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Purus AB, the Swedish leading manufacturer of drainage, sanitary and plumbing products for wetrooms and bathromms, has acquired 100% of the shares in the Danish company Unidrain A/S.

Audon Partners advised the sellers of Unidrain A/S

ILVA sold to IDdesign
(4 February 2009)

ILVA, Denmark's second largest retailer within furnitures, has been acquired by IDdesign. IDdesign is the owner and manager of IDEmøbler, which is the largest Danish retailer within furnitures.
- ILVA has about 360 employees and an annual turnover of DKK 700 million
- The transaction included all ILVA's stores and activities in Denmark and Sweden
- Audon Partners advised the private shareholders

AAC Capital Partners have along with Polaris Private Equity acquired BabySam, Denmark’s leading baby equipment retailer with the largest market share and a brand that is widely recognised as a retailer with a high quality product range.
- Babysam, is a chain of 31 independent stores in Denmark
- The buyers want to expand babysam by merging 12 existing legal
  entities tocreate the Nordic region’s leading integrated baby
  retail chain
- Audon Partners advised the buyer

Würth Group buys Arvid Nilsson
(11 January 2008)

Arvid Nilsson offers one of Scandinavia's widest and most competitive assortments of fasteners.
- Arvid Nilsson have companies in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and
  China, including a fasteners factory in Norway
- They provides know-how within fasteners, logistics and efficient
  e-businesssolutions
- Audon Partners advised the seller

Skandinavisk Industriservice A/S has been acquired by Voith
(26 November 2007)

SIS employs approximately 160 employees, and provides service within the petrochemical industry and power stations.
- SIS's main markets are Scandinavia and the United Kingdom
- The company uses the most advanced manual as well as semi-
  automatic welding processes
- Audon Partners advised the vendor

- The Icelandic equivalent to TDC, Siminn, is now challenging the  
  Danish communications market through the acquisition of
  BusinessPhone
- Siminn vil be able to offer all the same communication products as 
  TDC and can attack TDC's B2B sales directly
- Audon Partners Corporate Finance advised the seller in this 
  transaction