M&A Deal Summary

EQT Acquires Zeus

On December 18, 2023, private equity firm EQT acquired chemicals company Zeus

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 4th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is EQT’s 52nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is EQT’s 1st transaction in South Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2023-12-18
Target Zeus
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) EQT
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Legal)

Target

Zeus

Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
Zeus is a polymer extrusion manufacturer that develops advanced components for medical devices used in minimally invasive, life-saving procedures. Zeus Industrial Products is based in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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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 293 of 315
Sector (Chemicals) 4 of 4
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 81 of 84
State (South Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 52 of 59
Year (2023) 14 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-11 Heritage Environmental

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Heritage Environmental is a privately held, family-owned environmental services business that provides a full suite of tailored solutions from emergency response, waste disposal, and sustainability services to on-site support and technical solutions to thousands of customers in hundreds of industries and verticals. Heritage Environmental was founded in 1970 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-20 Next One Technology

Linkoping, Sweden

Next One Technology develops and delivers the product, which is a fully cloud-based project and business management tool for construction, maintenance, and contractor business industries. Next One Technology is based in Linkoping, Sweden.

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