𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 | We are announcing today the acquisition of a majority stake in Masco Group, a global provider of engineered solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The Borella family and Masco Group’s current management team will reinvest alongside Ardian and Luca Borella will continue to lead the company as CEO. Founded in 1912, and headquartered in Milan, Masco provides a range of bespoke products and services to the biopharma and life sciences industry, including high-purity water systems, bioprocessing equipment, modular off-site fabricated facility solutions, process engineering, laboratory, validation and automation services. Ardian will leverage its deep industry expertise in Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences to support Masco in the next phase of growth, driving a number of compelling organic initiatives, further international expansion, and completing acquisitions focused on strengthening the Company’s technological capabilities while driving operational excellence. “𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦, 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦’𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑀&𝐴 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑦.” Marco Bellino, Deputy Head of Buyout Italy & Managing Director, Ardian “𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛’𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎, 𝑤𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑜’𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠. 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝐴𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛’𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒.” Christopher Sand, Managing Director, Ardian Read the full announcement ⮕ https://bit.ly/4cVP2oI #Engineering #Pharma #Pharmaceutical #Biotech #Biopharma #LifeSciences #InternationalExpansion #Italy Giorgio Cicala, Julia Wu, Andrea Audisio di Somma, Elena García Ortega, Matteo Collini, Angelos Papadimitriou, Claudio Colombi ,Klaus Lesker , Dr. Jan Gudlick RSBG SE
Happy to be part of the team advising Ardian.
Vince Stoyanov
3mo
Fantastic !!
Congratulations Ardian team, very well done! it has been our honour to assist you. Congrats also to Luca and Borella family for the great new partnership!