Opta Group strengthens European supply chain with operations expansion in Germany
valbeek advises Opta Group on the acquisition of the m-tec Group.
Opta Group LP, a portfolio company of Speyside Equity Advisors (Speyside), and a leading supplier of performance materials and solutions in the molten metal, infrastructure, and specialty chemical industries, has completed the asset acquisition of the majority of the business operations of m-tec Group (m-tec industrial engineering GmbH, m-tec powder GmbH, m-tec wire GmbH), a company previously operating in Wesel, Germany.
Operating under the name OPTA Wesel GmbH & Co. KG (OPTA Wesel), Opta Group will deliver enhanced regional access to high-quality desulfurization solutions. The OPTA Wesel facility will strengthen supply chain stability while improving proximity and responsiveness to customers throughout Europe.
Opta Group LP, a Speyside Equity portfolio company, is a global provider of custom-engineered solutions serving the metallurgical, construction, and specialty chemical industries. The company’s broad range of brands includes OPTA, Tecnosulfur, Affival, Affimex, SKW, OPTA Glass, Carbide Industries, and Quab Chemicals. Through deep expertise in blending, formulation, and process optimization, Opta Group delivers measurable value to customers worldwide. With headquarters in Amherst, NY, Opta Group employs over 900 people operating from a total of 34 manufacturing facilities and regional offices across 11 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
Speyside is a Detroit-based private equity firm. The firm invests in middle-market, buyout transactions in the manufacturing and value-added distribution sectors. Targeted portfolio companies often possess balance sheet, legal, environmental, labor, or transactional complexity.
A team from valbeek Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB consisting of Dr. Oliver Wunsch, Dr. Jan P. Brosius, Dr. Malte Vollertsen, Dr. Mareike Aisenbrey, and Anne Böttcher advised Opta Group on this transaction.
valbeek was supported by a well-established team of network law firms, namely:
Dr. Holger Meyer, Jana Reimers, and Dr. Sophie Spicker from the law firm Schramm Meyer Kuhne for labor law
Dr. Anne Blume Huttenlauch, Dr. Leonard Freiherr von Rummel, Dr. Elisa Theresa Hauch, and Dr. Moritz Schuchert from the law firm BLOMSTEIN for FDI and merger control
Dr. Kai-Uwe Plath, Jan Schäfer, and Matthias A. Struck from the law firm KNPZ for IP/IT and data protection
Dr. Dirk Büllesfeld, Ann-Jana Thinius, and Anna-Kathrin Schwarz from the law firm truon for real estate and public law
Dr. Christian Mikolajczak from the law firm SJPP Restrukturierung for insolvency law issues