Operating Company Manufacturing

Blanchon Group

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Blanchon Group is a manufacturer of technical varnishes and protective, maintenance and decorative coatings for wood floors and other wood/vinyl substrates, supplying both DIY and professional wood-flooring and construction/renovation markets.

Focus Areas
Protective and decorative coatings, Wood floor finishing products, Technical varnishes

Tracked deals

3

3 tracked deals across 2021-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

2 buyout · 1 addon

Blanchon Group Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for Blanchon Group. 1 2021 1 2022 1 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Blanchon Group, IK Partners, Abenex
    Target
    Dr Schutz
    Seller
    Dr Karl-Michael Schutz and family
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Location
    North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    Type
    Buyout

    Blanchon Group has acquired Dr Schutz, the German family-owned specialist in floor renovation, protection and maintenance products, in a deal supported by private equity partners IK Partners and Abenex. The acquisition adds Dr Schutz’s product lines, five main sites and ~90 employees to Blanchon’s network and is intended to accelerate Blanchon’s international expansion and strengthen its flooring capabilities across Europe, particularly in Germany and the DACH region.

  • Buyer
    Blanchon Group
    Target
    Rigo Verffabriek, Rigo Verfcentrum
    Seller
    Toon Van Westerhoven, Machiel Van Westerhoven
    Location
    North Holland, Netherlands
    Type
    Buyout

    Blanchon Group has acquired Rigo Verffabriek and Rigo Verfcentrum, a Dutch family-owned manufacturer of wood finishing products based in Ijmuiden, Netherlands. The deal expands Blanchon's wood-care and flooring product offering, strengthens its market leadership in the Benelux region, and keeps RIGO's previous owners and management involved as investors in the enlarged group.

  • Buyer
    Blanchon Group, Abenex
    Target
    Debal Finance (Ciranova)
    Location
    Belgium
    Type
    Addon

    Blanchon Group has acquired Debal Finance (operating as the Ciranova brand), a Belgian family-owned manufacturer of finishing products for parquet and wood flooring that generates approximately €15m in turnover and employs about 60 people. The deal — executed as an add-on to Blanchon (which is backed by PE firm Abenex) — expands Blanchon's international footprint (adding operations in Belgium, the United States and China), strengthens its R&D and UV technology capabilities, and accelerates its strategy to become a European leader in wood and vinyl flooring protection and maintenance.

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