M&A Deal Summary

Siemens Power Generation Acquires Kuhnle Kopp & Kausch

On November 1, 2006, Siemens Power Generation acquired machinery company Kuhnle Kopp & Kausch from ECM Equity Capital Management and EQT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Siemens Power Generation’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Siemens Power Generation’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-11-01
Target Kuhnle Kopp & Kausch
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Siemens Power Generation
Sellers(s) ECM Equity Capital Management
EQT
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kuhnle Kopp & Kausch

Frankenthal, Germany
AG Kuhnle, Kopp & Kausch (AGKK&K) is a leading worldwide manufacturer of turbo machinery - steam turbines, compressors and fans - based in Frankenthal. The products' applications are highly diverse, ranging from power plants, desulphurization plants, refineries, chemical and sewage water treatment plants to the commercial properties. Primary subsidiaries of AGKK&K are HV-Turbo, based in Helsing, Denmark, and TLT-Turbo, based in Zweibrucken and Bad Hersfeld. The company, with a worldwide workforce of roughly 1,400, generated approx.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Siemens Power Generation

Erlangen, Germany

Category Company
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
DESCRIPTION

Siemens Energy is one of the world's leading suppliers of a wide range of products, solutions and services in the field of energy technology.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

ECM Equity Capital Management

Frankfurt, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Equity Capital Management (ECM) is a private investment firm that looks to acquire majority/minority interests in mid-sized companies through its German Equity Partners private equity funds. ECM primarily looks for buyout opportunities to support succession and spin-off situations. Targets companies typically have annual sales between EUR10 and EUR250 million and are in the manufacturing, service or trade industries. ECM's geographical focus is within German-speaking Europe. ECM is based in Frankfurt.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 23
Sector: Machinery M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 12
Country: Germany M&A 9 of 19
Year: 2006 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-01 Polytan

Burgheim, Germany

Polytan is a provider of outdoor sport and recreational surface systems. Sports Group installs tracks (both running tracks and multi-purpose surfaces) and artificial turf fields and manufactures all system critical components in-house. Polytan is based in Burgheim, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 IN tIME

Hanover, Germany

IN tIME is a provider of time-critical express and courier services and has a leading market position in its segment in the European market. In Germany, the company offers its mostly industrial customers a guaranteed pickup of consignments up to 2,400 kg within 60 minutes and within 3 hours in the rest of Europe.

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SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 194
Sector: Machinery M&A 2 of 13
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 11 of 76
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 34
Year: 2006 M&A 4 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-16 Pfaff-Silberblau Hebezeugfabrik & Co. KG

Kissing, Germany

Pfaff-silberblau belongs to the technology leaders in the field of material lifting and handling of heavy weights and is also one of the most important players within the area of actuator technology.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-11-02 Bodilsen AS

Nyk?bing Mors, Denmark

Bodilsen is a leading manufacturer of flat-pack furniture primarily serving major Europe-based furniture retailers

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