Market trends
The metallurgical and metal-mechanical sector has been growing above the overall Portuguese economy and has been experiencing an increased momentum in the last years.
The industry has a solid asset base within a relevant cluster and with the support of important infrastructures and institutions.
Internationalization could be an important growth lever considering the industry integration in the international markets.
Problem
Generally, companies in the metalworking and metallurgy sectors lack focus which promotes subscale, inefficiency and thus a weak competitive position in national and international markets.
Opportunity
The problem of others is our opportunity.
M&A buy-and-build strategies create higher returns when compared with standalone deals (according to BCG). The most successful approach is when the portfolio company is small or medium-sized and has a PE sponsor with operational experience, which is precisely Phyxius strategy.
Phyxius see this as a great opportunity to unlock value through several levers, namely top-line growth, gross margin improvements, operational efficiencies, among others.
Our process
Assess
We identify and assess potential targets that fit our investment criteria
Buy
We invest and conduct post-merger integrations aligned with best practices
Streamline, Expand & Consolidate
Our main purpose is capturing combinational synergies at revenue, cost and capital levels and prepare companies for an exit
Exit
We identify potential consolidators and harvest returns for the benefit of our limited partners
Portfolio companies
