M&A Deal Summary

Warburg Pincus Acquires uvex group

On July 1, 2025, private equity firm Warburg Pincus acquired consumer products company uvex group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 3rd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 11th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-07-01
Target uvex group
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

uvex group

Fürth, Germany
uvex group operates four companies under one roof: the uvex safety group (uvex safety, HexArmor, laservision and Heckel), the uvex sports group (uvex sports, ALPINA and Hiplok), the Filtral group (Filtral and Primetta) and the UD2C Group for the direct-to-consumer online business. The group is represented by 49 branch offices in 23 countries and produces in its own factories. In total, 60% of the company’s workforce of more than 3,000 staff (as at: 2023/24 financial year) are employed in Germany. uvex is a global partner to international elite sport and equips a host of top athletes. uvex group is based in Fürth, Germany.

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Buyer

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 487 of 493
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 3 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 86 of 86
Country: Germany M&A 11 of 12
Year: 2025 M&A 4 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-05-15 Aetion

New York, New York, United States

Aetion is a healthcare technology company that delivers real-world evidence for life sciences companies. The Aetion Evidence Platform analyzes data from the real world to produce transparent, rapid, and scientifically validated answers on treatments, costs, and outcomes. With decades of experience in epidemiology and health outcomes research, Aetion informs healthcare’s most critical decisions to guide treatment development, commercialization, and payment innovation. Aetion is based in New York, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-08 A-LIGN

Tampa, Florida, United States

A-LIGN is a cybersecurity and compliance solutions provider that specializes in helping businesses navigate the complexities of regulatory and business-driven security and compliance needs. It provides security and compliance solutions in the form of assessments, audits, and cyber risk advisory and testing services for companies ranging from small-medium-sized businesses to large enterprises. A-LIGN was founded in 2009 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

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