M&A Deal Summary

Maschinenfabrik Herkules & Co. KG Acquires UNION Werkzeugmaschinen

On June 1, 2011, Maschinenfabrik Herkules & Co. KG acquired manufacturer UNION Werkzeugmaschinen from Mentha Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Maschinenfabrik Herkules & Co. KG’s 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Maschinenfabrik Herkules & Co. KG’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-06-01
Target UNION Werkzeugmaschinen
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Maschinenfabrik Herkules & Co. KG
Sellers(s) Mentha Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

UNION Werkzeugmaschinen

Chemnitz, Germany
UNION Werkzeugmaschinen is the oldest machine-tool manufacturer in Germany. The company focuses on drilling mills as well as machining centers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Maschinenfabrik Herkules & Co. KG

Siegen, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1912
Sector Manufacturing
Employees1,600
DESCRIPTION

Maschinenfabrik Herkules GmbH & Co. KG is a manufacturer of roll shop machinery and equipment and producing technologically advanced top-products.


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: 2011 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Mentha Capital

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 50M EUR
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Mentha Capital BV is a private equity firm focuses on acquiring small and mid-sized market companies located Netherland, primarily in Benelux. The Firm looks to invests in companies with revenues of €20 - €150 million and EBITDA of €2.5 - €20 million. It firm usually aims for majority stakes although in specific cases it participates in club-deals. The Firm target companies operating in the fields of manufacturing, services & distributions, trade wholesale, retail, consumer goods/services and leisure. Prospective transaction situation includes MBOs, MBIs, growth capital, secondary buyouts and corporate spin-offs. Mentha Capital BV was formed in 2006 and is based in Amsterdam.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 22
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 7
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2011 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-27 PBG BV

Groningen, Netherlands

PBG is a Dutch wholesaler in diabetes disposables to wholesalers, pharmacies and direct to patients as well as medical supplies to General Practitioners.

Sell €40M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-01 KP&T

Weert, Netherlands

KP&T is an independent recruitment agency specialising in technical staff at the senior secondary vocational education level (MBO), higher professional education level (HBO) and research-oriented higher education level (WO). KP&T was founded in 1998 and is based in Weert, Netherlands.

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