Match Plan guides VDA Group in full sale of subsidiaries

Match Plan has assisted VDA Group with the full sale of the subsidiaries Van den Akker Electric Engineering and Van den Akker Montage & Assemblage to private equity party VADO, through the Verhoeven Family of Companies. The acquisition fits well with the buy-and-build strategy to further grow the Verhoeven Family of Companies.

About Van den Akker Engineering

Van den Akker Electric Engineering was founded in 1999 and is a specialized company in the development of industrial automation. They use the latest techniques, such as vision, robots, self-driving vehicles etc. Van den Akker is active worldwide for clients in sectors such as Agro & Food, Chemistry & Pharma, Automotive, Logistics and Energy & Water. They support their clients in the areas of feasibility studies and concept development, soft- and hardware engineering, and mechanical construction and delivery.

About VADO

VADO is a Dutch, long-term, investment company. After the sale of the DAF businesses in the 1970s and 1980s, VADO started to focus on investments in the manufacturing industry. Several portfolio businesses have been part of the VADO family for over twenty years. Today VADO consists of a team with extensive industrial experience that, based in Eindhoven, manages a portfolio of approximately twenty manufacturing companies.

Role of Match Plan

Match Plan first prepared a high level valuation and then provided guidance based on that valuation in the negotiations with the prospective buyer. In addition, we supervised and coordinated the book examination and provided guidance in the preparation and negotiation of the transaction documentation.

From Match Plan, Niels Ansems, Lucas Troelstra and Miranda van der Nat were on the deal team.