M&A Deal Summary

FCDE Acquires Kermel

On April 16, 2024, private equity firm FCDE acquired apparel/textiles company Kermel from Ardian and Qualium Investissement

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is FCDE’s 1st transaction in the Apparel/Textiles sector.
  • This is FCDE’s 11th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2024-04-16
Target Kermel
Sector Apparel/Textiles
Buyer(s) FCDE
Sellers(s) Ardian
Qualium Investissement
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Kermel

Colmar, France
Kermel is a manufacturer of meta-aramid fibre for protective clothing and industrial applications. Kermel fibre is used for protective clothing. The company is a manufacturer of aramid fibre dedicated to heat resistant protective clothing. Kermel was founded in 1992 and is based in Colmar, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

FCDE

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2009
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 11
Sector (Apparel/Textiles) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 2 of 2
Country (France) 11 of 11
Year (2024) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-02-29 Selp

Paris, France

Selp is a group specialising in the design, manufacturing and personalisation of electronic identity documents, bank cards and physical and digital prepaid gift cards. Selp was founded in 1956 and is based in Paris, France.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 125.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €150 million per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 220 of 222
Sector (Apparel/Textiles) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 87 of 89
Country (France) 105 of 106
Year (2024) 4 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-03-27 Acteon

Norwich, United Kingdom

Acteon is a global oilfield services provider focusing on the provision of subsea services and products. Acteon was founded in 1989 and is based in Norwich, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-23 Audiotonix

Chessington, United Kingdom

Audiotonix designs, engineerings, and manufactures professional audio mixing consoles, production software, and ancillary products. With pioneering solutions from premium audio brands Allen & Heath, Calrec, DiGiCo, DiGiGrid, Fourier Audio, Harrison, KLANG: technologies, Slate Digital, Solid State Logic, sonible, and Sound Devices, its products are used extensively in live sound, broadcast, theatre production, installations, houses of worship, TV and film production, music creation and recording studios. Audiotonix is based in Chessington, United Kingdom.

Sell -
SELLER

Qualium Investissement

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 1.6B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Qualium Investissement is a large private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in French companies. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and prefers buyouts of family-owned or closely held companies that are seeking a change of ownership. Qualium's looks to invest €20 to €75 million in transactions valued up to €250 million. Qualium Investissement is based in Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 37 of 38
Sector (Apparel/Textiles) 2 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 25 of 26
Country (France) 35 of 36
Year (2024) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-16 REALEASE Capital

Suresnes, France

REALEASE Capital is a professional equipment leasing company. Specialist in the progressive rental of technological assets (IT, telecom, industrial, audiovisual, medical, media, equipment and digital equipment. REALEASE Capital was founded in 1986 and is based in Suresnes, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-05-13 Constellation

Saint-Cloud, France

Constellation offers a comprehensive IT support package for SMEs: cloud solutions, infrastructure, cybersecurity, sovereign data center, software development, consulting, big data etc., as well as specific expertise in legacy systems (IBM/Oracle). Constellation was founded in 2016 and is based in Saint-Cloud, France.

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