Multisol Announce Management Buyout of Group Companies

It is with great pleasure that we announce that on April 5th 2008, a broad based management team, lead by Managing Director Paul Oliphant, and featuring colleagues from around the world; completed a management buyout of the Multisol Group.

KBC Business Capital, the specialist asset based lending division of Belgium banking Group KBC Bank NV which funds mid-sized businesses in the UK, and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI); provided the funding for the deal, initiated by Dow Schofield Watts LLP, together with provision for significant future growth.

In addition to this, the previous owners – the Banner and Thomas families, have retained a shareholding, having great confidence in the future of the business.

Paul Oliphant, who now takes the position of Group Chief Executive, stated, “Over the last 10 years our Company has developed very successfully from a small UK based family owned Company to an International Group operating extensively across Europe, Middle East and Africa with annual sales of over £100m”. 

“We plan to continue that growth by extending our business model of technical sales distribution of specialist products allied with a broad toll manufacturing and contract packaging service, to all territories in which we are active.  We will continue to focus on innovation and improvement whilst maintaining the core values that our business has been built on.”

The full press release can be found in the pdf below.

Multisol Group MBO

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