December 21, 2015
Translink Corporate Finance announces the sale of Swedish wood supplier Skanditrä AB to Austrian JAF Group. Translink acted as the exclusive financial adviser to Skanditrä’s sole owner, Finnish investment company Hartwall Capital Oy Ab.
Skanditrä focuses mainly on trading lamellas and sawn hardwood for the parquet flooring industry. The company’s main markets are in Europe and Asia. The company was founded 1941 in Sweden and has warehouse operations in Sopron/Hungary.
JAF Group is Central Europe’s leading wholesaler for wood and wooden materials. JAF Group has 50 sites in 13 countries serving wood processing industry, construction sector and resale.
With the acquisition of Skanditrä, JAF Group enters a new line of business, and the already broad product range will be further expanded.
Contact our Team Members advising in this transaction:
Translink Corporate Finance Finland, based in Helsinki, is one of the leading M&A boutiques in the Finnish market. Since its foundation more than 15 years ago, their partners completed more than 100 M&A transactions in different industries, worked closely together with a number of business partners and industry players, both locally and internationally. In addition Translink Finland is a Certified Adviser on NASDAQ OMX First North.
Tero
Nummenpää
Chairman Translink International
Partner Translink Finland
tnummenpaa@translinkcf.com
Jari
Lauriala
Partner
jlauriala@translinkcf.com
Pontus
Backlund
Partner
pbacklund@translinkcf.com
TRANSLINK INTERNATIONAL AG
