Ergon Capital

Ergon Capital Partners is a private equity arm of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA specializing in buyout and industry consolidation investments in middle market and mature companies. It seeks to invest in Iberia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, and France. Ergon Capital Partners was founded in February 2005 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium with additional offices in Milan, Italy; Madrid, Spain; Munich, Germany; and Paris, France. It operates as a subsidiary of Sienna Capital.
MA

María Alfaro Alonso-Lamberti

Associate

ÁC

Álvarez Couso, Pablo

Director

JD

Jori De Baerdemaeker

Associate

SB

Sakinah Bah

Associate

LB

Leticia Balsón

Assistant and Administration of Investor Relations

FB

Fabrizio Bertozzi

Principal

LC

Loic Cerfontaine

Deputy CFO

RC

Riccardo Collini

Partner

HV

Herbert Vanden Eynde

Principal

DF

Denis Fraenkel

Director

LG

Louis Gabriels

Associate

PG

Patrick Gavoty

Director

SH

Sarah Haghighi

Associate

BK

Bas Kea

Principal

PL

Pieter Lambrecht

Partner

AL

Alexandre Larnicol

Associate

EL

Emanuele Lembo

Senior Partner

Wd

Wolfgang de Limburg

Managing Partner

NL

Nils Lüssem

Partner

JM

John Mansvelt

CFO

PM

Pablo Marín

Associate

FP

Finn Pilath

Associate

JF

Jean Florent Quinonero

Associate

SW

Sebastian Walter

Principal

JW

Johannes Witt

Principal

Past deals in Belgium

De Boeck Supérieur

Acquisition in 2011
De Boeck Supérieur is a francophone academic publisher. It has a catalogue of almost 3,000 titles and creates more than 250 new publications per year.

Dolciaria Acquaviva

Acquisition in 2019
Dolciaria Acquaviva is a well-established and established international company in the frozen bakery sector. While remaining faithful to the tradition meals cciera italiana the company, attentive to continuous market changes and different consumer needs, has expanded its range of frozen bakery products over time and today offers around 350 different references between sweet and savory.

Summa

Acquisition in 2021
Summa's rich history began in a Gistel, Belgium factory in 1973. The factory was established to assemble high-tech recording devices used in, among other things, the manufacture of precision optical lenses. Summa's evolution into vinyl imaging started in 1987, when it began modifying pen-plotters for use in vinyl-cutting applications. That evolution led to what Summa is today, a recognized global leader in vinyl cutting and imaging equipment for the sign, outdoor advertising and aerospace markets.

Indo Optical S.L.U.

Acquisition in 2018
Indo Optical is the manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses and supplier of medical equipment distributor for the eye care sector. Indo Optical is a new company belonging to the investment group Sherpa Capital and made up of more than 400 multidisciplinary professionals with extensive experience in the sector. We sell ophthalmic lenses and equipment for opticians and ophthalmologists. We have a broad product portfolio offering you products with the most state-of-the-art technology and true pioneers in today's optical market.

Looping Group

Acquisition in 2016
Groupe Looping develops, owns, and operates leisure parks in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Its leisure parks offer indoor and outdoor activities, including rides, games, and shows for families and groups. The company’s leisure parks also feature themed areas, shops, and restaurants. Its leisure parks offer amenities and services for mixt groups, school groups, companies, group outings, birthday parties, and private evening events. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Merlimont, France.

Keesing Media Group B.V.

Acquisition in 2017
Keesing Media Group publishes puzzle magazines in Europe. It offers puzzle magazines in various languages and countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, and Sweden. The company also provides apps for the iPad and other tablets for publishing puzzles. Keesing Media Group B.V. was founded in 1911 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The company has additional offices in Paris, Naintré, Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen.

Golden Goose Deluxe Brand

Acquisition in 2015
Golden Goose Deluxe Brand was founded in 2000 by the creative spirit of Alessandro Gallo and Francesca Rinaldo: couple of young Venetian designer, outsider compared to the fashion world. The intent that has always animated the company was to stand out with an innovative, artisan product, an unconventional communication and selective placement in locations that share the philosophy of the brand. In 15 years, Golden Goose Deluxe Brand has created a complete lifestyle for its consumers, offering a collection that includes ready-to-wear, accessories and footwear, combining a sophisticated and modern style to a vintage taste, enriched by a strong Italian tailoring tradition. The brand flagship stores in New York, Paris, London, Milan, Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Beirut, St. Tropez, Amsterdam, clenching so partnerships with the most important fashion destination in the world.

ELITech Group SAS

Acquisition in 2010
The ELITechGroup is a privately held group of worldwide manufacturers and distributors of in vitro diagnostic equipment and reagents. By bringing together IVD specialty companies that offer innovative products and solutions, ELITechGroup has become a major contributor in advancing clinical diagnostics to laboratories in the proximity market, those operating closer to the patient. The ELITechGroup manufactures and distributes diagnostic products for clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology, and molecular biology though direct sales and a distribution network encompassing more than 100 countries.

Zellbios

Acquisition in 2007
Zellbios manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for pharmaceutical markets worldwide. It offers generic active pharmaceutical ingredients, small molecule actives, advanced intermediates, commercial APIs, and amino acids; and custom synthesis and finished dosage form development services. The company also provides services for formulation development; and compiles required regulatory documents for the originator and generic pharmaceutical industry.

Joris Ide NV

Acquisition in 2007
Joris Ide is a pan European manufacturer and supplier of insulated panels, profiles and related accessories, with leading market positions in France and the Benelux. It has 5 insulated panel manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Germany, Romania and Russia, and 11 regional manufacturing sites across Europe, which provide a uniquely complementary geographic footprint to Kingspan’s existing European insulated panel business.

Palex Medical S.A.

Acquisition in 2019
Palex Medical engages in the sale and distribution of products for the health market in Spain. The company offers medical specialty products in the areas of anesthesia and critical care, electrophysiology, home care therapy, intensive care, nephrology, nutrition, oncology, pain management, and pharmacy.

Larcier Group

Acquisition in 2011
Larcier offer comprising online databases, software tools, legal codes, monographs and seminars for legal, fiscal and social professionals. The company offers documentary solutions adapted to the specific needs of all professionals in Belgian, Luxembourg and French law.

Sausalitos

Acquisition in 2014
Sausalitos is one of the leisure restaurant chains in Germany.

Haudecoeur

Acquisition in 2019
Haudecoeur develops its offer in rice, pulses, dried fruits, spices, cereals and is becoming an essential player in the grocery market.Haudecoeur is now a key player on the market of rice, pulses, dried fruits, spices, cereals and oriental products.Haudecoeur travels all around the world to select its products from the source and import them to France where they are industrialized and packaged.

Visionnaire Home Philosophy

Acquisition in 2014
IPE, founded in 1959 by Carlo, Pompeo and Vittorio Cavalli, is a company based near Bologna active in the high-end luxury furniture segment. In particular, the Company develops and distributes ‘total look’ collections with its own brands (products include beds, sofas, carpets, lamps etc.).

De Boeck Education

Acquisition in 2011
De Boeck Education is one of the leading educational publishing companies in Belgium. It develops educational methods for primary, secondary and higher education in Flanders and the French Community of Belgium, whereby the traditional printed school books are increasingly complemented with a strong digital offering.

svt Holding GmbH

Acquisition in 2018
svt Holding GmbH designs and manufactures fire protection products and systems to customers in Germany and internationally.
Deutsche Intensivpflege Holding is a German ambulant care provider combining 10 operating entities and providing intensive care services.