M&A Deal Summary

Uperio Acquires Arcomet

On November 1, 2007, Uperio acquired business services company Arcomet from GIMV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Uperio’s 2nd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Uperio’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-11-01
Target Arcomet
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Uperio
Sellers(s) GIMV
Deal Type Merger

Target

Arcomet

Paal-Beringen, Belgium
Arcomet designs, produces, sells, and rents tower cranes and easy-to-assemble cranes. Currently, it owns 700 rapid assembly and 600 tower cranes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Uperio

Essex, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Uperio is specialist in rental, distribution, and services of tower cranes. Uperio, which has a fleet of more than 2 cranes, operates in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Sweden, and also operates in the United States. Uperio was founded in 2007 and is based in Essex, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Business Services) 2 of 2
Type (Merger) 2 of 2
Country (Belgium) 1 of 1
Year (2007) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-01 Matebat

Fenouillet, France

Matebat is a construction cranes rental company providing tower crane rental solutions by selling new and used cranes, self-erecting cranes, and providing after-sales services.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GIMV

Antwerp, Belgium

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 2.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GIMV is a Belgium based public investment company focused on private equity and venture capital investments in tech-based businesses. GIMV's private equity practice operates through its Corporate Investment unit and targets management buyouts, buy-ins, and growth capital financings of companies with annual sales between EUR15 and EUR150 million. For buyout opportunities GIMV generally takes a majority stake in businesses and for growth capital needs, GIMV takes a minority position. GIMV does not invest in publicly held companies or turnaround situations. GIMV's geographic focus is within Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and France. GIMV also invests in Russia through Eagle Capital Partners, a partnership with KBC Private Equity. GIMV was formed in 1980 and is headquartered in Antwerp with additional offices in The Hague, Frankfurt, Munich, and Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 105
Sector (Business Services) 3 of 8
Type (Merger) 1 of 2
Country (Belgium) 5 of 34
Year (2007) 8 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-30 Bever Zwerfsport B.V.

Zoetermeer, Netherlands

Bever Zwerfsport is the specialist and market leader in the Netherlands for outdoor sports articles and accessories. The outdoor chain sells a wide range of clothing, footwear and other articles from internationally reputed brands for outdoor activities like expeditions, mountaineering and camping.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-02 Interwise

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Interwise, Inc., develops and sells software for real time video, audio and data communication via the internet. The US-Israeli company focuses on web conferencing and the live e-learning market. The company originated in Israel, but is headquartered in the USA. Interwise is active in countries like the United Kingdom, France, Japan, China and Australia, and has offices in six countries.

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