Munich \/ Oslo \u2013 FSN Capi\u00adtal VI has signed an agree\u00adment to acquire Zeni\u00adtel, a leading global provi\u00adder of high-quality, certi\u00adfied inter\u00adcom systems, public address systems, and voice alarm systems (PAGA\/PAVA) for safety-criti\u00adcal envi\u00adron\u00adments. The seller of the shares is the invest\u00adment firm 3d inves\u00adtors. With this acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, FSN will support Zeni\u00adtel in its next phase of growth, which will build in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar on the company\u2019s proven tech\u00adno\u00adlogy plat\u00adform and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal custo\u00admer relationships.<\/p>\n
Zeni\u00adtel has a 125-year history and today opera\u00adtes as a global provi\u00adder of high-quality solu\u00adti\u00adons for safety-criti\u00adcal commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. These solu\u00adti\u00adons serve as a vital compo\u00adnent of the secu\u00adrity infra\u00adstruc\u00adture in various indus\u00adtries, inclu\u00adding mari\u00adtime, energy, trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion, and manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring, as well as in hospi\u00adtals, high-secu\u00adrity faci\u00adli\u00adties, and office buil\u00addings. Custo\u00admers around the world rely on Zenitel\u2019s inter\u00adcom, public address, and voice alarm systems (PAGA\/PAVA) in some of the most sensi\u00adtive and criti\u00adcal envi\u00adron\u00adments. The company\u2019s opera\u00adtio\u00adnal headquarters\u2014which house the rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, opera\u00adti\u00adons, finance, and HR departments\u2014are loca\u00adted in Norway and the United King\u00addom, while its corpo\u00adrate head\u00adquar\u00adters are in Zellik, Belgium.<\/p>\n
Zeni\u00adtel has grown by more than 10% annu\u00adally over the past five years, further streng\u00adthening its posi\u00adtion as a global leader in inte\u00adgra\u00adted solu\u00adti\u00adons for safety-criti\u00adcal commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. In 2025, the company gene\u00adra\u00adted reve\u00adnue of over 128 million euros. Today, appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 450 employees serve more than 2,000 custo\u00admers in over 115 count\u00adries worldwide.<\/p>\n
Koen Claer\u00adbout, CEO of Zeni\u00adtel, says: \u201cWe are very much looking forward to opening the next chap\u00adter in Zenitel\u2019s history toge\u00adther with FSN Capi\u00adtal. In FSN Capi\u00adtal, we have found a strong part\u00adner that shares our values and vision and brings valuable opera\u00adtio\u00adnal expe\u00adri\u00adence to the table. Toge\u00adther, we will acce\u00adle\u00adrate our growth plans, drive inno\u00adva\u00adtion more quickly, and expand our reach so that we can better support our custo\u00admers world\u00adwide. As a manage\u00adment team, we are firmly commit\u00adted to shaping this next phase toge\u00adther with our new part\u00adner. Our mission remains unch\u00adan\u00adged: We will conti\u00adnue to support our custo\u00admers with the dedi\u00adca\u00adtion and quality they have come to expect from us, and provide them with inte\u00adgra\u00adted solu\u00adti\u00adons for mission-criti\u00adcal communications.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ulrik Smith, Co-Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at FSN Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners,<\/strong> An invest\u00adment advi\u00adsor at FSN Capi\u00adtal VI commen\u00adted: \u201cWe have been follo\u00adwing Zenitel\u2019s progress for seve\u00adral years now and are impres\u00adsed by how the company has deve\u00adlo\u00adped under the leader\u00adship of Koen and 3d inves\u00adtors. We share not only the manage\u00adment team\u2019s vision for the company\u2019s future stra\u00adte\u00adgic direc\u00adtion but also the values upon which we intend to imple\u00adment this stra\u00adtegy. Further\u00admore, we combine the manage\u00adment team\u2019s deep indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise with FSN Capital\u2019s many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the safety and secu\u00adrity sector. We look forward to working with the Zeni\u00adtel team to shape the company\u2019s next phase of growth.