SWITZERLAND – Argos Soditic realizes 14x return from sale of Maillefer

Argos Soditic has sold its portfolio company Maillefer in a secondary buyout to Alpha Group, realising a 14x return on the exit. The company was acquired in 2001 in a management buyout and spun off from Nokia subsidiary Nextrom. Maillefer is a producer of cable machinery for energy, telecoms and specialty plastic pipe, and reported a turnover of CHF 270m in 2007.