M&A Deal Summary

Pregis Acquires Besin International BV

On December 3, 2007, Pregis acquired packaging company Besin International BV from NEON Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Pregis’ 1st transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is Pregis’ 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-12-03
Target Besin International BV
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) Pregis
Sellers(s) NEON Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Besin International BV

Ermelo, Netherlands
Besin International B.V. manufactures paper based honeycomb products. The company’s products are used in transportation packaging, protective packaging, constructive materials, and communicative materials.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Pregis

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Sector Packaging
DESCRIPTION

Pregis is a global provider of innovative protective packaging materials and systems. Pregis design, develop and deliver packaging solutions for a wide variety of consumer and industrial market segments. Pregis serves a wide variety of consumer and industrial market segments including food, pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical devices, agricultural, e-commerce, retail, automotive, transportation, furniture, electronics, building, construction, and military/aerospace. Pregis is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 5
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 5
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-05 Petroflax S.A.

Piatra Neamt, Romania

Petroflax S.A. is a producer and distributor of foam-based products.

Buy $12M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-03 Kobusch-Sengewald

Warburg, Germany

Kobusch-Sengewald is a provider of high value, bespoke, plastic-based flexible and rigid packaging solutions to the food, chemical, hygiene product and medical sectors. The business benefits from its unique technical capabilities, custom-made product offering, and geographical presence providing a “one-stop-shop” of tailored solutions to customers across multiple jurisdictions. Kobusch-Sengewald, based in Warburg/Westfalen, employs over 1,100 employees across six sites located in Germany, Egypt and the United Kingdom. The Company’s range of manufactured products includes flexible films, rigid packaging, ready-made bags, pouches and sleeves.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

NEON Private Equity

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

NEON Private Equity is a Dutch private equity firm focused on management buyouts of middle-market companies. The Firm focuses on acquiring controlling interests and looks to commit €5 to €25 million in transactions valued between €25 and €150 million. Areas of interest include food, retail, wholesale, passenger transport, medical instruments, and media. NEON will consider select growth capital situations, however the Firm will not invest in startups. NEON Private Equity was formerly known as Fortis Private Equity Holding Nederland BV. The Firm was formed in 1982 and is based in Utrecht.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Netherlands M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-04 Royal Swets & Zeitlinger Holding NV

Leiden, Netherlands

Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 100 years of experience to maximize the return on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is a true “long tail” powerhouse that provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently available in its field.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-06 Smithuis

Oldenzaal, Netherlands

Smithuis is one of the leading industrial bakery companies, supplying a broad assortment in (frozen) bake-off bread throughout the Netherlands and abroad as well as fresh bread to retailers in the eastern part of the country. Under the “PréPain” brand Smithuis is one of the pioneers of the (frozen) bake-off segment in the Netherlands and the company is enjoying healthy growth. Smithuis’ customers include all leading Dutch food retailers, wholesalers and out of home operators. Smithuis was founded in 1889 and is based in Oldenzaal, Netherlands.

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