M&A Deal Summary

LUKAS Acquires Richter Chemie-Technik

On October 2, 2008, LUKAS acquired manufacturer Richter Chemie-Technik from Riverside

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LUKAS’s 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is LUKAS’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-10-02
Target Richter Chemie-Technik
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) LUKAS
Sellers(s) Riverside
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Richter Chemie-Technik

Kempen, Germany
Richter supplies pumps, valves, controls and related services to segments of the chemical, fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and is a leader in fluoro-polymer lined pumps and valves for handling highly corrosive fluids in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

LUKAS

Erlangen, Germany

Category Company
Sector Manufacturing
DESCRIPTION

LUKAS Hydraulik GmbH engages in developing and manufacturing hydraulic rescue equipment, hydraulic tools, re-railing equipment, and recycling equipment.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Riverside

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm that seeks investments in profitable lower middle-market companies valued under $400 million. Riverside looks to invest in growth businesses headquartered in North America, Europe, and Asia (primarily Japan and South Korea), that have been in operation for at least five years. Riverside targets investments in a wide array of industries including distribution, automotive, healthcare, education, manufacturing, software, consumer services, plastics, publishing, food, communications, marine, and business services. Riverside was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 208
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 7 of 13
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 14 of 87
Country: Germany M&A 2 of 10
Year: 2008 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-09-30 DuBois Chemicals

Sharonville, Ohio, United States

DuBois Chemicals is a chemical maker whose products are used for cleaning in a wide variety of industries. DuBois provides quality solutions that improve efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and perform to the most demanding standards. DuBois Chemicals was founded in 1920 and is based in Sharonville, Ohio.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-10 Coeur

Lebanon, Tennessee, United States

Coeur, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of proprietary disposable medical products used primarily in imaging labs during diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures, such as angiography, computed tomography (“CT”) and magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”).

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