Dettling acted successfully as advisors to Medicos in their acquisition of Dinamic Emballages, a company specializing in plastic injection moulding techniques, and the manufacturing of standard and made-to-measure caps and lids.

Dettling were exclusive M&A advisors to the shareholders of Costet Décoration, a long-standing leader in glass decoration for the perfume and cosmetics industries, on the occasion of the sale of their business to Mr. Fabrice Saunier, owner of Lami Industrie, a French leader in the traceability of luxury perfumes.

Dettling advised BBA Emballages in their acquisition of the assets of Filmolux France, a company specializing in the distribution of self-adhesive media and coating solutions across a range of industries.

Dettling provided advisory services to Marvinpac’s founding shareholders in negotiating and structuring a management package as part of the Group’s next development stage upon the arrival of a new CEO. Marvinpac Group has two main branches: Marvinpac Pack & Assembly and MS Beautilab, which operates in the beauty-care sector.

Dettling acted as advisors to Attis in their acquisition of Clavie Packaging in Belgium. Clavie specializes in the distribution of food packaging via direct sales and cash & carry.

Dettling advised the founder of Adkrog Investor in Cosmetics in their acquisition of Peaulette (www.peaulette.fr), an online shop specialized in organic and natural cosmetics. Dettling also advised Adkrog in their acquisition of CEP (Compagnie Européenne des Parfums) and in financing the operation. Created in 1973, CEP designs, manufactures and distributes perfumes and beauty products, mainly to mass-market retailers.

Dettling were recruited by Duguit Technologies to advise them in their takeover of FEGE’s assets. The Commercial Court ruled in favor of Duguit’s offer, acknowledging the quality of its takeover plan. Founded in 1992, FEGE is a company specializing in the design and manufacturing of specific machinery for packaging, catering to some of the biggest players of the agri-food market, such as Nestlé, Andros, Soufflet and Moët Hennessy.

Dettling were instrumental in aiding MagicPallet (www.magicpallet.com) in successfully generating their first round of seed fundraising. Demeter and Irdi invested in this exciting new French start up that provides a novel platform for the exchange of pallets and was awarded the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label for its contribution to the reduction of C02 emissions.

Dettling provided significant advisory services for the founders of Ownest (www.ownest.io) in their 2nd round of seed funding. Ownest is a leading actor in the supply chain industry that uses Blockchain technology to restore confidence in supply chains by certifying the transfer of responsibility between various actors.

Dettling was recruited as the exclusive M&A advisors to the shareholders of SIAC, an adhesive label specialist, in the sale of their business to Brodart Packaging. SIAC is a leader in the designing and manufacturing of adhesive labels for the Food & FMCG industries in the east of France region, while Brodart Packaging lead the French market in the design and printing of flexible packaging using rotogravure, flexography, offset and digital techniques, primarily for the agri-food industry.

Dettling collaborated with Livingstone Partners, Spain, in providing M&A advisory services to the shareholders of Fina Flexible Packaging. This Spanish company is a national leader in flexible packaging for food and manufacturing industry suppliers and, with our help, successfully negotiated the divestiture of 100% of their stake to CPC Packaging, one of the leading French designers and printers of packaging and labelling solutions.

Dettling were proud to be the exclusive M&A advisors to the shareholders of Pinard Emballages, a leading French high-end plastic packaging manufacturer, in their acquisition of 100% of the shares of Lablabo, a company specialized in the design and manufacturing of airless metering dispensers for the pharma and cosmetics industries. We had the pleasure of collaborating with IK Investment Partners - a leading pan-European Private Equity fund – who are the majority shareholder of Pinard Emballages, alongside members of the Pinard Family who own a significant stake in the company.

Dettling were entrusted with providing advisory services to a French start-up specializing in geo-positioning equipment & services to secure their Seed A financing, enabling them to expand operations.

Dettling were recruited for their advisory services by the management of Holweg Weber Group, a manufacturer of paper bag packaging machines who were undergoing rapid change [factories in Alsace and Michigan], to aid them in executing a tertiary LBO and negotiating a management package with the new shareholder, Motion Equity Partners.

In addition to these successful collaborations, Dettling also advised on a number of other deals with former CEO/shareholders in the packaging and supply chain industries. For example, a former C-level executive of Logoplaste called upon Dettling’s expertise in the transition of his business.