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Senko Group Holdings Co. Acquires Smile

On September 26, 2011, Senko Group Holdings Co. acquired packaging company Smile from Polaris Capital Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Senko Group Holdings Co.’s 1st transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is Senko Group Holdings Co.’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-09-26
Target Smile
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) Senko Group Holdings Co.
Sellers(s) Polaris Capital Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Smile

Tokyo, Japan
Smile Corp. is a provider of packaging materials, fresh foods, flowers, wines, furniture, cosmetics, and other miscellaneous goods.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Senko Group Holdings Co.

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1916
Sector Transportation
Employees25,459
Revenue 854.6B JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Senko Group Holdings Co. logistics company that offers logistics, business support; and manufacturing services. The company provides logistics to support customers in industries, such as transport, storage, international logistics, distribution processing, and In-factory operations. Senko Group Holdings was founded in 1916 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Polaris Capital Group

Tokyo, Japan

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Polaris Capital Group is a private equity firm focused on mid-sized opportunities throughout Japan. Polaris generally seeks manufacturing companies with competitive technologies/processes, but the Firm will also consider consumer goods, retail, logistics and other service based businesses possessing strong brands or unique business models with potential to expand. Prospective transaction situations of interest include business successions and corporate carve-outs. Polaris Capital Group was formed in 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 23
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 10
Country: Japan M&A 4 of 23
Year: 2011 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-01 Aucnet

Tokyo, Japan

Aucnet, Inc. is a provider of auction/distribution support services for business operators in the fields of used cars, motorcycles, flowers,PC and other items.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-13 GC Showayakuhin

Tokyo, Japan

GC Showayakuhin is a developer, manufacturer and distributor of medicines, dental drugs and medical equipments. GC Showayakuhin was founded in 1948 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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