AMADA acquires in Germany and Switzerland

SynCap, Clairfield's partner in Germany and Belgium, acted as exclusive M&A advisor to Japan based AMADA WASINO in its acquisition of profiltec Group in Wertheim, Germany and in Switzerland.

The AMADA Group is one of the world's largest tool and machine tool manufacturers and production system integrators for sheet metal processing and it belongs to the internationally leading companies in the industry. With more than 5.700 employees worldwide the group achieved 2008 more than 2.2 billion Euros turnover. As an international group, AMADA has a basic goal: to get as close as possible to the user, irrespective of which country he or she is producing in. For that reason AMADA expand its global reach on a service and production level.

The Profiltec Group was founded in 1997 in Switzerland by taking over the assets and business from "Eberhard Doebeli AG". The company holds a leading position in the market for profile and centerless grinding. The company is mainly active in Europe.

Clairfield Partners, a leading international corporate finance partnership with 10 locations worldwide and more than 250 staff, provides cross-border corporate finance advisory services including mergers & acquisitions and debt restructuring to companies ranging from international corporations to family-owned businesses. In 2008 Clairfield Partners completed 50 transactions totaling approx. $ 1 billion.

Clairfield's Partner in Germany and Belgium, SynCap, is an independent M&A/ Corporate Finance firm with offices in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Brussels and repeatedly ranks top among the independent MidCap-M&A houses in Germany.

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