S&B INDUSTRIAL MINERALS acquired by IMERYS
Context
Imerys has finalized an agreement to acquire S&B Industrial Minerals in a move designed to fundamentally transform its "filtration and performance additives" business. The strategic rationale for this transaction centers on a "market-leadership" play, merging the target's industry-leading technical operational depth in bentonite and perlite with the group’s established global distribution and mineral processing infrastructure. This structural alignment provides the organization with the scientific talent and logistical hardware—specifically across the target's Mediterranean and international mining assets—required to address the increasing complexity of metallurgy and environmental filtration.
S&B INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, which reported an EBITDA margin of [members only] in 2014, is valued in this transaction at an EV/EBITDA multiple of [members only], to compare with the average currently observed in the Industry & Manufacturing sector (11.7x).
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Target
S&B Industrial Minerals is a Greece company specialized in Bentonite & Perlite Solutions. The company has carved out a distinct space in the industrial landscape by focusing on the extraction and high-tech processing of industrial minerals like bentonite, perlite, and wollastonite. Instead of providing raw commodities, they thrive on a philosophy of technical operational depth, providing essential "functional" ingredients for the foundry, steel, and horticulture industries.
Ent. Value
€500M–1.5bn
Equity Value
[members only]
Multiples
EV / Revenue
1x–3x
EV / EBITDA
[members only]
EV / EBIT
15x–25x
Historical Financials (EUR)
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REFERENCES
Valuation range: EV €500M–1.5bn
Revenue range: €250–500M
EV/Revenue range: 1x - 3x
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