Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH: Haniel acquires Optimar, a leading provider of automated fish handling systems (news with additional features)
DGAP-News: Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH / Key word(s): Mergers & Acquisitions/Expansion Haniel acquires Optimar, a leading provider of automated fish handling systems Duisburg, 21 December 2017. On 20 December 2017, Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH (Haniel) fully acquired Optimar from the Norwegian financial investors Credo Partners and the company’s management. Optimar is a global leader for automated fish handling systems. It develops, produces and installs solutions for use on ships, on land and for aquaculture. Headquartered in Ålesund on the west coast of Norway, the company has grown strongly over the last two years and is expected to generate a revenue of around EUR 115 million in 2017. From six locations in Europe and the USA, Optimar supplies its customers worldwide with customized systems and services. The current management team led by CEO Håvard Sætre will take the company forward as part of the Haniel Group. “Optimar offers its customers from the fishery and aquaculture industries sophisticated solutions, covering almost the entire relevant value chain. Both the company and the market offer great potential for further growth. Thanks to the broad international positioning and innovation, we see good opportunities to rapidly improve the market position even further,” says Haniel CEO Stephan Gemkow. “We are delighted to be enhancing our portfolio with another attractive business so soon after the acquisition of ROVEMA.” Growth driven by the megatrends of automation and nutrition The market offers great potential: The increasing protein demand of the growing world population, the rising standard of living and the advancing automation of industrial value chains are megatrends contributing to the company’s long-term and dynamic growth. In addition to the head office and production premises in Ålesund on the west coast of Norway, the company currently has additional production locations in Norway, USA, Spain and Romania. The company has supplied international customers in the fishery industry and fish farm operators in more than 30 countries. Strong management delighted with growth prospects Pål Brynsrud, Senior Partner at Credo Partners, is also convinced that the best buyer has been found: “Optimar has come a long way in a short time, and is a real success story of founders from three companies and Credo Partners working together with management in a team effort. The crucial factor in our decision was that Haniel successfully develops its portfolio companies and pursues a long-term approach to sustainable value enhancement.” It has been agreed not to disclose the purchase price and further details of the contractual arrangements. Please see the attached fact sheet for further details about Optimar. The sellers were advised by Arctic Securities and Thommessen Law. Haniel was advised by PwC Norway, Simonsen Vogt Wiig and Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek.
Contact partners for press Haniel Dietmar Bochert, Senior Vice President Communications, Contact partners for finance Haniel Dr Axel Gros, Senior Vice President Finance, Credo Partners contact Pål Brynsrud, Senior Partner, Arctic Securities contact Bjørn Løvenskiold, Head of Corporate Finance,
For more information on Haniel, please visit www.haniel.de and www.enkelfaehig.de. Optimar For more information on Optimar, please visit www.Optimar.no. Credo Partners For more information on Credo Partners, please visit www.credopartners.no/en/. Number of characters: 3,907 Contact: Dietmar Bochert Director Corporate Communications Tel.: +49 203 806-578 E-Mail: DBochert@haniel.de Additional features: Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=NSFBTXTVDX Document title: Haniel acquires Optimar
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Language: | English |
Company: | Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH |
Franz-Haniel-Platz 1 | |
47119 Duisburg | |
Germany | |
Phone: | +49 (0)203 806 578 |
Fax: | +49 (0)203 806 80 578 |
E-mail: | dbochert@haniel.de |
Internet: | www.haniel.de |
ISIN: | XS0482703286, XS0459131636 |
WKN: | 601960, A1A6NE |
Listed: | Regulated Unofficial Market in Frankfurt, Stuttgart |
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