Amster\u00addam \/ Munich \u2014 The Andra Tech Group, a leading group of compa\u00adnies specia\u00adli\u00adzing in the manu\u00adfac\u00adture of complex high-tech precis\u00adion compon\u00adents, is acqui\u00adring the Dutch company Lucas\u00adsen Groep (Lucas\u00adsen), a specia\u00adlist in high-precis\u00adion manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring and clean\u00adroom assem\u00adbly. With this acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, the fourth to date since the funds advi\u00adsed by Equis\u00adtone acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in spring 2021, the Group is once again under\u00adpin\u00adning its strong posi\u00adtion in its Dutch home market. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose details of the transaction.<\/p>\n
Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 1973, the Andra Tech Group (form\u00aderly Kusters Beheer), head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in the Nether\u00adlands, has deve\u00adlo\u00adped into a leading company for the manu\u00adfac\u00adture of high-tech precis\u00adion compon\u00adents and submo\u00addu\u00adles. The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Lucas\u00adsen marks a further stra\u00adte\u00adgic step for the Group \u2014 both in terms of streng\u00adthening Andra Tech Group\u2019s alre\u00adady leading posi\u00adtion in its home market of the Nether\u00adlands and in the conti\u00adnuous expan\u00adsion of its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal exper\u00adtise in the field of high-precis\u00adion manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring. The merger of the Andra Tech Group with Lucas\u00adsen will enable the two compa\u00adnies to conti\u00adnue their long-stan\u00adding coope\u00adra\u00adtion and will also put them in an even better posi\u00adtion to serve their joint blue-chip custo\u00admer base.<\/p>\n
Lucas\u00adsen Groep, foun\u00added in 1989 and head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Sittard, the Nether\u00adlands, specia\u00adli\u00adzes in the manu\u00adfac\u00adture of high-precis\u00adion compon\u00adents for custo\u00admers in the semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor, analy\u00adti\u00adcal and opti\u00adcal sectors, among others. Under the leader\u00adship of Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor Dani\u00ebl Guli\u00adkers, who will conti\u00adnue to manage Lucas\u00adsen within the Andra Tech Group, the company can look back on a strong track record in the Dutch market, not least due to its high-quality produc\u00adtion and compre\u00adhen\u00adsive specia\u00adlist know-how. In addi\u00adtion to manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring precis\u00adion mecha\u00adni\u00adcal compon\u00adents with high clean\u00adli\u00adness requi\u00adre\u00adments from a wide range of mate\u00adri\u00adals, Lucas\u00adsen also specia\u00adli\u00adzes in clean\u00adroom assem\u00adbly. The company curr\u00adently employs around 50 people.<\/p>\n
Since the majo\u00adrity invest\u00adment by the funds advi\u00adsed by Equis\u00adtone in March 2021, Andra Tech Group has contin\u00adued to grow on its way to beco\u00adming a leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of high-tech precis\u00adion compon\u00adents and submo\u00addu\u00adles: With the support of Equis\u00adtone, the Group further expan\u00added its presence in the Nether\u00adlands with the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Lemmens Metaal\u00adbe\u00adwerk\u00ading in Decem\u00adber 2023. This was prece\u00added by the acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons of DKH Metaal\u00adbe\u00adwerk\u00ading, also based in the Nether\u00adlands, in Febru\u00adary 2023 and Mayer Fein\u00adtech\u00adnik, based in Germany, in Decem\u00adber 2022. With the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Lucas\u00adsen, the group of compa\u00adnies \u2014 which serves an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal custo\u00admer base from the semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor, high-tech, mobi\u00adlity, food proces\u00adsing, medi\u00adcal, pack\u00ada\u00adging and prin\u00adting indus\u00adtries \u2014 has grown to a total of more than 700 employees.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Andra Tech Group and Lucas\u00adsen can look back on many years of coope\u00adra\u00adtion and value each other\u2019s quality and exper\u00adtise. We are ther\u00ade\u00adfore parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly plea\u00adsed to welcome Lucas\u00adsen with Dani\u00ebl Guli\u00adkers and the entire team of highly quali\u00adfied and expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced employees to the Andra Tech Group. With the support and finan\u00adcial strength of the Andra Tech Group, we can successfully conti\u00adnue Lucas\u00adsen\u2019s growth trajec\u00adtory,\u201d explains Geert Ketel\u00ada\u00adars, CEO of the Andra Tech Group.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pursuing the ambi\u00adtious goal of growing Lucas\u00adsen stron\u00adgly in the coming years. With the support that the Andra Tech Group can offer from an orga\u00adniza\u00adtio\u00adnal and finan\u00adcial perspec\u00adtive, we can achieve this goal. At the same time, we are in a posi\u00adtion to offer our custo\u00admers and employees attrac\u00adtive pros\u00adpects that will enable us as a company to conti\u00adnue to operate at the highest level despite incre\u00adasingly complex value and supply chains,\u201d explains Dani\u00ebl Guli\u00adkers, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of Lucassen.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWith this latest acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, the Andra Tech Group is further expan\u00adding its alre\u00adady leading market posi\u00adtion in the Nether\u00adlands and is also in a posi\u00adtion to conti\u00adnue the dyna\u00admic growth trajec\u00adtory of recent years. Lucas\u00adsen\u2019s in-depth exper\u00adtise and exten\u00adsive custo\u00admer rela\u00adti\u00adonships are an excel\u00adlent addi\u00adtion to the Group\u2019s exis\u00adting product and service port\u00adfo\u00adlio,\u201d empha\u00adsi\u00adzes Hubert van Wolfs\u00adwin\u00adkel, Part\u00adner in the Amster\u00addam office of Equis\u00adtone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Equis\u00adtone team includes Hubert van Wolfs\u00adwin\u00adkel, Dr. Marc Arens, Phil\u00adipp Gauss and Josh Aalbers.<\/p>\n Equis\u00adtone was advi\u00adsed on the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion by PwC (Finan\u00adcial & Tax)<\/strong> and Vesper (Legal)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n About Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe About Andra Tech Group About Lucas\u00adsen Groep Amster\u00addam \/ Munich \u2014 The Andra Tech Group, a leading group of compa\u00adnies specia\u00adli\u00adzing in the manu\u00adfac\u00adture of complex high-tech precis\u00adion compon\u00adents, is acqui\u00adring the Dutch company Lucas\u00adsen Groep (Lucas\u00adsen), a specia\u00adlist in high-precis\u00ad\u00adion manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring and clean\u00adroom assem\u00adbly. With this acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, the fourth to date since the funds advi\u00adsed by Equis\u00adtone acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1368,1369,1371,1372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51124","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-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-deals-en","category-consultant"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nThe funds advi\u00adsed by Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe are among 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, the funds have inves\u00adted equity in more than 180 tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. The port\u00adfo\u00adlio curr\u00adently compri\u00adses around 50 compa\u00adnies across Europe, inclu\u00adding around six invest\u00adments in the Bene\u00adlux region. Equis\u00adtone funds are curr\u00adently inves\u00adt\u00ading from the sixth fund, which closed in March 2018 with 2.8 billion euros. 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
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