M&A Deal Summary

Plastech Acquires Kautex Group

On January 1, 2018, Plastech acquired machinery company Kautex Group from capiton

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Plastech’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Plastech’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-01-01
Target Kautex Group
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Plastech
Sellers(s) capiton
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kautex Group

Bonn, Germany
Kautex Group is a global producer of extrusion blow molding machines used for the production of hollow plastic articles for technical parts and packaging. Its products are used in the automotive sector, the consumer and industrial packaging segment as well as in specialties markets. Kautex Group is based in Bonn, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Plastech

Vienna, Austria

Category Company
Founded 2017
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Plastech is an independent industry holding, focussing on investments in the plastic materials sector. Plastech was founded in 2017 and is based in Vienna, Austria.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

capiton

Berlin, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 1.8B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

capiton AG is a private equity firm that targets management-led buyouts and growth capital financings of small and medium-sized businesses in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Broad sectors of interest include capital goods, consumer goods, services, and healthcare. capiton AG looks to invest with a turnover of between €50 and €300 million and usually invest between €20 and €60 million. The Firm generally looks for control positions when considering opportunities. capiton AG was established in 1999 and is based in Berlin, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 23
Sector: Machinery M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 9
Country: Germany M&A 10 of 20
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Stäbelow, Germany

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-01 CymbiQ Group

Bassersdorf, Switzerland

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