M&A Deal Summary

Halder Acquires ADA Cosmetics

On January 1, 2006, private equity firm Halder acquired consumer products company ADA Cosmetics

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Halder’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Halder’s 10th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • ADA Cosmetics was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2011.
  • ADA Cosmetics was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2014.
  • ADA Cosmetics was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-01-01
Target ADA Cosmetics
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Halder
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

ADA Cosmetics

Kehl, Germany
ADA Cosmetics is a provider of personal care products such as shampoo, shower gel, soap, body lotion and accessories for the hotel industry. ADA Cosmetics was founded in 1979 and is based in Kehl, Germany.

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Buyer

Halder

Frankfurt, Germany

Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 570M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Halder is a German investment firm, focused on management buyouts of family businesses. Halder targets profitable, medium-sized businesses with sales of €20 to €400 million. The Firm generally looks to acquire manufacturing businesses, and has experience in automotive, machine tools, textiles, trade & services in the fields of agriculture, construction and energy, plastics manufacturing, and hydraulics. Halder was originally formed in 1988 and was sold to Belgium buyout group GIMV in 2008. Halder is based in Frankfurt.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 38
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 11 of 26
Country: Germany M&A 10 of 29
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 2
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-16 SINGLE Temperiertechnik

Hochdorf, Germany

The strength of single, knowledge and experience of its team of engineers and technicians. Since the 1950s, the company produces advanced temperature control for the industry and is known for good quality and reliable service. The value is created primarily from the broad technical know-how: In the devices, standard components are used, from which developed single customized solutions. Major clients include plastic processing companies and companies in the semiconductor industry.

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