M&A Deal Summary

SGT Acquires Axium Packaging

On January 15, 2025, SGT acquired packaging company Axium Packaging from Cerea Partners and Bpifrance Investissement

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SGT’s 1st transaction in the Packaging sector.
  • This is SGT’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-01-15
Target Axium Packaging
Sector Packaging
Buyer(s) SGT
Sellers(s) Cerea Partners
Bpifrance Investissement
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Axium Packaging

Andrezieux -Boutheon, France
Axium Packaging is a PET (recyclable) & R-PET (recycled) plastic packaging solutions specialist. Axium mainly designs and manufactures plastic packaging solutions for the food, healthcare, and beauty sectors. Axium's products are divided between flasks, plugs, and boxes. Axium was founded in 1968 and is based in Andrezieux -Boutheon, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SGT

Reze Cedex, France

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Packaging
DESCRIPTION

SGT specializes in PET and RPET packaging, designing and manufacturing high-performance solutions for liquid packaging. The company offers a comprehensive and continuously evolving range of PET and RPET preforms (single-layer and multilayer), as well as HDPE caps. SGT was founded in 1981 and is based in Reze Cedex, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Packaging M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Cerea Partners

Neuilly sur Seine, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 1.5B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Cerea Partners is a specialist investment firm focused on investing in and providing finance to agriculture and related sustainable food businesses. Cerea primarily targets companies in Western Europe and looks to invest in companies valued between €20 and €500 million. Prospective transaction situations includes LBOs, LBIs, OBOs, and spin-offs. Cerea Partners was formed in 2004 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 32
Sector: Packaging M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 8
Country: France M&A 26 of 26
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-22 Monviso

Andezeno, Italy

Monviso is a producer of rusks, salt-free breadsticks, crispy bread, gluten-free products, and biscuits. Monviso produces different product ranges, such as breakfast (which includes the renowned Biscotto Salute), wellbeing low-salt products and Io sono rusks), organic, snack, and pastry. Monviso was founded in 1936 and is based in Andezeno, Italy.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-02-01 PiovanGroup

Veneto, Italy

PiovanGroup designs, manufactures, and installs systems that automate the storage, transport, and processing of polymers, plastic powders, and food ingredients. PiovanGroup is based in Veneto, Italy.

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DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 21
Sector: Packaging M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 6
Country: France M&A 20 of 21
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-12-01 Cofarco

Paris, France

Cofarco offers independent credit-insurance brokerage and finance-arrangement services, bringing liquidity to credit-tight markets by combining credit‐risk protection with structuring of finance for specialists in sectors such as commodities. Cofarco was founded in 2009 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-12 Staphyt

Inchy-en-Artois, France

Staphyt specializes in advancing agrosciences through expertise in field experimentation, laboratory testing, regulatory consulting, and the management of registration dossiers. Staphyt is committed to delivering innovative solutions that bridge scientific and regulatory needs in the agricultural industry. Staphyt was founded in 1989 and is based in Inchy-en-Artois, France.

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