GERMANY - DZ Equity Partner acquires stake in Illichmann Aluminiumguss

Frankfurt-based DZ Equity Partner has acquired a controlling stake in Austrian Illichmann Aluminiumguss GmbH & Co KG and its Slovakia-based affiliates. Debt was supplied by Investkredit Bank AG. The financial terms of the contract have not been disclosed. The transaction is a follow-up to the purchase of GIMA GmbH Giessereianlagen und Maschinenbau, Goeppingen, and bac electronic GmbH which were acquired by the financial investor in July 2005. All three transactions were financed by Investkredit Bank on the debt side with Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw advising on legals.