BMC Benelux (AURELIUS) Acquires Vandevoorde Bouwmaterialen

AURELIUS Growth Investments Acquires BVN Group, Regional Catering Provider

July 13, 2023

Food & Beverage

AURELIUS Wachstumskapital (AURELIUS Growth Investments) has acquired the BVN group, a Norderstedt-based provider of meals for senior citizens and school catering that comprises four operating companies and more than 400 employees. The acquisition is positioned as a buy-and-build platform to drive regional growth in institutional catering; shareholders Kirsten and Stefan Brauer will exit as part of a succession solution while management (Keyan and Ramin Forouhideh) remain involved.

UNILUX (AURELIUS portfolio) Acquires HBI Holz-Bau-Industrie

May 3, 2023

Building Products

UNILUX, a portfolio company of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities, has completed an add-on acquisition of HBI Holz-Bau-Industrie GmbH & Co. KG. The deal strengthens UNILUX's manufacturing footprint and product offering in high-quality windows and doors, enhancing its position in the DACH region.

AURELIUS's BMC Benelux Acquires Botha's Builders' Merchant Activities

February 14, 2023

Building Products

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities' portfolio company BMC Benelux has acquired the builders' merchant activities of family-run Botha in Aalter, Belgium, as an add‑on to its YouBuild/Mpro network. The single-site Botha location will trade under the YouBuild brand and strengthens BMC Benelux's presence in East Flanders and the Ghent region, delivering operational and commercial synergies.

AURELIUS Acquires dental bauer and Parts of Pluradent to Create European Dental Distribution Platform

July 12, 2022

Healthcare Services

AURELIUS, via its co-investment structure (AURELIUS European Opportunities IV Fund and AURELIUS Equity Opportunities), acquired family-run dental bauer and significant parts of Pluradent to form an integrated dental distribution platform serving the DACH region and adjacent markets. The Linneweh family (dental bauer) will remain invested and on the management team; the combined business is expected to generate more than EUR 300 million in revenues as AURELIUS pursues further buy-and-build expansion.

BMC Benelux (AURELIUS) Acquires De Rycke Building Materials Division

February 14, 2022

Building Products

BMC Benelux, a subsidiary of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities, has acquired the building materials business/division of De Rycke located in Beveren near Antwerp, Belgium. The transaction is an add-on acquisition that expands BMC Benelux's branch network and presence in the Ghent–Antwerp–Brussels region and is part of a series of small add-ons by AURELIUS that increase consolidated revenues by over EUR 80m.

AURELIUS Acquires Hydro Precision Tubing Lichtervelde from Norsk Hydro

August 13, 2021

Manufacturing

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities has acquired the aluminium precision tubing business of Norsk Hydro, Hydro Precision Tubing Lichtervelde, in a carve-out transaction. The Belgium-based plant (rebranded as Remi Claeys Aluminium) employs more than 180 people and generated roughly EUR 50 million in revenue in 2020; financial terms were not disclosed.