M&A Deal Summary

Orell Füssli Acquires Atlantic Zeiser

On January 1, 2002, Orell Füssli acquired distribution company Atlantic Zeiser from EPF Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Orell Füssli’s 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Orell Füssli’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2002-01-01
Target Atlantic Zeiser
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Orell Füssli
Sellers(s) EPF Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Atlantic Zeiser

Andover, United Kingdom
ATLANTIC ZEISER is a world-leader in industrial high-security coding and personalization technologies, offering total system solutions to governments and industries such as printing, plastic card, telecom, pharmaceutical, banking, packaging, labels and cosmetics.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Orell Füssli

Zurich, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 1519
Sector Distribution
Employees649
Revenue 253M CHF (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Orell Füssli is a diversified industrial and trading group engaged in the core businesses of bank note & security printing, industrial systems used in the individualisation of security documents and branded products, and book retailing. Orell Füssli was founded in 1519 and is based in Zürich, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EPF Partners

Obertshausen, Germany

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EPF Partners is a private equity group focused on making minority growth capital investments. EPF generally looks to invest €3 to €20 million in businesses generating up to €100 million in revenue. EPF was formed in 1996 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 22
Sector: Distribution M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-02-29 San Marina S.A.

Aubagne, France

San Marina S.A. manufactures and retails men and women’s fashion shoes made from deer and kid leather, suede and fabrics.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-03-01 Ludendo SA

Paris, France

Ludendo SA is a retailer of games and toys, gifts, youth books, creative, and holiday activities. Ludendo was founded in 1977 and is based in Paris, France.

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