Adveo has signed an agreement with the investment fund Springwater Capital LLC for the sale of its industrial business unit. The agreement includes the transfer of assets (except buildings) of Adveo’s manufacturing and distribution activity of processed paper products in its factories in Tres Cantos (Madrid), Logroño and Aduana (Guipúzcoa), its reprinting activities located in its France and Morocco workshops, the commercial office in Portugal and the transfer of business relations and employees related to that production unit.

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Adveo sells its processed paper unit to Springwater Capital for Euro 16 million

Jan 04, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Adveo has signed an agreement with the investment fund Springwater Capital LLC for the sale of its industrial business unit. The agreement includes the transfer of assets (except buildings) of Adveo’s manufacturing and distribution activity of processed paper products in its factories in Tres Cantos (Madrid), Logroño and Aduana (Guipúzcoa), its reprinting activities located in its France and Morocco workshops, the commercial office in Portugal and the transfer of business relations and employees related to that production unit. The agreed price for the sale is Euro 16 million. It is estimated that the execution of the deal and, therefore, the effective transfer of the business, will take place in the 1Q of this year, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

With an appropriate investment policy and cost structure, and better information and sales technologies, this operation is a step further in the Adveo's medium and long term strategy with the aim of focusing on its core business, the large-scale distribution and the delivery of value added services for its customers in the office supplies market, both domestic and international. Thus, Adveo strengthens its leadership position in the market in order to achieve higher levels of growth, either organically or through acquisitions or alliances.

Adveo's CEO, Millán Álvarez-Miranda Navarro, said: “This agreement is part of the business strategy that we started a few years ago that pursues, among other goals, to focus on our best asset which is the knowledge and the extension of our products and services distribution activity related to the office market, among other. Our goal is achieved with this deal.”

Along with this agreement, the two companies will supply certain products under the brands Adveo and Unipapel, which will be produced in the transferred factories, and which Adveo will continue to commercialize both in national and international markets.

Springwater Capital LLC is a Swiss investment fund based in Geneva which has recently acquired large industrial businesses in Spain related to digital printing.