Secondary Buyout • Packaging

One Equity Partners Acquires Walki Group

On April 9, 2018, private equity firm One Equity Partners acquired packaging company Walki Group from CapMan

Acquisition Context
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 5th transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is One Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in Finland.
Investment Fate
  • Walki Group was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2023.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date April 9, 2018
Target Walki Group
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) One Equity Partners
Sellers(s) CapMan
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target Company

Walki Group

Espoo, Finland
Walki Group is a specialty packaging materials manufacturer, offering consumer and industrial packaging for food and specialty consumer products, as well as engineered materials, such as insulation and fire-retardant facings, sustainable membranes, and protective clothing applications. Walki Group was founded in 1930 and is based in Espoo, Finland.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

One Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

One Equity Partners (OEP) is a private equity firm that targets buyout and growth capital investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. OEP prefers to be the lead investor and typically commits $30 to $150 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include industrial products/services, consumer, retail, chemicals, media, communications, and healthcare. One Equity Partners was formed in 2001 and spun out of JP Morgan Chase in 2015. One Equity Partners is based in New York, New York.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 75 of 139
Sector: Packaging 5 of 6
Type: Secondary Buyout 9 of 24
Country: Finland 1 of 2
Year: 2018 4 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-01 PS Logistics

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

PS Logistics is a full-service logistics solution provider with over 2000 flatbed assets, vans, step decks/RGN's, brokerage division, transportation management and 3PL, and dedicated fleet operations. PS Logistics is based in Birmingham, Alabama.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-11 ePAK International

Austin, Texas, United States

ePAK International is a full-service designer, manufacturer and supplier of precision engineered products and solutions for the automated transport and handling of semiconductor and electronic devices. Our product areas include front-end wafer handling, back-end IC transport, and end-system sub-assembly handling. Our products are sold globally to top tier global customers including semiconductor companies, system OEMs, and IC assembly and test operations. Our large-scale manufacturing and design center in Shenzhen, China is centrally located to the semiconductor industry's back-end activities and supports a global network of JIT distribution centers. ePAK International was founded in 1999 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

CapMan

Helsinki, Finland

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 4.9B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

CapMan is a private equity group focused on a variety of investments in Scandinavia and Russia. CapMan's buyout group looks to invest €20 to €70 million (€10 to €20 for mezzanine) of capital in unlisted companies generating €50 to €500 million in revenues. CapMan seeks control positions and does not have any sector preferences. CapMan was established in 1989 and has offices in Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Luxembourg, and Moscow.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 21 of 44
Sector: Packaging 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout 6 of 12
Country: Finland 10 of 24
Year: 2018 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-03 Arctic Security

Oulu, Finland

Arctic Security is a Finnish company specialised in Threat Intelligence analysis. Arctic Security helps turn raw cyber threat data into harmonized threat intelligence. The company creates tools to automate the collection, harmonization, processing and distribution of threat intelligence. Arctic Security was founded in 2017 and is based in Oulu, Finland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-30 Realmachinery

Lempäälä, Finland

Realmachinery is a full-service house specialised in machinery, that sells, rents, maintains and equips earthmoving machinery for each purpose. Realmachinery was established in 2010 and is based in Lempäälä, Finland.

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