M&A Deal Summary

EQT Acquires Struers AS

On January 1, 1998, private equity firm EQT acquired manufacturer Struers AS

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 4th transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is EQT’s 3rd transaction in Denmark.
Investment Fate
  • Struers AS was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2001.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1998-01-01
Target Struers AS
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) EQT
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Struers AS

Rodovre, Denmark
Struers is a world leading manufacturer of equipment and consumables for materialographic surface preparation of solid materials.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

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 7 of 320
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 4 of 13
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 4 of 85
Country: Denmark M&A 3 of 26
Year: 1998 M&A 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-05-01 FlexLink AB

Gothenburg, Sweden

FlexLink in is a supplier of innovative automation solutions to assembly and manufacturing industries. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-03-01 TAC AB

Malmo, Sweden

TAC develops, manufactures and markets HVAC control systems and access & security systems for commercial properties across the world.

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