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Alfa Laval - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Alfa Laval M&A Summary

Alfa Laval has acquired 16 companies, including 7 in the last 5 years. A total of 7 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Alfa Laval’s largest acquisition to date was in 2025, when it acquired Fives - Cryogenics business unit for $902M. Alfa Laval has acquired in 4 different US states, and 8 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include machinery (29%) and marine (15%).

Alfa Laval Business Overview

Where is Alfa Laval headquartered?

Alfa Laval is headquartered in Lund, Sweden.

What is Alfa Laval’s revenue?

Alfa Laval disclosed revenue of 63,598M SEK for 2023 and 52,135M SEK for 2022.

How many employees does Alfa Laval have?

Alfa Laval has 21,767 employees.

What sector is Alfa Laval in?

Alfa Laval is a machinery company.

When was Alfa Laval founded?

Alfa Laval was founded in 1883.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity14
    • M&A Buy Activity14
  • Total Sectors Invested 10
  • Total Countries Invested 8
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 10

Alfa Laval

Alfa Laval AB

Rudeboksvägen 1,
Lund, 22100
Sweden,
+46 46 36 65 00
www.alfalaval.com

Alfa Laval is a provider of specialised process engineering solutions, equipment and services in the areas of separation, heat transfer and fluid handling. Alfa Laval was founded in 1883 and is based in Lund, Sweden.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (1.4/yr) # 7 2 3 - - 2 14
vol $592M $439M $902M $1.9B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  14

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Fives - Cryogenics business unit 2025-03-21 902M EUR Divestiture
Paris, France
NRG Marine 2025-02-05 - Add-on Acquisition
Coventry, United Kingdom · www.nrgmarine.com
BunkerPlanner 2022-08-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Lyngby, Denmark · www.bunkermetric.com
Scanjet Marine & Systems AB 2022-06-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Gothenburg, Sweden · www.scanjet.se
Desmet 2022-03-31 - Divestiture
Brussels, Belgium
Marine Performance Systems B.V. 2021-07-08 - Stake Purchase
Rotterdam, Netherlands · www.marineperformancesystems.com
StormGeo AS 2021-05-10 439M NOK Add-on Acquisition
Bergen, Norway · www.stormgeo.com
AMI Global LLC 2017-02-15 - Growth Capital
Las Vegas, Nevada · www.amiglobal.com
Niagara Blower Company 2013-05-29 - Add-on Acquisition
Buffalo, New York
Air Cooled Exchangers LLC 2012-12-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma · www.ace-coolers.net
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Alfa Laval Holding AB    - Industrial Flow Group of Alfa Laval 2000-12-20 1
Lund,, Sweden , United States

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Machinery 4 (29%) - - -
Marine 2 (14%) 592M (31%) - -
Business Services 1 (7%) - - -
Engineering 1 (7%) 902M (47%) - -
Environmental 1 (7%) 439M (23%) - -
Information Technology 1 (7%) - - -
Manufacturing 1 (7%) - - -
Oil/Gas Exploration 1 (7%) - - -
Software 1 (7%) - - -
Technology Hardware 1 (7%) - - -
Total 14 $1.9B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 - - -
  Texas 1 - - -
  Oklahoma 1 - - -
  New York 1 - - -
  Nevada 1 - - -
Denmark 2 592M - -
France 2 902M - -
United Kingdom 2 - - -
Belgium 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Norway 1 439M - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (7%) - - -
Cross-border 13 (93%) 1.9B (100%) - -
Total 14 $1.9B - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $1.9B
TOTAL $1.9B
Largest Fives - Cryogenics business unit
$902M (2025-03-21)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
36%
5 (36%)
Strategic(s)
14%
2 (14%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Machinery

Revenue

63,598   22% 2023
52,135   28% 2022
40,911   2% 2021
41,468   11% 2020
46,517   15% 2019
40,666   16% 2018
35,314   2017
(millions of SEK) Show More Show Less

Employees

21,767

Established

1883

Public

Stockholm Stock Exchange: ALFA

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