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World Acquires Asplund

On December 27, 2017, World acquired furniture company Asplund from T Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is World’s 1st transaction in the Furniture sector.
  • This is World’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-12-27
Target Asplund
Sector Furniture
Buyer(s) World
Sellers(s) T Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Asplund

Tokyo, Japan
Asplund is an operating original equipment manufacturing (OEM) business for furniture and interior merchandising and sales of imported furniture to commercial spaces such as hotels, restaurants, cafes, and public spaces, as well as its own lifestyle retail stores “TIMELESS COMFORT” and “212 KITCHEN STORE”. Asplund was founded in 1991 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

World

Kobe, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1959
Sector Apparel/Textiles
DESCRIPTION

World is a clothing company which sells ladies, gentlemen and children's apparel and fashion accessories. World was founded in 1959 and is based in Kobe, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Furniture M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

T Capital Partners

Tokyo, Japan
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 220.0B JPY
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

T Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on buyout and venture transactions in Japan. Within buyouts, the Firm looks to acquire controlling interests in established mid-cap companies with steady growth and strong market positions. T Capital will consider opportunities in a variety of sectors and generally partners with management when pursuing transactions. T Capital Partners was formed in 1991 and is based in Tokyo.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 15
Sector: Furniture M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 11
Country: Japan M&A 12 of 15
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-05 MS&Consulting

Tokyo, Japan

MS&Consulting is a shopping research and management consulting firm to improve customer satisfaction and employee engagement. MS&Consulting was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-26 Tonichi Kosan

Tokyo, Japan

Tonichi Kosan is a specialized trading company dealing with construction and agricultural machinery parts. Tonichi Kosan was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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