July 29, 2019 Frankfurt\/Wiesbaden (Germany), Tokyo (Japan), July 29, 2019 \u2014 Funds advi\u00adsed by Triton (\u201cTriton\u201d) have comple\u00adted the sale of COBEX, a leading manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer and supplier of carbon and graphite products for alumi\u00adnum, primary iron and iron and other smel\u00adting indus\u00adtries, to Tokai Carbon Co, Ltd (\u201cTokai Carbon\u201d), a pioneer in the Japa\u00adnese carbon products indus\u00adtry, for an enter\u00adprise value of EUR 825 million.<\/p>\n
Triton acqui\u00adred COBEX, SGL Group\u2019s former catho\u00addes, furnace linings and carbon elec\u00adtro\u00addes busi\u00adness, in 2017.<\/p>\n
COBEX is a leading global manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of carbon and graphite products for the primary alumi\u00adnum and iron indus\u00adtries and other metall\u00adur\u00adgi\u00adcal smel\u00adting proces\u00adses. COBEX\u2019s core compe\u00adten\u00adcies are the produc\u00adtion of premium quality and maxi\u00admum consis\u00adtency catho\u00addes, furnace linings and carbon elec\u00adtro\u00addes. COBEX main\u00adta\u00adins long-stan\u00adding, trus\u00adting part\u00adner\u00adships with nume\u00adrous custo\u00admers around the world. With inno\u00adva\u00adtive solu\u00adti\u00adons COBEX helps its custo\u00admers to create added value and opti\u00admize total cost of owner\u00adship. A highly quali\u00adfied team with many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in product deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and appli\u00adca\u00adtion supports custo\u00admers with tech\u00adni\u00adcal know\u00adledge and skills. COBEX is based in Wies\u00adba\u00adden, Germany. The company also has two plants in Poland and sales and tech\u00adni\u00adcal services in China.<\/p>\n
For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion: https:\/\/cobexgroup.com\/<\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in 1918, Tokai Carbon has been a market leader for over 100 years in the manu\u00adfac\u00adture and distri\u00adbu\u00adtion of a wide range of high-quality carbon and graphite products for nume\u00adrous global custo\u00admers in a wide range of indus\u00adtries inclu\u00adding steel, auto\u00admo\u00adtive, semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtors and elec\u00adtro\u00adnic compon\u00adents. Tokai Carbon has deve\u00adlo\u00adped and deli\u00advered cutting-edge carbon product exper\u00adtise to meet custo\u00admer needs. Tokai Carbon main\u00adta\u00adins a global network of 42 sites in 10 count\u00adries in Asia, Europe and North America. The company had conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adted sales of JPY231 billion and total assets of JPY317 billion for the year ended Decem\u00adber 31, 2018. Tokai Carbon is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n
For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion: www.tokaicarbon.co.jp\/en\/<\/p>\n
Since its foun\u00adding in 1997, Triton has laun\u00adched nine funds and focu\u00adsed on compa\u00adnies in the indus\u00adtrial, services, consu\u00admer goods and health\u00adcare sectors. The Triton funds invest in medium-sized compa\u00adnies based in Europe and support their posi\u00adtive development.<\/p>\n
Triton\u2019s goal is to successfully deve\u00adlop its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies in the long term by working toge\u00adther as partners.<\/p>\n
Triton and its manage\u00adment strive to gene\u00adrate posi\u00adtive change and growth through the sustainable impro\u00adve\u00adment of opera\u00adtio\u00adnal proces\u00adses and struc\u00adtures. At present, Triton\u2019s port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes 37 compa\u00adnies with total sales of around EUR 14.6 billion and around 72,400 employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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