M&A Deal Summary

WTS Energy Acquires Sniffers

On February 20, 2018, WTS Energy acquired energy services and equipment company Sniffers from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WTS Energy’s 1st transaction in the Energy Services and Equipment sector.
  • This is WTS Energy’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-02-20
Target Sniffers
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Buyer(s) WTS Energy
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Sniffers

Balen, Belgium
Sniffers is a provider of fugitive emission monitoring and related services to the oil & gas industries outside the US, with a strong market position in Europe and the Middle East.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

WTS Energy

The Hague, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
DESCRIPTION

WTS Energy is a work force management, high-level manpower and recruitment service to the global oil, gas and new energy industry. WTS Energy is head quartered in the Netherlands and has 20 offices around the world, in US, Europe, Middle East and Africa. WTS Energy is operational in over 50 countries and employs more than 1,000 consultants around the World.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 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 347 of 488
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 14 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 150 of 202
Country: Belgium M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2018 M&A 4 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-14 JD Logistics

Beijing, China

JD Logistics provides the e-commerce business of JD.com to create a more efficient, more integrated and user-friendly logistics network in China. Empowered by science and technology, it provides a full range of supply chain solutions and quality logistics services covering all business areas including warehousing and distribution, from manufacturing to end customers, covering common and special goods. JD Logistics was founded in 2012 and is based in Beijing, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-01 CFGI

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

CFGI is a unique and highly specialized financial consulting firm that is strategically positioned to help companies through a range of routine and complex business scenarios. CFGI works alongside your internal staff, serving in a variety of roles – from technical accounting advisor to M&A support to Controller or CFO – and delivering seamless support services. CFGI was formed in 2000 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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