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HQ Equita Acquires Packaging Group

On June 1, 2018, private equity firm HQ Equita acquired machinery company Packaging Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is HQ Equita’s 6th transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is HQ Equita’s 22nd transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-06-01
Target Packaging Group
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) HQ Equita
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Packaging Group

Lindlar, Germany
Packaging Group is a producer of packaging machines for filling dry, free-flowing bulk materials into various types of paper or plastic laminate bags. Packaging Group was founded in 2018 and is based in Lindlar, Germany.

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Buyer

HQ Equita

Hamburg, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HQ Equita is a private equity firm that targets minority investments in mid-sized companies in German-speaking countries (primarily Germany, Austria and Switzerland). The Firm focuses on growth-oriented companies undergoing consolidation, with sustainable earnings power, and strong market positions. Equity seeks companies with revenues between €50 and €250 million. Equita is a generalist investor, with no sector preferences. The Fis not limited to specific industries. Equita has no limitation on its investment period, enabling it to invest in companies for the long term. The Firm will support a variety of transactions includes succession/ownership changes, group spin-offs, lead-up to IPOs, MBOs, MBIs, take privates, and growth capital financings. HQ Equita is an arm of family owned Harald Quandt Holding GmbH. HQ Equita was formed in 1992 and is based in Hamburg.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 30
Sector: Machinery M&A 6 of 6
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 14 of 15
Country: Germany M&A 22 of 26
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-01 Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck & Co KG

Versmold, Germany

Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck GmbH & Co KG is a manufacturers of marketing/advertising products and high-end labels. Kolbe masters sheet-fed and web-fed offset printing technologies and adds additional value to its customers by offering product design/development services. Kolbe-Coloco Spezialdruck was founded in 1828 and is based in Versmold, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-09 r2p

Flensburg, Germany

r2p develops and manufactures intelligent transport systems (ITS) for public transport that, among other things, increase passenger safety and coordinate travel routes effectively with an overall goal to reduce environmental impact. r2p was founded in 2009 and is based in Flensburg, Germany.

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