\u201d<\/p>\n Eirik H. Wab\u00f8, Prin\u00adci\u00adpal at FSN Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners and invest\u00adment advi\u00adsor for FSN Capi\u00adtal VI, adds: \u201cZeni\u00adtel is a global leader in inte\u00adgra\u00adted commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons solu\u00adti\u00adons for safety-criti\u00adcal envi\u00adron\u00adments. The company relies on its own tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, which custo\u00admers have trus\u00adted for deca\u00addes. Given incre\u00adasingly strin\u00adgent safety regu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons and rising cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity requi\u00adre\u00adments, we see signi\u00adfi\u00adcant poten\u00adtial for further invest\u00adment in inno\u00adva\u00adtion and the expan\u00adsion of our inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal presence so that we can support custo\u00admers throug\u00adhout the entire life\u00adcy\u00adcle of their instal\u00adled systems.\u201d<\/p>\n Frank Donck, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor at 3d inves\u00adtors, says: \u201cZeni\u00adtel is a prime exam\u00adple of what we aspire to be as a family-run inves\u00adtor: a pati\u00adent, commit\u00adted part\u00adner with the courage to make clear decis\u00adi\u00adons. Working closely with the manage\u00adment team, we delis\u00adted the company from the stock exch\u00adange and gave it the free\u00addom it needed to conti\u00adnue growing. Today, Zeni\u00adtel is a global market leader in safety-criti\u00adcal commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and is expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adcing strong, profi\u00adta\u00adble growth. We are very proud of this deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. We are convin\u00adced that FSN Capi\u00adtal, with its exten\u00adsive track record in secu\u00adrity-rela\u00adted markets, is the right part\u00adner to lead Zeni\u00adtel into its next phase of growth.\u201d<\/p>\n FSN Capi\u00adtal funds** have alre\u00adady made seve\u00adral successful invest\u00adments in compa\u00adnies whose custo\u00admers come from safety-focu\u00adsed markets, inclu\u00adding Fire\u00adsafe, Poly\u00adtech, Safe\u00adroad, and Seriline.<\/p>\n The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the details of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to appr\u00adoval by the rele\u00advant autho\u00adri\u00adties and the custo\u00admary closing conditions.<\/p>\n FSN Capi\u00adtal VI was advi\u00adsed by Ever\u00adcore (M&A); Thom\u00admes\u00adsen, Stibbe, Dorsey & Whit\u00adney and Wolf Theiss (legal due dili\u00adgence); McKin\u00adsey & Company (commer\u00adcial due dili\u00adgence); PwC (finan\u00adcial and tax due dili\u00adgence); Imple\u00adment Consul\u00adting Group (opera\u00adtio\u00adnal and tech\u00adni\u00adcal due dili\u00adgence); Marsh (insu\u00adrance due dili\u00adgence), and Howden (warran\u00adties and indemnities).<\/p>\n About FSN Capital About Zeni\u00adtel<\/strong> About 3d investors<\/strong> Munich \/ Oslo \u2013 FSN Capi\u00adtal VI has signed an agree\u00adment to acquire Zeni\u00adtel, a leading global provi\u00adder of high-quality, certi\u00adfied inter\u00adcom systems, public address systems, and voice alarm systems (PAGA\/PAVA) for safety-criti\u00ad\u00adcal envi\u00adron\u00adments. The seller of the shares is the invest\u00adment firm 3d inves\u00adtors. With this acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, FSN will support Zeni\u00adtel in its next [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61140,"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-61142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nFSN Capi\u00adtal, one of Nort\u00adhern Europe\u2019s leading private equity firms, was foun\u00added in 1999 and has four offices in Oslo, Stock\u00adholm, Copen\u00adha\u00adgen, and Munich. The four funds advi\u00adsed by FSN Capi\u00adtal have more than four billion euros under manage\u00adment; for its most recent fund, FSN Capi\u00adtal VI, 1.8 billion euros were raised for invest\u00adments in Scan\u00addi\u00adna\u00advia and the DACH region. The funds make majo\u00adrity invest\u00adments in growth-orien\u00adted compa\u00adnies to support them on their path to contin\u00adued success and to posi\u00adtion them to be even more sustainable, compe\u00adti\u00adtive, inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal, and profi\u00adta\u00adble. FSN Capital\u2019s team of more than 90 people (25 of whom are based in Munich) is commit\u00adted to inves\u00adt\u00ading respon\u00adsi\u00adbly and achie\u00adving market-leading returns, in keeping with the motto \u201cWe are decent people making a decent return in a decent way.\u201d Current port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies in Germany include Adra\u00adgos Pharma, BoldR, Brot\u00adWert Group, Ecovium, impreg, Lobs\u00adter, Swash Group, and TASKING, among others. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit www.fsncapital.com.<\/p>\n
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