As we progress through 2024, the IT Services sector demonstrates a steady yet cautious landscape, with valuations remaining largely unchanged from earlier in the year. Despite the resilience, challenges such as extended sales cycles, tight client budgets, and slow growth persist, delaying expectations of a major recovery until 2025.
Translink Corporate Finance team in Poland served as the exclusive transaction advisor on the finalisation of the sale of a minority stake owned by the founding family of KAN Sp. z o.o., a leading fashion retail chain in the Central and Eastern Europe Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region operating under the Tatuum brand.
Translink Corporate Finance in Spain advised Mitie Group plc (Mitie), a leading facilities management and professional services company, on the acquisition of Grupo Visegurity (Visegurity), a leading Spanish security business.
Translink Corporate Finance in the United Kingdom is pleased to announce that it acted as the lead advisor to the Shareholders of the National Floorcoverings Group (NFG), a company specialising in the manufacture of textile floor coverings and sports surfaces, on the sale to Nimbus, a Pan European investor that specialises in buy outs, carve outs and turnaround situations.
The Translink Corporate Finance IT Services Valuation Index for Q3 2024 shows that the trading environment for most businesses in the IT services sector remains relatively unchanged from the previous six months. The gradual recovery in the sector has continued into the first half of FY24, with valuations across the sub-sectors holding steady.
Translink Corporate Finance teams in Poland and Italy advised Kotniz (Białystok, Poland) – a leading European producer of stainless steel and aluminum components for sailing boats, motor yachts, and mega-yachts – on the acquisition of a majority stake in Metalstyle, a company based in Carasco (Genoa, Italy), active in providing stainless steel and aluminum solutions for the nautical sector.
Translink Corporate Finance in the United States initiated the acquisition of Assured Automation LLC (Assured Automation) by FloWorks International LLC (FloWorks), a leading specialty distributor of critical flow control products and a Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. (Wynnchurch) portfolio company.
Translink Corporate Finance in The Netherlands advised UD-Vet, a leading provider of veterinary practice equipment and other veterinary imaging modalities, on the sale to IMV Technologies, a global leader in animal artificial insemination and veterinary imaging.
Translink Corporate Finance in Germany advised TonerPartner Group, a renowned e-commerce leader in the field of Toner, ink, and printer cartridges, on the acquisition of TRENSCO (HD Toner / HQ-Fit).
Translink Corporate Finance in the United States initiated the acquisition of Uptronix by Unified Power, a premier national critical power service provider and portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners.
