Investment Summary

Global Equity Partners Exits Perlon

On January 1, 2015, Serafin Unternehmensgruppe invested in manufacturer Perlon from Global Equity Partners

Investment Highlights
  • This is Serafin Unternehmensgruppe’s 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Serafin Unternehmensgruppe’s 2nd transaction in Germany.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-01-01
Target Perlon
Sector Manufacturing
Investor(s) Serafin Unternehmensgruppe
Sellers(s) Global Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Perlon

Wald-Michelbach, Germany
Perlon is a European manufacturer of cut plastics filaments for the manufacture of synthetic brushes, bristles, and fabrics. These semi-finished products are used for industrial brushes (tool manufacture), abrasive filament for the surface treatment of steel, stones, and floors as well as toothbrushes and industrial filtration purposes. Perlon is based in Wald-Michelbach, Germany.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Serafin Unternehmensgruppe

Munchen, Germany

Category Company
Sector Manufacturing
DESCRIPTION

Serafin is a group of companies whose guiding philosophy derives from 150 years of entrepreneurial tradition of the owner’s family. With a goal of steady value creation the group pursues development in five different industrial segments. Serafin has experience within the monofilaments industry through its unit Nextrusion, a leading manufacturer of polyester monofilaments for paper machine clothing and other technical textiles.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-19 Perlon-Monofil

Dormagen, Germany

Perlon-Monofil GmbH manufactures a wide range of Polyamid and Polyester monofilament products for different applications sold on the world market under the brand names Perlon®, Atlas® and Bayco®.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-03 RCR Industrial Flooring S.à.r.l.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

RCR Industrial Flooring S.à.r.l engages in industrial flooring solutions with operations in Europe, Latin America, and Africa. RCR Industrial Flooring S.à.r.l. provides integrated solutions across applications (installation of high specification floors), products (resins, hardeners, and steel joints) and consultancy services.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Global Equity Partners

Vienna, Austria

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 550M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Global Equity Partners (GEP) is an Austrian investment group focused on opportunities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The Firm segments its investment activity into areas spanning growth capital/tech, industry/mid-size, and real estate. GEP's growth capital/tech group invests in development stage companies with at least €2 million of revenue. Sectors of interest include IT, software, gaming, machine manufacturing, and electronics. GEP's industry/mid-size area looks to invest in established, growth-oriented 'industrial and trade' businesses with at least €30 million of revenue. Transaction situations include buyouts, successions, divestitures, recapitalizations, and privatizations. Global Equity Partners was originally established in 1998 and is based in Vienna..


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 9
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 7
Country: Germany M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-11 Chemson Polymer-Additive AG

Arnoldstein, Austria

Chemson is pursuing a clear strategy of growth in order to extend its market leadership long term. This is being done with strategic acquisitions, switching to lead-free additives and alternative environmentally-friendly systems such as calcium/zinc.

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