M&A Deal Summary

SCA Acquires Wausau Paper

On January 20, 2016, SCA acquired consumer products company Wausau Paper for 513M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SCA’s 9th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is SCA’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SCA’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is SCA’s 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-01-20
Target Wausau Paper
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) SCA
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 513M USD
Advisor(s) Evercore Group (Financial)
Shearman & Sterling (Legal)

Target

Wausau Paper

Mosinee, Wisconsin, United States
Wausau Paper Corp. is a producer and marketer of a complete line of away-from-home towel and tissue products, as well as soap and dispensing systems.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SCA

Stockholm, Sweden
Category Company
Founded 1915
Sector Business Services
Employees3,400
Revenue 18.1B SEK (2023)
DESCRIPTION

SCA's hygiene operations are located at four locations in western Sweden. SCA's headquarters are corporate staffs in Finance, Strategy & Business, Law, Sustainability, Human Resources and Communication. SCA was founded in 1915 and is based in Sundsvall, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 15
Sector (Consumer Products) 9 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 10
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-23 Cool Logistics

Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom

Cool Logistics is a provider of temperature controlled packaging solutions. Specializing in the design, test and qualification of temperature controlled packaging solutions, Cool Logistics is dedicated to fulfilling the complex needs of the global healthcare industry. Customers benefit from their extensive expertise in ensuring that temperature stability is maintained throughout the distribution chain.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-19 BSN medical

Hamburg, Germany

BSN medical GmbH is an innovative medical solutions company with well-known brands such as Leukoplast, Cutimed, JOBST, Delta Cast, Delta Lite and Actimove which are long established brand leaders in their key markets.

Buy €2.7B
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Company

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