Livingstone advises the Amadys Group on the acquisition of PRO- Kunststoff GmbH in Germany
Livingstone advised Amadys Group, a Belgian portfolio company of Equistone Partners Europe, on the add-on acquisition of PRO-Kunststoff GmbH. With the acquisition, Amadys Group expands its market presence and reach in Germany in addition to expanding its high-quality portfolio. Both parties have agreed not to disclose details of the transaction.
Amadys, headquartered in Brussels, is a leading systems integrator of end-to-end connectivity solutions for telecom, infrastructure, energy and data center markets. The group operates in the Benelux, Germany, Denmark, Austria and Slovakia and has annual revenues of more than 275 million euros. The Amadys Group is a leading provider of passive network component solutions for utility infrastructure, offering a wide range of products – focusing on telecommunications, water, gas and electricity – as well as industrial applications. Funds advised by Equistone had acquired Amadys Group together with the management in December 2019 and have since then been accompanying a successful European buy-and-build strategy.
PRO-Kunststoff GmbH was founded in Rüsselsheim in 1985 as a distributor of plastic components for infrastructure and industrial construction. Today, the focus of the company and its more than 20 employees is on all products “from POP to house connection” in the rapidly growing broadband infrastructure market. As an established German logistics partner for network operators and construction companies, PRO-Kunststoff GmbH offers its customers a diverse range of innovative quality products such as microducts, microcables, manholes and house connections. With approximately 6,500 square meters of storage space, PRO-Kunststoff GmbH also ensures optimum material stocking in order to be able to realize fast delivery times. The current managing partners Michael Helfrich and Erik Maier-Rebenich will participate in the Amadys Group and continue to actively accompany the expansion in Germany as managing directors of PRO-Kunststoff GmbH.
The acquisition of PRO-Kunststoff GmbH is another important step for the fast growing Amadys Group in the implementation of its growth strategy. The transaction enables to increase the reach in the DACH region and to further improve the ability as a one-stop-shop provider with now more than 300 employees in the area of market coverage as well as delivery capability.
“The acquisition of PRO-Kunststoff GmbH is an excellent addition to the competencies and business areas of the companies Muth GmbH and tso GmbH, which already belong to the Amadys Group”, says Arthur Graevendiek, Managing Director of Amadys Germany, and continues: “We are particularly pleased that this will enable us to offer our German customers know-how and experience in supporting construction companies in FTTH expansion. We are thus further expanding our portfolio as a system provider on the German market.”
“By closing this transaction, Amadys not only gains a strategic and central location in Germany, but also further complements its product offering as well as its customer portfolio in the DACH region. The Amadys Group has thus evolved over the last months into a leading end-to-end system integrator and a strategically important partner for fiber infrastructure roll-out in Germany and Austria. We are very pleased to have been able to support Amadys and Equistone again in this attractive investment,” added Johannes Faber, Partner at Livingstone Düsseldorf.
Hein Wilderjans, CEO of Amadys Group, added: “I would like to welcome the entire PRO-Kunststoff team to the Amadys Group and express my gratitude towards Mr. Helfrich and Mr. Maier-Rebenich for their commitment and their trust into the Amadys Group. Special thanks also go to the Livingstone sector team for once again a very professional support, through which we can implement our growth strategy in the DACH region.”
The acquisition of PRO-Kunststoff GmbH by Amadys is already the 15th transaction in less than 30 months that Livingstone has advised in the field of telecommunication and infrastrutcure. It is also the fourth acquisition that Livingstone has initiated and advised on as M&A advisor to Amadys.
