IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VII Fund has reached an agreement with private equity funds managed by Bridgepoint to sell Evac Group, a provider of integrated waste, wastewater, and water management systems for the marine, offshore and building industries.
Evac designs and markets environmentally friendly waste and wastewater collection and treatment systems for the marine, offshore and building industries. The Company has successfully carried out over 20,000 marine, 2,000 offshore and 2,000 building projects for customers around the world. It has employees in Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, Korea, Norway, Sweden and the USA, as well as representatives in more than 40 additional countries.
Sustainability is one of the cornerstone of Evac’s operations. The Company’s technologies address the increasing need for innovative cleantech solutions, driven by the megatrends of climate change, the need for energy efficiency, and increasingly scarce freshwater resources. An example of an innovative waste management system is the Evac briquetting unit used for minimising the storage volume of recyclable and non-recyclable dry waste on board vessels. The technology reduces ship waste by a factor of 10.
The IK VII Fund acquired Evac in December 2014 as part of its strategy of acquiring and developing mid cap companies headquartered in Northern Continental Europe. In the course of the Fund’s ownership Evac has achieved strong growth, with company turnover increasing by 55% exceeding MEUR 100 for the first time in the company’s history.
“During the past few years, we have strategically repositioned Evac from a component provider to a fully integrated cleantech solutions supplier, consequently further strengthening the Company’s position as the global market leader. We have only been able to do so with a talented management team at Evac, and we wish them continued success under Bridgepoint’s ownership,” says Kristian Carlsson Kemppinen, Partner at IK Investment Partners and advisor to the IK VII Fund.
“It has been a pleasure working with the IK team. With their support, we have completed two significant add-on acquisitions as well as boldly invested in our in-house development capabilities and product offering, and we now have the largest and most advanced cleantech system portfolio in our sector,” says Tomi Gardemeister, CEO of Evac Group.
Evac is the first exit of the IK VII Fund and the second exit IK has announced in a week. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed. Completion of the transaction is subject to legal and regulatory approvals.
