M&A Deal Summary

Everlight Electronic Acquires Wofi Leuchten

On August 27, 2013, Everlight Electronic acquired electrical equipment company Wofi Leuchten from Hannover Finanz

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Everlight Electronic’s 1st transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Everlight Electronic’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-08-27
Target Wofi Leuchten
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Everlight Electronic
Sellers(s) Hannover Finanz
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Wofi Leuchten

Meschede, Germany
Wofi Leuchten is a designing, developing, producing and distributing company within the European indoor lighting industry. Wofi Leuchten understands itself as a partner to the European retail landscape and its various characteristics of distribution channels. Wofi Leuchten was founded in 1959 and is based in Meschede, Germany.

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Buyer

Everlight Electronic

Taipei, Taiwan

Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Electrical Equipment
DESCRIPTION

Everlight Electronic is a supplier of High Power LEDs, SMD LEDs, Lamps, Lighting Components, LED Lighting Modules, Digital Displays, Opto-couplers and Infrared Components, etc. Everlight Electronic was founded in 1983 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Hannover Finanz

Hannover, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1979
PE ASSETS 700M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Hannover Finanz is a private equity group that targets buyout and expansion capital investments in mid-sized 'structurally sound businesses' operating in stable and growing industries. Hannover Finanz looks for businesses with annual revenues of at least €20 million and typically commits between €15 and €50 million of equity per transaction. The Firm will consider both minority and majority investment situations/needs. Broad areas of interest include technology, life science, service, distribution, and industrial sectors. Hannover Finanz was formed in 1979 and is based in Hannover, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 29
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 6
Country: Germany M&A 10 of 25
Year: 2013 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-09 FMW Industrieanlagenbau

Kirchstetten, Austria

FMW Industrieanlagenbau GmbH, located in the central Austrian area, is specialized in the field of manufacturing machinery and systems, with more than 40 years of experience. FMW has made its business to recognize the needs and problems of its customers and to work out the best solution for the respective problem. FMW designs, manufactures, delivers, installs and supervises start-ups for products ranging from single units up to turnkey plants, and also assists in the field of financing.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-01 GDV Service

Hamburg, Germany

GDV Service provides process and IT management for the insurance industry. GDV Service was founded in 1996 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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