M&A Deal Summary

Global Technologies Acquires Novares

On April 17, 2025, Global Technologies acquired automotive company Novares from Equistone

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Global Technologies’ 1st transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is Global Technologies’ 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-04-17
Target Novares
Sector Automotive
Buyer(s) Global Technologies
Sellers(s) Equistone
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Novares

Velizy-Villacoublay, France
Novares is a global supplier of plastic components for the automotive industry. Novares designs, develops and manufactures passenger vehicle interiors, exteriors and engine parts, such as air intake components, bezels for control panels and roof/interior trims. Novares was founded in 1955 and is based in Velizy-Villacoublay, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Global Technologies

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Category Company
Sector Automotive
DESCRIPTION

Global Technologies is an international group, designed to build an agile, innovative and high-performing industrial platform to serve the future of mobility. Global Technologies is based in Luxembourg.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Automotive M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Equistone

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


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 205 of 206
Sector: Automotive M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 69 of 70
Country: France M&A 62 of 62
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-03 Timetoact Group

Cologne, Germany

Timetoact Group is an IT consultancy and services provider that comprises nine specialist brands in 16 locations across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland: ARS, CLOUDPILOTS, edcom, GIS, IPG, novaCapta, synaigy, TIMETOACT, and X-INTEGRATE. The group offers its clients a comprehensive range of IT service solutions in the area of a digital workplace, process automation & optimisation, business intelligence, identity & access management as well as customer experience. The group’s clients primarily include medium-sized businesses as well as large corporations in the industrial, financial, and service sectors as well as public sector institutions. Timetoact Group is based in Cologne, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-11 KWC Group

Unterkulm, Switzerland

KWC Group is a designer and manufacturer of fittings and accessories for residential and commercial kitchens, bathrooms, and washrooms. KWC Group is made up of three segments: KWC Home, Professional, and Medical. KWC Group has an extensive distributor network and employs people across its six production facilities, R&D centers, and sales offices in Switzerland, China, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Finland, and the UK. KWC Group is based in Unterkulm, Switzerland.

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