Amster\u00addam \/ Munich \u2014 Funds advi\u00adsed by Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe (\u201cEquis\u00adtone\u201d) are acqui\u00adring a majo\u00adrity stake in BUKO Infra\u00adsup\u00adport and BUKO Waakt (\u201cBUKO\u201d), two leading provi\u00adders of outsour\u00adced traf\u00adfic and secu\u00adrity manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons in the Nether\u00adlands. Equis\u00adtone will work with current share\u00adhol\u00adder Scheybe\u00adeck Parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adties, the Burger fami\u00adly\u2019s family office, as well as the exten\u00added manage\u00adment team that will take a reverse stake in the company as part of the transaction.<\/p>\n
It was important for Scheybe\u00adeck Parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adties to find a highly expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced part\u00adner who could support the compa\u00adnies\u2019 growth ambi\u00adti\u00adons with strong finan\u00adcial back\u00ading and a large inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal network. BUKO CEO Robert Emme\u00adrich will conti\u00adnue to lead both compa\u00adnies as Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor. The part\u00adner\u00adship with Equis\u00adtone will focus prima\u00adrily on further expan\u00adding the market presence in the Nether\u00adlands as well as targe\u00adted expan\u00adsion into neigh\u00adbor\u00ading count\u00adries, supported by strong market dyna\u00admics. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose details of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, which is still subject to appr\u00adoval by the rele\u00advant compe\u00adti\u00adtion authorities.<\/p>\n
BUKO was foun\u00added in 1962 in the Nether\u00adlands and consists of three busi\u00adness units: BUKO Infra\u00adsup\u00adport, BUKO Trans\u00adport and BUKO Waakt. BUKO Trans\u00adport is not part of this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. BUKO Infra\u00adsup\u00adport specia\u00adli\u00adzes in offe\u00adring end-to-end outsour\u00adcing solu\u00adti\u00adons in tempo\u00adrary traf\u00adfic manage\u00adment. With its compre\u00adhen\u00adsive port\u00adfo\u00adlio of services \u2014 from the design, plan\u00adning, permit\u00adting, provi\u00adsion and coll\u00adec\u00adtion, as well as the manage\u00adment of requi\u00adred road signage and safety equip\u00adment for on-site road works \u2014 Infra\u00adsup\u00adport parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly serves contrac\u00adtors and autho\u00adri\u00adties invol\u00adved in utility-rela\u00adted, urban and rural road works. BUKO Waakt is a provi\u00adder of tempo\u00adrary secu\u00adrity solu\u00adti\u00adons with a focus on camera surveil\u00adlance, intru\u00adsion detec\u00adtion systems as well as access control systems, which are used espe\u00adci\u00adally on cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion sites of resi\u00adden\u00adtial and public buildings.<\/p>\n
The two busi\u00adness units BUKO Infra\u00adsup\u00adport and BUKO Waakt combine strong exper\u00adtise with a custo\u00admer- and result-orien\u00adted approach, high-quality equip\u00adment and a convic\u00adtion for the highest safety stan\u00addards. In this way, the company is making an important contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to ensu\u00adring the prescri\u00adbed safety measu\u00adres around road and cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion projects and to meeting the incre\u00adasing safety regu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons in the best possi\u00adble way. With seve\u00adral thousand projects comple\u00adted each year and its firmly estab\u00adlished long-stan\u00adding and trus\u00adting custo\u00admer rela\u00adti\u00adonships, the company is conside\u00adred one of the largest provi\u00adders of custo\u00admi\u00adzed traf\u00adfic and secu\u00adrity solu\u00adti\u00adons in the Nether\u00adlands. It curr\u00adently employs more than 350 people and gene\u00adra\u00adtes annual sales of around 70 million euros.<\/p>\n
