Munich\/Vienna \u2014 MP Corpo\u00adrate Finance, a leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal M&A advi\u00adsory firm specia\u00adli\u00adzing in the Euro\u00adpean indus\u00adtrial sector, has exclu\u00adsi\u00advely advi\u00adsed Fide\u00adlium Part\u00adners on the sale of its port\u00adfo\u00adlio company ALUni\u00adted. The buyer of the majo\u00adrity stake in ALUni\u00adted \u2014 consis\u00adting of ALUni\u00adted A\/S (Denmark) and ALUni\u00adted SAS (France) \u2014 is the Chinese listed company APALT (SZSE:002540). With this acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, APALT, a leading manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of light\u00adweight alumi\u00adnum compon\u00adents, makes its first tran\u00adsac\u00adtion outside the Chinese home market and achie\u00adves an important mile\u00adstone in its global expan\u00adsion strategy. <\/p>\n
With around 225 employees at its two plants in France and Denmark, ALUni\u00adted produ\u00adces struc\u00adtu\u00adral alumi\u00adnum parts. A parti\u00adcu\u00adlar focus is on the extru\u00adsion and further proces\u00adsing of profiles for premium OEMs. Since Novem\u00adber 2021, ALUni\u00adted has been part of the port\u00adfo\u00adlio of Fide\u00adlium Part\u00adners, an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal private equity firm head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Munich, as part of a carve-out. ALUni\u00adted most recently gene\u00adra\u00adted sales of around EUR 70 million. <\/p>\n
Market entry into the Euro\u00adpean premium auto\u00admo\u00adtive segment Cross-border tran\u00adsac\u00adtion in the wake of global indus\u00adtrial shifts Accor\u00adding to Aigner-L\u00fctter\u00adfelds, Chinese play\u00aders are speci\u00adfi\u00adcally looking for Euro\u00adpean plat\u00adforms in order to build up produc\u00adtion capa\u00adci\u00adties closer to the OEMs based here: \u201cThe merger of APALT and ALUni\u00adted fits seam\u00adlessly into this deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and under\u00adlines how cross-border M&A between Europe and Asia is incre\u00adasingly influen\u00adcing conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtion in the auto\u00admo\u00adtive supply industry.<\/p>\n The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion marks the seventh successful tran\u00adsac\u00adtion for MP Corpo\u00adrate Finan\u00adce\u2019s auto\u00admo\u00adtive deal team in the past twelve months. The experts are made up of specia\u00adli\u00adzed sub-sector teams for the auto\u00admo\u00adtive indus\u00adtry in the areas of metal, plas\u00adtics and elec\u00adtro\u00adnics. \u201cIn addi\u00adtion to the current market uncer\u00adtain\u00adties in the Euro\u00adpean auto\u00admo\u00adtive indus\u00adtry, the special features of this deal were above all the cultu\u00adral diffe\u00adren\u00adces between the Chinese buyer and the Euro\u00adpean target. Here it was important to create the basis for a trus\u00adting deal through trans\u00adpa\u00adrency, a focus on detail and many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the indus\u00adtry,\u201d comm\u00adents Robert Aigner-L\u00fctterfelds. <\/p>\n Domi\u00adnik Beck, foun\u00adder and Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of Fide\u00adlium Part\u00adners<\/strong>, adds: \u201cWe are grateful for MP\u2019s conti\u00adnuous support throug\u00adhout the entire tran\u00adsac\u00adtion process. The profes\u00adsio\u00adna\u00adlism and commit\u00adment, but also the expe\u00adri\u00adence of the entire team in support\u00ading complex, inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal tran\u00adsac\u00adtions contri\u00adbu\u00adted signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly to the successful conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n About MP Corpo\u00adrate Finance Munich\/Vienna \u2014 MP Corpo\u00adrate Finance, a leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal M&A advi\u00adsory firm specia\u00adli\u00adzing in the Euro\u00adpean indus\u00adtrial sector, has exclu\u00adsi\u00advely advi\u00adsed Fide\u00adlium Part\u00adners on the sale of its port\u00adfo\u00adlio company ALUni\u00adted. The buyer of the majo\u00adrity stake in ALUni\u00adted \u2014 consis\u00adting of ALUni\u00adted A\/S (Denmark) and ALUni\u00adted SAS (France) \u2014 is the Chinese listed company APALT [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nWith its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal specia\u00adliza\u00adtion and estab\u00adlished market posi\u00adtion in Denmark and France, ALUni\u00adted<\/strong> repres\u00adents an attrac\u00adtive plat\u00adform for APAL\u00adT\u2019s market entry in Europe. APALT<\/strong> is regarded as one of the leading verti\u00adcally inte\u00adgra\u00adted manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders of alumi\u00adnum compon\u00adents for the global auto\u00admo\u00adtive, rail\u00adroad, buil\u00adding tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and indus\u00adtrial sectors. With state-of-the-art produc\u00adtion capa\u00adci\u00adties at a total of three loca\u00adti\u00adons in China, APALT is pursuing a clear growth stra\u00adtegy: the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of ALUni\u00adted marks a stra\u00adte\u00adgi\u00adcally important step towards ancho\u00adring itself in the Euro\u00adpean value chain, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly with regard to premium vehicle manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders. APALT employs around 3,600 people and most recently gene\u00adra\u00adted annual sales of around EUR 920 million. <\/p>\n
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\n The take\u00adover of ALUni\u00adted by APALT is an exam\u00adple of the incre\u00adasing inter\u00adde\u00adpen\u00addence between Euro\u00adpean indus\u00adtrial compa\u00adnies and Asian market play\u00aders, as Robert Aigner-L\u00fctter\u00adfelds, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at MP<\/strong>, knows. \u201cNew OEMs from China are ente\u00adring the Euro\u00adpean market at high speed, putting estab\u00adlished value crea\u00adtion struc\u00adtures under pres\u00adsure. At the same time, many Euro\u00adpean suppli\u00aders are facing key trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion tasks. In this envi\u00adron\u00adment, inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adships are beco\u00adming incre\u00adasingly important,\u201d explains the expert for the metal\u00adwor\u00adking (auto\u00admo\u00adtive) indus\u00adtry in Europe. <\/p>\n
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\n MP Corpo\u00adrate Finance is the leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal M&A consul\u00adtancy specia\u00adli\u00adzing in the indus\u00adtrial sector. As an expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced part\u00adner, MP supports medium-sized compa\u00adnies and manage\u00adment teams, private equity decis\u00adion-makers as well as entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial confi\u00addants in complex tran\u00adsac\u00adtions on both the sell and buy side and provi\u00addes support in the context of capi\u00adtal procu\u00adre\u00adment, buy-and-build stra\u00adte\u00adgies, carve-outs or throug\u00adhout the entire private equity life\u00adcy\u00adcle. MP was foun\u00added in Vienna in the 1990s by Roman G\u00f6d and Gregor Nischer as the first Euro\u00adpean M&A firm with a sector-focu\u00adsed advi\u00adsory approach. Today, the company employs more than 85 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced hands-on experts at five loca\u00adti\u00adons world\u00adwide \u2014 in Vienna, Frank\u00adfurt, London, Istan\u00adbul and Chicago \u2014 making it the largest indus\u00adtrial M&A team in Europe. With its unique sector focus, MP has successfully advi\u00adsed on more than 700 indus\u00adtrial tran\u00adsac\u00adtions invol\u00adving invest\u00adment compa\u00adnies, SMEs and corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons. \u2014 www.mp-corporatefinance.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"