M&A Deal Summary

Lonza Acquires InterHealth Nutraceuticals

On August 15, 2016, Lonza acquired consumer products company InterHealth Nutraceuticals from Kainos Capital for 300M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Lonza’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Lonza’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Lonza’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Lonza’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-08-15
Target InterHealth Nutraceuticals
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Lonza
Sellers(s) Kainos Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 300M USD

Target

InterHealth Nutraceuticals

Benicia, California, United States
InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Inc. is a provider in research, develops, markets and distributes specialty nutritional ingredients, which are sold worldwide to manufacturers of dietary supplements and nutraceutical food and beverage products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Lonza

Basel, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 1897
Sector Life Science
Employees18,000
Revenue 6.7B CHF (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Lonza plant located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Lonza plant located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Lonza is a global company that focuses on the life sciences sector, offering products and services for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and nutrition markets. Their portfolio spans across biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing, consumer health, nutrition, microbial control solutions, and custom manufacturing of specialty chemicals. Lonza was founded in 1897 and is based in Basel, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 11
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 9
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 6
Year (2016) 2 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-30 Triangle Research Labs

North Carolina, United States

Triangle Research Labs LLC is a hepatocyte provider with products supporting in vitro evaluation of metabolism, drug-drug interactions, drug transporter activity, toxicity of drug candidates and other applications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-07 Lonza Group AG - Peptides Business and Operations

Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium

Lonza Group AG - Peptides Business and Operations is a provider of healthcare services in Belgium.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Kainos Capital

Dallas, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Kainos Capital is a private equity firm focused on the food and consumer products sector. Kainos targets manufacturers and marketers of food products, as well as other consumer products in the household and personal care industries and over-the-counter health and nutritional products sectors. The Firm's target investment size is $50 to $150 million in a company with an EBITDA of $10 to $80 million. Kainos Capital is based in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 19
Sector (Consumer Products) 2 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 9
State (California) 3 of 4
Country (United States) 9 of 18
Year (2016) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-27 Milk Specialties Global

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Milk Specialties Global is a human and animal nutrition company. The Human Nutrition Business Unit is a leading manufacturer of whey and milk protein ingredients used primarily in the sports nutrition and functional foods end-markets. Milk Specialties Global was founded in 1949 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-01 Florida Food Products

Eustis, Florida, United States

Florida Food Products is a manufacturer of healthy, natural, clean label ingredients and is the market leader in the clean label cure market. Clean label cures are used for a wide variety of end market uses including packaged meat, food service, private label and branded CPG meats as well as premium pet foods. Florida Food Products was founded in 1954 and is based in Eustis, Florida.

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