One Equity Partners Closes Sale of Walki to Japan’s Oji Group
April 17 2024 - 9:56AM
Business Wire
Company Saw Strong Growth Through
Transformational M&A and a Focus on Sustainability Initiatives
During One Equity Partners’ Ownership
One Equity Partners (“OEP”) today announced that it has
completed the sale of Walki Group Oy (“Walki” or the “Company”), a
pan-European supplier of sustainable and high-performing packaging
and engineered materials solutions, to Oji Holdings Corporation
(“Oji Group”), a Japanese paper products technology company.
“OEP’s investment in Walki provides a strong example of the
firm’s value creation strategy. We partnered with company
management to help drive significant growth during our ownership,”
said Marc Lindhorst, Partner at One Equity Partners. “We were able
to help the Company execute transformational acquisitions which
strengthened Walki’s market position, incorporated sustainable
solutions, broadened product offerings, and contributed to a
comprehensive value chain for flexible packaging solutions.”
“OEP has been a pivotal partner and essential to the growth our
business has achieved,” said Leif Frilund, CEO of Walki. “OEP’s
expertise has been instrumental in the Company’s ability to grow
organically and through transformational M&A, while maintaining
a focus on environmental sustainability. OEP was key in preparing
Walki for its next chapter under Oji Group.”
About One Equity Partners
One Equity Partners (“OEP”) is a middle market private equity
firm focused on the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors
in North America and Europe. The firm seeks to build market-leading
companies by identifying and executing transformative business
combinations. OEP is a trusted partner with a differentiated
investment process, a broad and senior team, and an established
track record generating long-term value for its partners. Since
2001, the firm has completed more than 400 transactions worldwide.
OEP, founded in 2001, spun out of JP Morgan in 2015. The firm has
offices in New York, Chicago, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. For more
information, please visit www.oneequity.com.
About Walki
Walki Group Oy is an industry leading advanced packaging
materials specialist delivering transformative, sustainable
solutions to solve the most demanding challenges in the industry.
Walki is a growing international group organized in three business
areas: Consumer Packaging, Industrial Packaging and Engineered
Materials, with operations in twelve different countries. Walki
continuously invests in new technologies and materials to enhance
its products and its industry environmental sustainability
position. Walki has extensive packaging application know-how and
in-house innovation capabilities. Our production facilities are
located in Finland, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Poland, the
UK, and China. To learn more, please visit www.walki.com.
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