The part\u00adner\u00adship with Equis\u00adtone is expec\u00adted to further drive the company\u2019s contin\u00adued growth and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. The main focus here is on making opti\u00admum use of the strong market momen\u00adtum, prima\u00adrily driven by further invest\u00adments in infra\u00adstruc\u00adture asso\u00adcia\u00adted with digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion and the energy tran\u00adsi\u00adtion, as well as in road main\u00adten\u00adance, and on incre\u00adasing the company\u2019s geogra\u00adphi\u00adcal presence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very plea\u00adsed to part\u00adner with Equis\u00adtone, espe\u00adci\u00adally due to their indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise gained in their nume\u00adrous invest\u00adments in rele\u00advant port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies, their presence in the rele\u00advant regi\u00adons, and their part\u00adner-like and excep\u00adtio\u00adnally strong team. I look forward to taking the growth of our company to the next level while main\u00adtai\u00adning our family culture,\u201d said Robert Emme\u00adrich, CEO of BUKO Infra\u00adsup\u00adport and BUKO Waakt.<\/p>\n
\u201cBUKO is alre\u00adady excel\u00adlently posi\u00adtio\u00adned \u2014 Equis\u00adtone wants to take advan\u00adtage of this in a targe\u00adted manner and support BUKO in further streng\u00adthening its service offe\u00adring as well as its market posi\u00adtion in the Nether\u00adlands through orga\u00adnic growth,\u201d explains Hubert van Wolfs\u00adwin\u00adkel, Part\u00adner in Equis\u00adto\u00adne\u2019s Amster\u00addam office. \u201cIn addi\u00adtion, Equis\u00adtone will focus on incre\u00adasing the market pene\u00adtra\u00adtion of certain regi\u00adons in the Nether\u00adlands and will also explore the possi\u00adbi\u00adlity of expan\u00adding into neigh\u00adbor\u00ading count\u00adries through stra\u00adte\u00adgic acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d added Tanja Berg, invest\u00adment direc\u00adtor at Equistone.<\/p>\n
The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion was accom\u00adpa\u00adnied by Hubert van Wolfs\u00adwin\u00adkel, Tanja Berg (photo) and Josh Aalbers.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsor Equistone:<\/strong> Consul\u00adtant BUKO: About Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe Amster\u00addam \/ Munich \u2014 Funds advi\u00adsed by Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe (\u201cEquis\u00adtone\u201d) are acqui\u00adring a majo\u00adrity stake in BUKO Infra\u00adsup\u00adport and BUKO Waakt (\u201cBUKO\u201d), two leading provi\u00adders of outsour\u00adced traf\u00adfic and secu\u00adrity manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons in the Nether\u00adlands. Equis\u00adtone will work with current share\u00adhol\u00adder Scheybe\u00adeck Parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adties, the Burger fami\u00adly\u2019s family office, as well as the exten\u00added management [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1368,1369,1377,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47421","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-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-corporate-finance-ma","category-management-consultant-investor-relations"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nEquis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe is one of the most active Euro\u00adpean equity inves\u00adtors with a team of more than 40 invest\u00adment specia\u00adlists in seven offices in the Nether\u00adlands, Germany, Switz\u00ader\u00adland, France and the UK. The Equis\u00adtone funds invest prima\u00adrily in estab\u00adlished medium-sized compa\u00adnies with a good market posi\u00adtion, above-average growth poten\u00adtial and an enter\u00adprise value of between EUR 50 and 500 million. Since incep\u00adtion, equity has been inves\u00adted in more than 170 tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. The port\u00adfo\u00adlio curr\u00adently compri\u00adses around 50 compa\u00adnies across Europe, inclu\u00adding around six active invest\u00adments in Bene\u00adlux. Equis\u00adtone is curr\u00adently inves\u00adt\u00ading from its sixth fund, which closed in March 2018 with \u20ac2.8 billion. In addi\u00adtion, the \u201cEquis\u00adtone Reinvest\u00adment Fund\u201d was recently laun\u00adched, from which it is possi\u00adble to reinvest in mino\u00adrity posi\u00adti\u00adons follo\u00adwing sales of port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies from the main funds. www.equistonepe.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"