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SOME CASE STUDIES


Companies with growth or improvement potential. That is what we prefer. Irrespective of the sector, we invest in companies and projects with a history and a future.

Foresco
— STATUS

Investment since 2009

— SECTOR

Industrial packaging

— REVENUE

550 million euros

Foresco was launched a century ago as a Belgian timber trading company. In 2009, the company was struggling due to the financial crisis. It had a revenue of EUR 15 million and was operating at a loss with an outdated sales approach, infrastructure, processes, organisation and IT...

Arseus Medical
— STATUS

Investment since 2014

— SECTOR

Medical devices

— REVENUE

75 million euros

Arseus Medical is a medical device distributor and service provider in a wide range of medical specialties. In 2014 it formed part of a listed group (Fagron), but its operations were non-core. Dynamica took over the division and made it an independent entity (carve-out) with regard to IT, logistics, finance, HR, etc. Very soon after the acquisition, they launched a buy & build process and completed multiple acquisitions. In 2017, GIMV became co-owner to accelerate the acquisition strategy and international expansion.

Rycobel
— STATUS

Investment since 2020

— SECTOR

Testing equipment

— REVENUE

30 million euros

Over many years, Rycobel had built up a solid foundation as a distributor and service provider of measuring and testing equipment. However, the company had a rather conservative approach and had never ventured far beyond their existing product portfolio in pursuit of growth...

LivWise
— STATUS

Investment since 2018

— SECTOR

Cookware and home accessories

— REVENUE

25 million euros

Enabling a cookware distributor to accelerate its growth through further expansion and internationalisation of own brands; that is the LivWise success story. This growth was supported by scaling up distribution activities within the Benelux and two additional acquisitions following Dynamica’s involvement.

System Solutions
— STATUS

Investment since 2020

— SECTOR

IT services

— REVENUE

150 million euros

Despite its position as a leading provider of IT services in Luxembourg, System Solutions faced several significant challenges. Their ability to grow was hampered by a strong dependence on their founder, too great an emphasis on hardware sales, a weak reporting system and a profit margin with room for improvement....