M&A Deal Summary

Consolis Acquires Bonna Sabla

On August 31, 2005, Consolis acquired building materials company Bonna Sabla from Ardian for 235M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Consolis’ 1st transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is Consolis’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Consolis’ 1st transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Bonna Sabla was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2022.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-08-31
Target Bonna Sabla
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) Consolis
Sellers(s) Ardian
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 235M EUR
Advisor(s) Lincoln International (Financial)

Target

Bonna Sabla

Courbevoie, France
Bonna Sabla is a French specialist in precast concrete for civil engineering, hydraulics, energy, dry networks, and cemeteries. Bonna Sabla was founded in 1894 and is based in Courbevoie, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Consolis

Brussels, Belgium

Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Building Materials
Employees8,000
Revenue 123M EUR (2006)
DESCRIPTION

Consolis was formed by combining Consolis Oy Ab and French Bonna Sabla. Consolis is a precast concrete based solution provider and manufacturer of structural precast concrete elements. Consolis was founded in 2005 and is based in Brussels, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Building Materials) 1 of 2
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
Country (France) 1 of 2
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 Groupe La Nive

France

Groupe La Nive ("La Nive"). Founded in 1991, La Nive manufactures precast concrete products.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 125.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €150 million per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 222
Sector (Building Materials) 1 of 13
Type (Merger) 1 of 6
Country (France) 2 of 106
Year (2005) 2 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 24 of 34
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-08-17 Tekfor

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Tekfor engages in the development and production of pioneering solutions for transmissions, engines, drivelines, special applications, and safety fasteners. Tekfor Holding GmbH has nine manufacturing facilities across Germany, the US, Brazil, Mexico, and Italy. Tekfor is based in Hausach, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-09-01 Sotralu SAS

Muret, France

Based in Muret (France), over the past ten years the company has built up a complete range of accessories for aluminium sliding windows: the company designs and distributes standard locks, the Versus range of modulable locks includes a patented design uniting a universal lock unit with a range of front faces and adaptable handles, and a range of carriers immediately adjustable to all ranges of aluminium profile. The company's policy of continuous innovation (5% of revenues invested in R&D), the quality of its products and services, the skills of its staff and an organisation based on Total Quality Management have brought it in only a few years to the position of uncontested leader on the French market, with a market share of around 50%.

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