PETERKA & PARTNERS assisted Cornet Vincent Ségurel acting as a lead strategic counsel to Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB), in connection with a strategic investment in its Transit Business, with the acquisition of Kompozitum, an innovative leader in the field of technical machined carbon and graphite components, headquartered in Bratislava (Slovakia).
The addition of Kompozitum allows Wabtec to improve the manufacturing efficiency, quality, and competitiveness of its industry leading pantograph portfolio, while opening new markets for its carbon and graphite solutions.
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for the freight and transit rail industries, as well as the mining, marine and industrial markets.
For more information, visit Wabtec’s website.
Kompozitum is an innovative leader in the field of technical machined carbon and graphite components with special metal or resins impregnations, moving the limits in usability of high quality carbon or graphite materials.
For more information, visit Kompozitum’s website.
This acquisition aligns with Wabtec’s strategy by introducing complementary technologies to Wabtec’s product portfolio, positioning the business for accelerated, profitable revenue growth.
For this acquisition, a fully integrated team, led by partner Adrien Debré of Cornet Vincent Ségurel was constituted, supported by Aurélien Babin, Camille Dahmani, and Théophile Delobel, and Ľubomír Leško (Partner), Eva Pauerová and Nicole Šrolová from the law firm PETERKA & PARTNERS in Slovakia.
The Wabtec press release is available here.