The aim is to support growth both “with internal lines” and through acquisitions in the footwear supply chain. To this end, Anthilia Capital Partners is investing 25 million, through the Anthilia GAP fund, in Gruppo Manifatture Italiane (GMI): the industrial platform created in 2019 that already brings together three Tuscan companies: River, Calzaturificio Claudia and Broma.
Anthilia invests 25 mln in GMI
“Anthilia’s entrance into our project represents a further stimulus to our industrial development path”, comments GMI CEO Alberto Zunino. “In fact, we are actively working on a number of strategic targets, with the aim of further strengthening GMI’s positioning as a national reference player in luxury footwear manufacturing”. The resources, a press release explains, will contribute to the group’s capital strength and promote its growth. Also through “the enhancement of production skills and synergies between its component companies, that have the goal of bringing increasingly advanced integration”.
M&A focus
GMI was created in 2019 from a buy&build project of Consilium SGR . The group today employs a total of 1,200 people, covering the whole supply chain: from prototyping to industrial production. The entity has a turnover of about 90 million (2024). What contribution can Anthilia make? “Consilium’s initiative is perfectly in line with our mission”, comments Barbara Ellero, partner and head of private capital at Anthilia, “to accompany and enhance Italian excellence in their long-term growth path.
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