Business description

Robuschi is a leading player in the niche market of designing, manufacturing and selling industrial screw compressors, blowers and vacuum and centrifugal pumps. Products are used in a broad range of industries (in particular water treatment, oil & gas and food).
The Company was founded in 1941 by Giovanni Robuschi and has market leading positions being  among top 5 blowers and top 15 vacuum pump producers in Europe

Investment Rationale

Opportunity to acquire a market leading family owned company.
Internationalise sales through professionalisation and investment in key people.
Expand product range through acquisitions and benefit from synergies

Environmental metrics
Sdgs
Investment date
Sector
Industrial
Sales at entry
€55.9m
Revenue class (€M)
50-100 (70% exported)
Employees class
250-500
% growth sales
25.8%
% growth employees
27.3%
% growth EBITDA
17.8%
Exit date
Add-on
1 and Commercial development of Brazililian subsidiary
Exit type
leveraged management buy-out
Office
Parma
Status
Realised
Value creation
Operational Improvement

Improved R&D and aftermarket capabilities by hiring key managers in R&D and aftermarket sales.

High Quality Management

Introduced new reporting systems to allow daily analysis of results

Hands On Approach

Proactively managed business through 2009/10 crisis via inventory and volume optimisation and development of automatization to improve margins.

Strategic Acquisitions

Internationalised sales through the Brazilian subsidiary and acquisition of vacuum pumps packaging company Gieffe Systems

Launched the oil-free screw compressor product line to drive sales across a wide range of applications