M&A Deal Summary

EPF Partners and NAXICAP Partners Acquire Thermocompact SAS

On January 14, 2013, private equity firms EPF Partners and NAXICAP Partners acquired manufacturer Thermocompact SAS for 50M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EPF Partners’ 2nd and NAXICAP Partners’ 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is EPF Partners’ 0th and NAXICAP Partners’ 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is EPF Partners’ 27th and NAXICAP Partners’ 53rd transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Thermocompact SAS was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2017.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-01-14
Target Thermocompact SAS
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) EPF Partners
NAXICAP Partners
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 50M EUR

Target

Thermocompact SAS

Pringy, France
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Thermocompact SAS is precious metals coating and high technology wire, particularly for EDM applications and fixed abrasive highly technical engineered wires for industries such as photovoltaics, electronics and cutting hard materials such as sapphire. Thermocompact was founded in 1913 and is based in Pringy, France.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

EPF Partners

Paris, France

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EPF Partners is a private equity group focused on making minority growth capital investments. EPF generally looks to invest €3 to €20 million in businesses generating up to €100 million in revenue. EPF was formed in 1996 and is based in Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 31
Sector (Manufacturing) 2 of 2
Type (Going Private) 2 of 2
Country (France) 27 of 30
Year (2013) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-20 La Maison Bleue

Boulogne, France

La Maison Bleue is a provider of private daycare centres for infants. La Maison Bleue currently operates 180 nurseries and services approximately 700 nurseries within the Ma-creche.com network welcoming 7,000 children every month.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-01 AGS Group

Noisy-le-Grand, France

Laser and water jet cutting, welding and machining (for aeronautics industry mainly).

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Buyer

NAXICAP Partners

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 3.1B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

DEAL STATS #
Overall 55 of 109
Sector (Manufacturing) 1 of 3
Type (Going Private) 2 of 2
Country (France) 53 of 99
Year (2013) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-20 NP6

Bordeaux, France

NP6 group is specialized in Cloud Marketing solutions such as mail performance, a multichannel e-CRM routing solution, and EmailSpotter, e-mail marketing monitoring and analysis solution. NP6 was founded in 1999 by Stéphane Zittoun in Bordeaux, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-05 Miliboo

Paris, France

Miliboo is a manufacturer, designer, specialist and e-distributor of customizable furniture. Miliboo was founded in 2005 and is based in Paris, France.

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