M&A Deal Summary

Ekokem Oyj Acquires Nord Group

On January 30, 2015, Ekokem Oyj acquired environmental company Nord Group from EQT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ekokem Oyj’s 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is Ekokem Oyj’s 1st transaction in Denmark.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-01-30
Target Nord Group
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) Ekokem Oyj
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Nord Group

Nyborg, Denmark
NORD (formerly Kommunekemi) is the hazardous waste management company in Denmark. The company has three waste incineration lines at its state-of-the-art plant in Nyborg, which constitutes Europe's single largest facility of its kind.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ekokem Oyj

Riihimäki, Finland

Category Company
Sector Environmental
Employees630
Revenue 258M EUR (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Ekokem Oyj is a waste and environmental management service provider in Finland and Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Denmark M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 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 STATS #
Overall 66 of 194
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 28 of 76
Country: Denmark M&A 14 of 22
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 Koole Tanktransport

Zaandam, Netherlands

Koole Tanktransport is an independent storage terminal operator for edible oils and fats, biofuels, oleochemicals, and certain base oils (“vegetable oils”) in North-Western Europe. Koole’s assets include a deep-sea terminal in Rotterdam, which is the natural port of entry for vegetable oil imports into Europe, as well as regional hub terminals in Zaandam and Nijmegen. Koole Tanktransport is based in Zaandam, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-02 Sanitec

Helsinki, Finland

Sanitec is a European multi-brand group that designs, manufactures, and markets bathroom ceramics and bath and shower products. Sanitec was founded in 1990 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Sell $1.4B