Add-on Acquisition • Machinery

Ecolab Acquires Laboratoires Anios SA

On June 29, 2016, Ecolab acquired machinery company Laboratoires Anios SA from Ardian

Acquisition Context
  • This is Ecolab’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Ecolab’s 1st transaction in France.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date June 29, 2016
Target Laboratoires Anios SA
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Ecolab
Sellers(s) Ardian
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Laboratoires Anios SA

Lille-Hellemmes, France
Laboratoires Anios SA is a European manufacturer and marketer of hygiene and disinfection products for the healthcare, food service, and food and beverage processing industries. Based in Lille, France, Anios has a presence in more than 85 countries and employs approximately 700 people worldwide.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Ecolab

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Environmental
Employees48,000
Revenue 15.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Ecolab's corporate headquarters in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.
Ecolab's corporate headquarters in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.

Ecolab is a provider of water, hygiene, and energy technologies and services. The Company serves businesses in the foodservice, food processing, hospitality, healthcare, industrial, and oil and gas markets. Ecolab was founded in 1923 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 37 of 54
Sector: Machinery 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 26 of 41
Country: France 1 of 1
Year: 2016 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-29 Ecovation

Victor, New York, United States

Ecovation, Inc. is an environmental services company with proprietary technology to clean organic waste streams.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-15 Aquatech

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Aquatech is a provider of industrial and infrastructure water treatment solutions and services. Aquatech enables the most recognized companies to solve complex challenges in water reuse, desalination, minimal and zero liquid discharge, and critical minerals processing. Aquatech was founded in 1981 and is based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 127.0B 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 €1 billion 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 Context for Seller #
Overall 120 of 248
Sector: Machinery 4 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition 33 of 63
Country: France 58 of 117
Year: 2016 12 of 17
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-27 Lyrestad Holding

Vastra Gotaland, Sweden

Lyrestad Holding consists of wind farms in Sweden providing a total capacity of 75.9MW. Lyrestad Holding is based in Vastra Gotaland, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-06 Envision Pharma

Horsham, United Kingdom

Envision Pharma is a global technology and scientific communication company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies. Envision Pharma was founded in 2001 and is based in Horsham, United Kingdom.

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