
Invest AG, Raiffeisen KMU team up on Bilfinger buyout
Austrian PE firms Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs AG and Raiffeisen KMU Beteiligungs teamed up on the buyout of German construction rental business Bilfinger Geratechnik, according to an announcement on 21 December 2018.
After the transaction, Bilfinger will be held 49% by the management, 41% by Invest AG and 5% by Raiffeisen.
The business was carved out of German-listed group Bilfinger and comprises six locations. The unit generated sales of €36.9m in 2017.
Invest AG claims to be Austria's largest private equity fund with a volume of €180m.
Company
Bilfinger is the construction equipment rental business of listed engineering company Bilfinger SE. It provides equipment and delivery for a range of construction projects.
People
Bilfinger Geratechnik – Gerhard Hunger (CEO).
Latest News
Stonehage Fleming raises USD 130m for largest fund to date, eyes 2024 programme
Multi-family office has seen strong appetite, with investor base growing since 2016 to more than 90 family offices, Meiping Yap told Unquote
Permira to take Ergomed private for GBP 703m
Sponsor deploys Permira VIII to ride new wave of take-privates; Blackstone commits GBP 200m in financing for UK-based CRO
Partners Group to release IMs for Civica sale in mid-September
Sponsor acquired the public software group in July 2017 via the same-year vintage Partners Group Global Value 2017
Change of mind: Sponsors take to de-listing their own assets
EQT and Cinven seen as bellweather for funds to reassess options for listed assets trading underwater