M&A Deal Summary

Glatfelter Acquires Dresden Papier

On April 30, 2013, Glatfelter acquired forest products company Dresden Papier from Fortress Global Enterprises for 160M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Glatfelter’s 3rd transaction in the Forest Products sector.
  • This is Glatfelter’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Glatfelter’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-04-30
Target Dresden Papier
Sector Forest Products
Buyer(s) Glatfelter
Sellers(s) Fortress Global Enterprises
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 160M EUR

Target

Dresden Papier

Heidenau, Germany
Dresden Papier is a supplier of nonwoven wallpaper base materials. Nonwoven wallpaper offers superior performance and characteristics such as dry strip-ability, higher tear resistance, and no material shrinkage or expansion when wet.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Glatfelter

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Category Company
Founded 1864
Sector Forest Products
Employees2,916
Revenue 1.4B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Glatfelter is a provider of specialty papers and fiber-based engineered materials. Glatfelter was founded in 1864 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 8
Sector (Forest Products) 3 of 6
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 5
Country (Germany) 1 of 3
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-12 Concert Industries

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Concert is a supplier of highly absorbent cellulose-based airlaid non-woven materials, used to manufacture a diverse range of consumer and industrial products for growing global end-use markets, including feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products, specialty wipes and food pads.

Buy CA$247M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-01 Spezialpapierfabrik Oberschmitten

Nidda,, Germany

Spezialpapierfabrik Oberschmitten GmbH is primary engaged in electrical products and applications include highly technical papers for a wide range of capacitors used in consumer and industrial products; insulation papers for cables and transformers; and materials for industrial power inverters, electromagnetic current filters and electric rail traction. SPO also produces glassine products, which are used in cosmetics packaging, food packaging, and pharmaceutical dosage bags.

Buy €9M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Fortress Global Enterprises

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Forest Products
Employees337
Revenue 186M CAD (2018)
DESCRIPTION

Fortress Global Enterprises is an international producer of specialty pulp, security papers, and other security-related products. Fortress operates in two distinct business segments: dissolving pulp and security paper products. Fortress Global Enterprises was founded in 2006 and is based in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Forest Products) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Germany) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-15 S2G Biochemicals

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

S2G Biochemicals, Inc. is a chemical conversion company that is galvanizing a new era of refining for a wide variety products we use everyday. S2G Biochemicals is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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