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The Group employs over 1,600 people in ten production plants in Italy, France, Spain, Hungary and Germany, processing approximately 400,000 tons of paper per year. Lucart closed 2020 with a consolidated turnover of over 500 million euros.<\/p>\n<p>Formed in 1990, Essential Supply Products Ltd (ESP) is one of the UK&#8217;s leading independent manufacturers and converters of disposable tissue products. Based in Malvern, Worcestershire, ESP supplies tissue paper products and dispenser systems to wholesale distributors, who in turn, serve the Away from Home (non-consumer) market. ESP manufactures a broad range of products for the janitorial, hotel, restaurant, facilities management, catering, industrial and healthcare sectors, as well as just-in-time supply and around-the-clock production. In 2020 ESP achieved GBP 26 million in sales.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition was of great strategic importance for Lucart Group, allowing it to consolidate its presence in Great Britain, which is the second-largest market in Europe for tissue paper. ESP meanwhile needed an investor to grow the company sustainably and to its full potential.<\/p>\n<p>The transaction had two key challenges to address: COVID-19 and Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>Clairfield was appointed as the buy-side advisor as Lucart had worked with the Italian team in the past. The target company was known to Lucart as they had been working together commercially for years: Lucart mills provide the paper processed at ESP\u2019s manufacturing plant in\u00a0 Malvern. The mandate consisted of agreeing on terms and seeing the transaction through, no easy task throughout the pandemic. While some sectors ESP served, such as catering, had suffered throughout the pandemic, other sectors such as healthcare and hygiene, continued at high levels of activity. Site visits and meetings were conducted online as the Italian team was unable to travel to the UK. Meanwhile, Brexit made ESP an especially attractive target.<\/p>\n<p>The Clairfield team in Milan and Birmingham UK worked together seamlessly to get all parties to agree on the terms of the deal in the midst of a turbulent time and in advance of potential capital gains tax changes in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><i>The operation is of strategic importance for the entire Group. Thanks to the Clairfield team for making it happen<\/i>. \u2014 Massimo Pasquini, CEO Lucart<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28749,"template":"","country":[28,47],"office_involved":[358,349],"service":[],"sector":[14],"transaction_format":[41,42],"class_list":["post-23409","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-italy","country-uk","office_involved-italy","office_involved-uk","sector-industrials","transaction_format-case-studies","transaction_format-track-record"],"acf":{"intro_text":"Lucart S.p.A., a Lucart Group company based in Porcari (Lucca, Italy), acquired 100% of the share capital of ESP Ltd (Essential Supply Products Ltd.), the leading independent manufacturer of tissue paper products for the away-from-home market in Great 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