Omnia Technologiesa platform specializing in automation and bottling technologies for the spirits, wine, non-alcoholic beverages, dairy and pharmaceutical sectors, launches a new division dedicated to high-speed beverages – focused on blow molding technologies, bottling, labeling and packaging – through the acquisitions of ACMI, SACMI Beverage And SACMI Labelling.
The Magri family, who founded and led Acmi to date, will reinvest in Omnia Technologies and will maintain a top role at the helm of the new high speed beverage hub, in coordination with the Group’s management. ”The sector has been characterized by numerous merger operations promoted, with ups and downs, by foreign multinationals. We believe that an excellence of Made In Italy like the Omnia group can establish itself in this competitive scenario thanks to our engineering solutions, expertise, technical capacity and widespread presence on international markets, bringing benefits to all related industries”, he declared Giacomo Magrifounder of Acmi.
THE ADVISORS
Intesa Sanpaolo (IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division) as Sole Financial Advisor of Omnia Technologies for the acquisition of the Beverage and Labeling divisions of SACMI, through the Corporate Finance structure of the IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division led by Andrea Falchetti and which he sees referring to Andrea Ballestri the origination and execution desks dedicated to the Italian mid market. The senior figures of the team who completed the deal are Enrico Merler (head of M&A Advisory Mid Cap, in the photo on the left), Antonio Carriero (M&A Advisory Mid Cap) e Lorenzo Gualco (M&A Advisory Mid Cap).
Pirola Corporate Finance – who acted in relation to the negotiation and commercial aspects, providing direct support in the preparation and coordination of due diligence activities with a team coordinated by the founding partner Ludovico Mantovani (in the photo in the center) is composed by Marco Gregorini (managing director, on the right in the photo), Andrea Ancarani (senior analyst) and analysts Daniele Rosso And Lorenzo Berardicurti.
Cavour Corporate Finance acted as advisor to Omnia Technologies in the acquisition of ACMI and as advisor to SACMI in the sale to Omnia Technologies. The president worked on the operation Antonio Zecchino (in the photo, on the right) and Eng. Mario Maestroni.
CastaldiPartners assisted the seller in relation to all legal aspects of the transaction. Bonelli Erede took care of the legal aspects and legal due diligence activities. Tax and accounting due diligence was handled by PwC with two teams coordinated by Francesco Giordano, Matteo Gubitta, Nicola Gobbato And Giorgio de Capitani. Alix Partners was appointed for the IT & Cyber due diligence with the director Toto Zammataro and the senior v.p Elena Masselli; WSP Italy followed the EHSS due diligence aspects with the line leader Carlo StrazzaWhile Willis Tower Watson took care of the W&I aspects.
THE DETAILS OF THE OPERATION
ACMI, based in Fornovo di Taro (Parma), is a world-leading company in the design and production of complete packaging and bottling lines, primarily for the food and beverage industry, where it often acts as main contractor and integrator line. Founded in 1984 by the Magri family, ACMI has a turnover of approximately 100 million euros and a workforce of 420 employees, distributed across five production plants in Northern Italy and four commercial branches in Mexico, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States. ACMI’s product portfolio includes palletizers and depalletizers, cartoonists, wrappers, manipulators, multifunctional robots and transport systems.
SACMI Beverage and SACMI Labeling are today among the most recognized players on the market, thanks to the important strategic investments undertaken and the know-how developed in recent decades by SACMI in the bottling and labeling sectors for the High-Speed beverage sector .
Based in Parma, SACMI Beverage supplies stand-alone machines and complete high-speed blow molding and bottling lines for PET/rPET (virgin/recycled PET plastic), cans and glass bottles, as well as offering solutions for the dairy sector – with form-fill-seal technology – and for the wine sector, with bag-in-box solutions. SACMI Beverage can count on a turnover of around 110 million euros, a workforce of around 160 employees and an installed fleet of over 600 machines.
Based in Verona and Nanhai (China), SACMI Labeling provides automatic labeling solutions, suitable for glass, plastic and metal containers for the high-speed beverage, beer, food, wine and detergent sectors. SACMI Labeling has a turnover of around 70 million euros, employs 300 people and has an installed base of over 1,700 machines.
SACMI Beverage and SACMI Labeling share a global network of branches in France, Spain, Morocco, Nigeria, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Mexico and the United States.
“The values that guide Omnia Technologies are technology, sustainability and service for our customers – he underlines Andrea Stolfa (in the picture), CEO of Omnia Technologies -. The creation of the new High-Speed Beverage division significantly expands Omnia Technologies’ portfolio in bottling & packaging, enhancing its ability to offer innovative end-to-end solutions, also thanks to integration with beverage processing technologies designed and built by TMCI Padovan and Della Toffola. I thank SACMI and the Magri family for sharing with us the values we believe in and for supporting us in carrying out such an important and strategic operation”.
The Omnia Technologies platform was created in November 2020 by independent companies of the European investment fund Investindustrial, through the combination of Della Toffola, Bertolaso, TMCI Padovan and a number of other strategic and complementary companies.
Following the acquisitions of ACMI, SACMI Beverage and SACMI Labelling, Omnia Technologies reaches a consolidated turnover of approximately 700 million euros, with 36 production sites, 24 sales offices in 16 countries and a workforce of more than 2,300 employees.
