Madrid\/Frankfurt am Main \u2014 Alan\u00adtra, the global invest\u00adment banking and asset manage\u00adment firm focu\u00adsed on the mid-market segment, has advi\u00adsed the share\u00adhol\u00adders of Aakamp GmbH (\u201cAakamp\u201d), a leading German manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of vitamins, mine\u00adrals and nutri\u00adtio\u00adnal supple\u00adments (VMS), on the sale of the company to Farm\u00adaceu\u00adtici Procemsa (\u201cProcemsa\u201d). Procemsa, a company held by Invest\u00adin\u00addus\u00adtrial Growth L.P. (\u201cInvest\u00adin\u00addus\u00adtrial\u201d), specia\u00adli\u00adzes in the produc\u00adtion, pack\u00ada\u00adging, and rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of nutri\u00adtio\u00adnal supple\u00adments. The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion was announ\u00adced today.<\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in 2009, Aakamp is the main contract manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer for German VMS brands in the direct-to-consu\u00admer (D2C) segment. Since 2019, Auctus Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners, a leading German buy and build inves\u00adtor, has been a majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder in the company along\u00adside foun\u00adder Alex\u00adan\u00adder Keibel and the manage\u00adment team. Aakamp offers the full range of dietary supple\u00adments (inclu\u00adding capsu\u00adles, tablets, soft\u00adgels, liquids and powders) and a full range of services (inclu\u00adding product deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, produc\u00adtion, pack\u00ada\u00adging, labe\u00adl\u00ading and storage). Aakamp has a state-of-the-art and \u2011flexi\u00adble produc\u00adtion faci\u00adlity in Bred\u00addorf and employs around 200 people. Under the leader\u00adship of foun\u00adder Alex\u00adan\u00adder Keibel, who will conti\u00adnue to serve as CEO, Aakamp has achie\u00adved excep\u00adtio\u00adnal and steady growth over the past decade.<\/p>\n
With the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Aakamp by Procemsa, Invest\u00adin\u00addus\u00adtrial conti\u00adnues its stra\u00adtegy to build a Euro\u00adpean leader in the VMS sector. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion provi\u00addes access to the German market, which at \u20ac2.5 billion is the third largest in Europe after Italy and the United King\u00addom. It is charac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by the fastest growing D2C segment and is ther\u00ade\u00adfore of parti\u00adcu\u00adlar stra\u00adte\u00adgic importance. Procemsa is one of the largest play\u00aders in the Euro\u00adpean VMS market follo\u00adwing the comple\u00adtion of the transaction.<\/p>\n
The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion unders\u00adcores Alan\u00adtra\u2019s leading posi\u00adtion as an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal midmar\u00adket M&A advi\u00adsor to the VMS and nutri\u00adtio\u00adnal supple\u00adments sectors. Alan\u00adtra recently advi\u00adsed on the dive\u00adst\u00adments of Bee Health (UK) to INW, Nutri\u00adsci\u00adence Inno\u00adva\u00adtions (USA) to Tilia Capi\u00adtal, GS Capsule (China) to Advent Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal, Patent Co (Serbia) to RWA, and the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of UAS Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adries (USA) by Chr. Hansen and OFI (Italy) by Procemsa.<\/p>\n
Charles Lance\u00adley, Head of UK Food & Nutri\u00adtion, and Chris\u00adto\u00adpher Jobst, Part\u00adner at Alan\u00adtra Germany, led the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion with the support of a team from the UK and Germany. The team\u2019s exten\u00adsive indus\u00adtry know\u00adledge and close rela\u00adti\u00adonships with stra\u00adte\u00adgists enab\u00adled them to achieve a highly successful outcome for Aakamp.<\/p>\n
