Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Innova Sells 70% Stake in Polish Manufacturing Co Donako

After a six-year cycle, Innova Capital has decided to sell its 70 per cent stake in Polish industrial parts manufacturer Donako. Co-owner Franciszek Zeleznik of Zeleznik Industrie Consulting has also sold his stake in the company. The trade sale was made to Austrian industry player Rudolf Weinberger Holding, and puts the company’s value at under EUR50 mln. The original investment was made in 2006, when Innova took the stake of Zeleznik’s co-owners in the company. Since then the company’s turnover has increased by over 30 per cent – from under EUR30 mln in 2006 to more than EUR40 mln in 2012.

Donako (www.donako.com.pl)

Donako is a Polish manufacturer of industrial parts founded in 1947 – originally as DZWME Dolmel. Initially a part of ABB, an engineering firm based in Sweden, Donako was spun off in 2000. Founded by Franciszek Zeleznik, the company primarily targets the energy sector, leveraging its electromagnetic steel processing towards manufacturing parts and tools for electric motors and generators. Recent data shows a turnover of EUR40 mln, and the manufacturing firm has doubled its EBITDA over the last six years. It currently employs about 400 people at its facility in Wroclaw, and primarily s

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