
Erhvervsinvest backs Scanbur
Erhvervsinvest has invested in Danish life sciences company Scanbur.
The deal sees Erhvervsinvest acquiring the company from the Møllegaard family, which has owned it since inception. The company's owner and CEO Henrik Møllegaard, who took over the company from his parents in 2001, has sold the majority of Sanbur's shares to the Danish buyout house.
Erhvervinvest will exand the company internationally through a buy-and-build strategy.
Møllegaard will enter into a partnership with Erhvervsinvest and continues as administrative director and minority shareholder in Scanbur.
Company
Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Karlslunde, Scanbur consits of three independent business units that service private and public organisations engaged in life sciences research and production. It provides laboratory equipment for biomedical universities and pharmaceutical businesses in the Nordic region. Scanbur expects turnover of DKK 35m in 2013.
People
Thomas Marstrand is director and managing partner at Erhvervsinvest.
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