Chris\u00adto\u00adpher Jobst said: \u201cAs a leading provi\u00adder on the German VMS market and an indis\u00adpensable part\u00adner for its custo\u00admers, Aakamp was a sought-after asset on the Euro\u00adpean market. Toge\u00adther with foun\u00adder Alex\u00adan\u00adder Keibel and the other share\u00adhol\u00adders, we exami\u00adned nume\u00adrous opti\u00adons that would meet both the share\u00adhol\u00adders\u2019 and the company\u2019s requi\u00adre\u00adments in the long term. We are plea\u00adsed to have found a part\u00adner in Procemsa that is an ideal stra\u00adte\u00adgic and cultu\u00adral fit for Aakamp, and we look forward to the company\u2019s contin\u00adued success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Charles Lance\u00adley added, \u201cConsu\u00admer spen\u00adding on dietary supple\u00adments in Europe is at record levels, and impro\u00adving health and well-being is among the major trends. Leading compa\u00adnies like Aakamp play a criti\u00adcal role in the VMS supply chain as inno\u00adva\u00adtors, deve\u00adlo\u00adpers and manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders, and will ther\u00ade\u00adfore conti\u00adnue to attract strong inte\u00adrest from stra\u00adte\u00adgic buyers and finan\u00adcial investors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alex\u00adan\u00adder Keibel, CEO of Aakamp, said: \u201cWe are very proud to have gained the trust of a part\u00adner like Invest\u00adin\u00addus\u00adtrial and to be able to work with a large group like Procemsa in the future. Our market is rapidly evol\u00adving due to digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion and we are convin\u00adced that our inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal foot\u00adprint will streng\u00adthen Procem\u00adsa\u2019s posi\u00adtio\u00adning in the sector. We would like to thank Alan\u00adtra for their support in this process. The cross-border colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion has worked seam\u00adlessly and brought great added value.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrea Bonomi, Chair\u00adman of Invest\u00adin\u00addus\u00adtri\u00adal\u2019s Indus\u00adtrial Advi\u00adsory Board, said, \u201cThis acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion is another exam\u00adple of the successful conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtion stra\u00adtegy that Invest\u00adin\u00addus\u00adtrial has imple\u00admen\u00adted since the begin\u00adning of its opera\u00adti\u00adons, making and successfully inte\u00adgra\u00adting more than 150 add-on acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons for its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies. Procemsa is in an excel\u00adlent posi\u00adtion to successfully conti\u00adnue its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion through both acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons and orga\u00adnic growth. With Aakamp, we have found a valuable addi\u00adtion to streng\u00adthen our posi\u00adtion in the important German market.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Alan\u00adtra<\/strong><\/p>\n Alan\u00adtra is a global alter\u00adna\u00adtive asset manage\u00adment, invest\u00adment banking and credit port\u00adfo\u00adlio advi\u00adsory firm focu\u00adsed on provi\u00adding services to busi\u00adnesses, fami\u00adlies and inves\u00adtors opera\u00adting in the middle market segment. The Group has more than 540 profes\u00adsio\u00adnals in Europe, the USA, Latin America and Asia. The Invest\u00adment Banking divi\u00adsion provi\u00addes inde\u00adpen\u00addent advice on M&A, debt advi\u00adsory, restruc\u00adtu\u00adring and capi\u00adtal markets tran\u00adsac\u00adtions and has advi\u00adsed on more than 450 tran\u00adsac\u00adtions with a total value of over \u20ac70 billion in the last three years. Alan\u00adtra\u2019s specia\u00adlists have both exten\u00adsive global sector exper\u00adtise and strong rela\u00adti\u00adonships with local compa\u00adnies, inves\u00adtors, entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and finan\u00adcing insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons in each of their markets. www.alantra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Madrid\/Frankfurt am Main \u2014 Alan\u00adtra, the global invest\u00adment banking and asset manage\u00adment firm focu\u00adsed on the mid-market segment, has advi\u00adsed the share\u00adhol\u00adders of Aakamp GmbH (\u201cAakamp\u201d), a leading German manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of vitamins, mine\u00adrals and nutri\u00adtio\u00adnal supple\u00adments (VMS), on the sale of the company to Farm\u00adaceu\u00adtici Procemsa (\u201cProcemsa\u201d). Procemsa, a company held by Invest\u00adin\u00addus\u00adtrial Growth L.P. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1369,1372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-investors","category-consultant"],"yoast_head":"\n