M&A Deal Summary

VM Capital Acquires QSIL - Quarzschmelze Ilmenau

On January 10, 2006, private equity firm VM Capital acquired semiconductors company QSIL - Quarzschmelze Ilmenau

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is VM Capital’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is VM Capital’s 3rd transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • QSIL - Quarzschmelze Ilmenau was sold to a strategic buyer in 2011.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-01-10
Target QSIL - Quarzschmelze Ilmenau
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) VM Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

QSIL - Quarzschmelze Ilmenau

Langewiesen, Germany
Qsil is a leading provider of quartz glass products for the semiconductor and fiber optics industries. Its proprietary and unique plasma fusion process offers significant cost benefits compared to standard, multi-stage production processes.

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Buyer

VM Capital

Dusseldorf, Germany

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

VM Capital (formerly known as Ventizz Capital Partners) is a private equity firm that targets investments in growth-oriented technology businesses operating throughout Europe. VM Capital will consider investing in individual companies as well as acquisitions of secondary private equity transactions. Specific sectors of interest include renewable energy/clean technology, semiconductors, electronics, photonics, materials applicaton, industrial automation, medical technology, IT, and communications. Vorndran looks for control stakes when making investments. The Firm's investment horizon is 3 to 6 years. VM Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in Dusseldorf.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 24
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 5 of 20
Country: Germany M&A 3 of 14
Year: 2006 M&A 3 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-10 QSIL

Auma-Weidatal, Germany

QSIL provides versatile materials that contribute significantly to the solution to your challenges, through fine-tuning of properties. QSIL was founded in 1909 and is based in Auma-Weidatal, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-25 Card Factory AG

Oldenburg, Germany

Card Factory AG is a global manufacturer of high-tech chip cards and leads the market for future-proof technology, such as RFID (radio frequency identification) and biometrics.

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