machined castings, and valves.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Vestar Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 11.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Vestar Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets management buyouts and growth capital investments across North America and Europe in the consumer, business services, and healthcare sectors. The Firm looks to invest $50 to $150 million in transactions valued up to $1 billion. Specific areas of interest include food, apparel, household goods, retail, consumer services, industrial services, information services, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, financial services, media/communications, digital health media, and medical technology. Vestar Capital Partners was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 67
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 3 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 29
Country: Italy M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2006 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-01 Paris Re Holdings

Zug, Switzerland

Paris Re Holdings Ltd. is a property and casualty reinsurer with a global market presence.

Buy $1.6B