Sale of Mersen industrial mixers engineering business

Sector(s)
Industrials
Deal type
Sell your business / Carve out
Date
November 2013
Countries involved
France

Client

Mersen (global expert in electrical specialties and graphite-based materials)

Deal

Mersen disposed its industrial mixers engineering business to JFI Group

Lead team

  • Michel Degryck

    Michel Degryck

    Managing Partner France

What we did:

  • Appointed to prepare the business for sale and run the disposal process: from potential buyer identification, preliminary discussions to preparation and release of the relevant sales documentation, the management of the due diligence process to the negotiation of the legal documentation.
  • Our long experience in assisting large organizations to divest non-core businesses combined with our business-oriented M&A approach and going the extra-mile culture have been key to tailor and swiftly complete this transaction

About the deal

Located near Lyon (France), the business is specialized in the design and manufacture of industrial mixers and impellers sold to international clients acting in process industries such as water treatment, phosphoric acid, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and oil and gas.

JFI Group is specialized in highly technical filtration, separation and weighfeeding equipment and solutions for the Mining, Chemicals and Process industries. JFI Group is controlled by a French Entrepreneur, Michel Jamey, supported by private equity firm Naxicap.

The acquisition is expected to generate strong synergies with JFI Group’s existing activities.