Textile design and manufacturing company Himatsingka Seide today said it has acquired 80 per cent stake in the US-based Divatex Home Fashions Inc, a distributor of bed linen products, for $53 million). The acquisition was carried out through Himatsingka Seide’s wholly-owned subsidiary Himatsingka America Inc. The enterprise value for the transaction was $75 million.
“Himatsingka will continue to create and strengthen its manufacturing capabilities in India while enhancing its global distribution strengths through acquisitions,” Himatsingka Seide managing director, Mr Dinesh Himatsingka said.
Himatsingka Seide has completed the acquisition of Divatex Home Fashions Inc and has signed definitive agreements to this effect on 1 July, Himatsingka Seide said in a communique to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
“Having completed two international acquisitions of Giuseppe Bellora and Divatex with combined revenues of around Rs 800 crore and the commencement or production at the Rs 400 crore bed linen facility, the company is positioned to achieve consolidated annualised revenues of more than Rs 1,000 crore,” Himatsingka Seide executive director, MR Shrikant Himatsingka said.
The significant synergies for sourcing requirements are expected from the new $100 million bed linen facility of Himatsingka at the Hassan Special Economic Zone in Karnataka.
The facility has commenced trial production and is likely to be operational from this month.
Source : The Statesman