M&A Deal Summary

Equistone Acquires Eschenbach Optik

On July 6, 2007, private equity firm Equistone acquired consumer products company Eschenbach Optik

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Equistone’s 10th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Equistone’s 15th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Eschenbach Optik was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2020 for 95M EUR.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-07-06
Target Eschenbach Optik
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Equistone
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Eschenbach Optik

Nurnberg, Germany
Eschenbach Optik GmbH is a supplier of spectacle frames & sunglasses and a manufacturer of vision aids, optical equipment & components.

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Buyer

Equistone

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 9.6B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Equistone is a private equity firm that invests in small to mid-sized companies valued from €50 to €500 million. Equistone targets companies operating in the fields of services, healthcare, financial services, and consumer/travel. The Firm looks to invest €25 to €200 million in a variety of transactions, including buyouts, growth capital financings, recapitalizations, and take privates. Equistone was formed in 1997 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 127 of 252
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 10 of 14
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 91 of 131
Country: Germany M&A 15 of 43
Year: 2007 M&A 7 of 18
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-18 TUJA Zeitarbeit

Dusseldorf, Germany

TUJA Holding GmbH, the temporary employment agency, from a German private equity firm, Odewald & Compagnie. As one of Germany's leading temporary staffing firms, TUJA serves a range of customers, in particular mid-sized companies but also larger clients, from the automotive and aviation industries.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-19 Teaching Personnel

Herts, United Kingdom

Teaching Personnel is a provider of supply teachers and support staff to schools. Teaching Personnel supplies fully vetted teaching staff to cover both long-term and short-term critical needs. Teaching Personnel was founded in 1996 and is based in Herts, United kingdom.

Sell £24M