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Carlyle Group wants to buy Acrotec

Acrotec is preparing to pass into American hands. In a press release Monday evening, the international investment company The Carlyle Group announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire the Jura mechanical subcontracting group from the European fund Castik Capital. The transaction, the amount of which is not disclosed “is subject to the approval of the competent authorities and should be completed in the first quarter of 2021”.

The purpose of this buyout is “to accelerate the development of the company, both through organic growth and through the pursuit of an active policy of acquisitions”. In particular, it should enable Acrotec to expand its activities in the field of MedTech. The director of the group, François Billig, recently declared in the columns of the Time want to strengthen its position in this field to depend less on watchmaking.

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