M&A Deal Summary

Ship Group Acquires Vivanco

On March 29, 2011, Ship Group acquired electronics company Vivanco from NORD Holding

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ship Group’s 1st transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Ship Group’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-03-29
Target Vivanco
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Ship Group
Sellers(s) NORD Holding
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Vivanco

Ahrensburg, Germany
Vivanco is a provider of an electronics accessories in the electronics entertainment, IT and telecommunications sectors. Vivanco was founded in 1920 and is based in Ahrensburg, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ship Group

Ningbo , China

Category Company
Sector Electronics
Employees4,000
DESCRIPTION

Ship Group is a comprehensive high-tech company which integrates the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of networking products, cables and consumer electronics etc. Ship Group is based in Ningbo, China.


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

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

NORD Holding

Hannover, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1969
PE ASSETS 4.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

NORD Holding is a private equity firm focused on investments in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. NORD targets medium sized businesses dealing with succession issues, needing growth financing, or mezzanine capital. The Firm will consider both majority and minority situations. Sectors of interest include automotive, building materials, construction, consumer goods, finance, logistics, manufacturing, capital equipment, media, IT, optical supplies, life science, printing, service providers, shipbuilding, and trade. NORD Holding was formed in 1969 and is based in Hannover, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 34
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 10
Country: Germany M&A 7 of 30
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-16 Avista Oil

Uetze, Germany

Avista Oil is one of the enterprises in used oil upcycling in Europe. In this field, the group of companies performs the whole range of functions from the collection of used oils, to re-refining and production and to the international marketing and sale of high-quality base oils and their upgrading to lubricants. Avista Oil was founded in 1951 and is based in Uetze, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-04-08 Preh

Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany

Preh GmbH develops and produces mechatronic solutions for quality controls, which are used in the automotive and industrial electronics.

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