Add-on Acquisition • Machinery

Columbus McKinnon Acquires Pfaff-Silberblau Hebezeugfabrik & Co. KG

On October 2, 2008, Columbus McKinnon acquired machinery company Pfaff-Silberblau Hebezeugfabrik & Co. KG from EQT

Acquisition Context
  • This is Columbus McKinnon’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Columbus McKinnon’s 1st transaction in Germany.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date October 2, 2008
Target Pfaff-Silberblau Hebezeugfabrik & Co. KG
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Columbus McKinnon
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Pfaff-Silberblau Hebezeugfabrik & Co. KG

Kissing, Germany
Pfaff-silberblau belongs to the technology leaders in the field of material lifting and handling of heavy weights and is also one of the most important players within the area of actuator technology.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Columbus McKinnon

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Category Company
Founded 1875
Sector Machinery
Employees3,515
Revenue 1.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Columbus McKinnon designs, manufactures, and markets material handling products and services for various commercial and industrial end-user markets in the United States, Europe, Canada, and internationally. Columbus McKinnon was incorporated in 1875 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 1 of 9
Sector: Machinery 1 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition 1 of 8
Country: Germany 1 of 4
Year: 2008 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-13 Hebetechnik GMBH

Pfaffstätten, Austria

Hebetechnik GMBH is a provider of solutions for lifting, pulling, and lashing of loads.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 34 of 194
Sector: Machinery 7 of 13
Type: Add-on Acquisition 16 of 76
Country: Germany 6 of 34
Year: 2008 3 of 3
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-02 KMD A/S

Ballerup, Denmark

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