DACH – BC Partners acquires FutureLAB and takes 40 % stake in Synlab

Reports indicate that the companies have a combined enterprise value of EUR 500m, with BC Partners owning two thirds of the combined entity. The deal is said to be funded with 70% equity.

FutureLAB is headquartered in Vienna and listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. It was established through the merger of two Austrian laboratory groups (IMCL and Labor Margareten) in 2000. Represented in seven countries, the company employs 2,200 people.

Leinfelden-Echterdingen -based Synlab, was founded in 1998 and reported a turnover of EUR 194m in 2007. It employs 2,000 people in Germany and abroad.

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