Clairfield in Belgium

Etex, a global building material manufacturer and pioneer in lightweight construction based in Belgium, acquired SCALAMID, a manufacturer of modern and innovative façade fibre cement boards, from Poznan-based company Pozbruk in a carve-out transaction.

Belgian Mobile ID, known for the leading Belgian app for digital identification, authentication, and signing Itsme, acquired nextAuth, a KU Leuven/imec spin-off, providing secured end-to-end authentication using strong public key cryptography.

Miura Co., a manufacturer of industrial boilers and related equipment, acquired a 20% stake in Jensen-Group, a manufacturer of heavy-duty laundry machinery, via a share placement of 49% stake in Inax Corp., a manufacturer of business-use laundry machines and full subsidiary of Miura Co.

Tractebel Engineering SA sold GKW Consult GmbH, a top international consultantcy for environmental engineering and donor-financed infrastructure projects, to GFA Holding AG, a leading European consulting firm active in international cooperation.

Clairfield successfully advised the shareholders of Isolabel, a Belgium-based franchisee of Belisol, on a shareholder transitioning and partial sale.

GIM, a Belgian provider of geospatial data engineering, geospatial artificial intelligence and spatial application development, was sold to Merkator, a Belgian developer of easy-to-use geospatial software applications.

Clairfield Belgium closed the refinancing of Brouwerij Martens’ debt portfolio. This transaction will enable the brewery group to continue its ambitious growth trajectory and execute its long‐term financial strategic plan.

Tilgmann Oy Ab sold Nordic Label Oy, the leading label manufacturer in Finland, to Asteria Group, a Belgian label and packaging producer backed by Waterland Private Equity.

Clairfield International is pleased to have acted as exclusive advisor to listed company Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL) on the sale of the Belgian Precision Tubing Lichtervelde to the German Aurelius Group.