M&A Deal Summary

Valvitalia Acquires Tecnoforge Group

On December 21, 2004, Valvitalia acquired machinery company Tecnoforge Group from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Valvitalia’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Valvitalia’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-12-21
Target Tecnoforge Group
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Valvitalia
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Tecnoforge Group

Castelsangiovanni, Italy
Tecnoforge SpA manufactures butt-welding fittings in Italy.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Valvitalia

Rivanazzano, Italy

Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Manufacturing
Employees1,100
Revenue 300M EUR (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Valvitalia is a manufacturer of flow control components (shut-off valves, security and control, actuators, fittings, flanges, and complete systems) for the Oil & Gas, electricity generation, desalination, and shipbuilding sectors. Valvitalia was founded in 2002 and is based in Rivanazzano, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 48 of 488
Sector: Machinery M&A 3 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 24 of 202
Country: Italy M&A 2 of 12
Year: 2004 M&A 24 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-14 SemGroup

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

SemGroup Corp. moves energy across North America through a network of pipelines, processing plants, refinery-connected storage facilities and deep-water marine terminals with import and export capabilities. SemGroup serves as a versatile connection between upstream oil and gas producers and downstream refiners and end-users. Key areas of operation and growth include western Canada, the Mid-Continent and the Gulf Coast. SemGroup is committed to safe, environmentally sound operations. Headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., the company has additional offices in Calgary, Alberta; Denver, Colo.; and Houston, Texas. SemGroup uses its Investor Relations website and social media outlets as channels of distribution of material company information. SemGroup Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-23 profine

Berlin, Germany

profine is a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of PVC frames for windows and doors. The Company also produces vinyl sheets as well as shutter systems. profine was founded in 2003 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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