Carlsquare advised Blue Cap AG on the sale of its portfolio company Uniplast Knauer GmbH & Co.KG to the existing management

Blue Cap AG (Blue Cap) has sold its 100% stake in Uniplast Knauer GmbH & Co.KG (Uniplast) as part of a management buy-out.

Uniplast has been developing and producing food packaging for the dairy industry for over 50 years. The cups and lids are manufactured using injection moulding and thermoforming processes and are primarily used for yoghurt, dessert and fresh cheese preparations. Long-standing customers include a large number of major German dairies. Uniplast is based in the south of Stuttgart in Dettingen/Erms and produces 2.5 billion cups annually, constantly working on product improvements with a focus on R&D.

Blue Cap AG is an investment company specialising in medium-sized companies with over 15 years of market experience. Following its acquisition by Blue Cap in 2018, Uniplast was strategically and operationally repositioned through various transformation measures. This led to increased profitability through active customer and product management as well as reduced time-to-market.

“I am very pleased to announce that we have realised a successful exit of Uniplast. We have accomplished a number of earnings enhancing measures over the past five years with our transformation expertise. It is now the right time to monetise the value gains. The management of Uniplast is an ideal new owner and we wish the entire company success for the next growth phase.” – Tobias Hoffmann-Becking, CEO of Blue Cap AG

Carlsquare acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Blue Cap.