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Respol Resinas SA Acquires Forchem Oy

On September 30, 2013, Respol Resinas SA acquired forest products company Forchem Oy from MB Funds

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Respol Resinas SA’s 1st transaction in the Forest Products sector.
  • This is Respol Resinas SA’s 1st transaction in Finland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-09-30
Target Forchem Oy
Sector Forest Products
Buyer(s) Respol Resinas SA
Sellers(s) MB Funds
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Forchem Oy

Rauma, Finland
Forchem Oy Provides most attractive industry tall oil products, bringing true added value to our customers. To grow our global reputation as a profitable, innovative and reliable modern bio refinery. Forchem supplies industry-leading products to global players across a wide range of markets including coatings, lubricants, soaps, paper size, ink resins, adhesives. Forchem's products are used in various chemical industry applications such as coatings, fuel additives, adhesives, printing inks and paper chemicals.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Respol Resinas SA

Leiria, Portugal
Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Chemicals
DESCRIPTION

Respol Resinas SA is a manufacturer of commercializes, and supplies gum rosin.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Forest Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Finland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

MB Funds

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 500M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

MB Funds is a Finnish private equity firm focused on buy-outs, privatizations, buy and builds, and expansion capital transactions. The Firm targets mid-market companies throughout Scandinavia with €20 to €200 million in revenue. MB Funds was established in 1988 and is headquartered in Helsinki.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 21
Sector: Forest Products M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 14
Country: Finland M&A 8 of 19
Year: 2013 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-23 Norpe Oy

Porvoo, Finland

Norpe Oy is a manufacturer and supplier of refrigeration equipment for the consumer non-durables and food industries in the Nordic countries and the Baltic Sea area.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-01 Makua Foods

Porvoo, Finland

Makua Foods is a food company. Makua Foods was founded in 2014 and is based in Porvoo, Finland.

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