H.I.G. Europe Acquires Cadica, Tessilgraf and Bernini to Create Luxury Fashion Components Group

Cadica Group (H.I.G.) Acquires Scatolificio Cartotecnica Giorgi

January 21, 2020

Packaging

Cadica Group, a portfolio company of H.I.G. Europe, has acquired a majority stake in Scatolificio Cartotecnica Giorgi, an Italian maker of luxury packaging boxes and shopping bags headquartered in Tolentino (Macerata). The add-on acquisition expands Cadica Group's product offering in brand packaging and allows Giorgi to leverage Cadica's distribution platform and global footprint.

H.I.G. Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Berardi Bullonerie

February 3, 2022

Industrial Services

H.I.G. Capital (through an affiliate) has acquired a majority stake in Berardi Bullonerie S.r.l., a leading Italian distributor of fasteners and provider of integrated logistics/kanban services. The investment will support Berardi's growth strategy—combining organic expansion and targeted acquisitions—and the Berardi family (including CEO Giovanni Berardi) will remain invested alongside H.I.G.

H.I.G. Europe (H.I.G. Capital affiliate) Acquires Majority Stake in Metalprint

July 1, 2019

Manufacturing

An affiliate of H.I.G. Capital’s European arm, H.I.G. Europe, has acquired a controlling stake in Metalprint from the founding Strazzari and Cerutti families, who reinvested in the business. Metalprint, based in Calcinato (Brescia), Italy, is a global manufacturer of forged brass and aluminium components with production in Italy and Canada; H.I.G. will support management’s growth and internationalization plans.

H.I.G. Europe to Acquire Lagardère Sports from Lagardère Group

February 20, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

An affiliate of H.I.G. Capital (H.I.G. Europe) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lagardère Sports from the Lagardère Group, which will retain a 24.9% minority stake. Lagardère Sports is a global sports-marketing firm with ~1,300 employees and more than €450 million in annual sales; H.I.G. plans to rebrand the company, install Stefan Felsing as CEO and pursue growth pending antitrust clearance.

H.I.G. Capital Acquires CXtec and TERACAI

August 29, 2016

IT Services

H.I.G. Capital (through an affiliate) has acquired CABLExpress Corporation d/b/a CXtec and TERACAI Corporation, both headquartered in Syracuse, New York. The acquisitions combine CXtec’s refurbished networking hardware, data center cabling manufacturing and aftermarket maintenance capabilities with TERACAI’s systems-integration and IT infrastructure services to accelerate product and service expansion and growth.

H.I.G. Capital Acquires Acqua & Sapone Group (Cesar, SDA and VDM)

October 21, 2021

Retail

An affiliate of H.I.G. Capital has acquired a controlling stake in Cesar di Barbarossa Enio e F.lli S.r.l., Gruppo SDA S.r.l. Servizi Distribuzione Associati and VDM Vaccaro Distribuzione Merci S.r.l., which operate under the Acqua & Sapone brand. The Barbarossa family is reinvesting as a significant minority shareholder; the combined companies operate over 700 stores in Italy and generated more than €900 million of revenues in 2021. H.I.G. said the investment will support integration of the businesses and accelerate Acqua & Sapone's expansion across Italy.