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Sharing ideas, empowering people

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A longstanding partnership with a history of investing in Italy with entrepreneurs and managers

Offering a tailored, entrepreneurial support to foster innovation and transformation of Italian businesses

Exploiting the industrial network to partner with entrepreneurs and management

Italian family-run businesses represent a unique opportunity to unlock unexpressed value through a mix of people empowerment, internationalisation and consolidation

Salvatore Mancuso founded Equinox in 2000 after more than 30 years of professional experience in Italian and international companies. Under his leadership, Equinox has become one of the leading private equity firms operating in the Italian market.His ideals of hard work, passion and independence represent the DNA of Equinox' and are ingrained in every aspect of our organization.<blockquote>Salvatore, our mentor, leader and colleague passed away in 2020. He is greatly missed.</blockquote>

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Integrity, entrepreneurship, collaboration and responsibility are Equinox's core values

2016 - today

Established in 2016 by Stefano Saturnino, Giovanni Arbellini, and Ilaria Puddu, Pizzium is a leading independent pizza retail chain operating with 22 directly owned stores.

Despite its recent foundation (first openings in 2017), the business model’s success has allowed Pizzium to easily scale up and replicate its pizzeria format in the most important provinces of north-western Italy in Lombardy, Piedmont, and Emilia-Romagna, as well as in Lazio. Pizzium has a distinctive value proposition and is perceived as the “new trendy/gourmet pizza chain”.

It is characterised by an innovative, unique and distinctive concept/format, linked to the traditional atmosphere and Neapolitan pizza with DOP and IGP specialities from the Italian regions together with stone-ground flour and long leavening.

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Pizzium

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Equinox III

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Stake

Food

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Milan, Italy

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In portfolio

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Pizzium

The Migal Group is a leading provider of manufacturing services in the field of forging and machining of non-ferrous metal components.

The Group supplies brass (~80% of sales), copper, aluminium, bronze and steel components to blue-chip multinationals active mainly in the water (~70% of sales), gas and electricity markets. About 60% of sales are exported outside Italy.

The Group has 3 operating facilities, located in the province of Brescia, with state-of-the-art equipment in an area of approximately 70,000 sqm and significant spare capacity to support further growth. The Group is characterised by a high degree of production flexibility and a wide range of products and materials, which enables it to establish and maintain a strong relationship with multi-business customers.

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Migal Group

Metal Machining

Marcheno, Italy

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Migal Group

In June 2021, Equinox acquired a majority stake (63%) of a leading Italian manufacturer of high-quality cookies, chocolate decorations and breadcrumbs for major ice cream and food multinational brands.

The domestic market generates 65% of sales (i.e. mostly made by Italian subsidiaries of multinational companies). International revenues are mainly generated in Europe.

The Group operates through three state-of-the-art, wholly-owned production facilities based in the Perugia area, equipped with the latest technology to meet customers- needs and with significant spare capacity available to support further growth.

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Salpa &amp; Cherubini

San Giustino, Italy

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Salpa & Cherubini

Equinox builds reliable partnerships to create responsible value both for investors and portfolio companies

Equinox is pleased to announce that it has sold a majority stake in Clas, a leading italian company in the production of ready-made sauces and ambient pesto, to La Doria, a leading group in the production of tomato derivatives, sauces, pulses and fruit juices for large retailers.

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Equinox exits CLAS

Intesa Sanpaolo and Quid &nbsp;have signed a framework agreement enabling Isybank – Intesa Sanpaolo's digital bank central to the banking group's business plan and technological development – to launch financing products for its customers in the coming months thanks to the Qinetic digital platform.

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Quid inks an important partnership with Isybank, Intesa Sanpaolo’s digital bank

Equinox is pleased to announce that is has sold its majority stake of Salpa, one of the leaders in the production of high-quality ingredients and inclusions for the industrial ice-cream, dairy and confectionery sectors.

Equinox exits Salpa & Cherubini

Equinox was pleased to meet its investors at St. Regis Hotel in Rome to illustrate the 2023 performance and 2024 outlook for Equinox III portfolio companies. Challenges and opportunities for Italian businesses, in an even more complex World, were debated from a geopolitical point of view during a panel moderated by @federicofubini (Deputy Editor in Chief – Corriere della Sera), with @andreamargelletti (Chairman – CeSI Centro Studi Internazionali), @albertobrambilla (Chairman – Itinerari Previdenziali), @giovannilostorto (General Manager – Luiss Guido Carli University) and @giorgiomercogliano (Managing Partner – Equinox), giving insights on global trends and crucial challenges for Italian businesses.

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Equinox - November 22, 2023 -  Equinox Investor Day 2023

Equinox announces the acquisition of 60% of Modulblok, a company specialized in the production of storage systems for logistics. The deal aims at promoting the company as a market leader in Italy and abroad, supporting and accelerating its growth also through M&amp;A.

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Equinox acquisisce il 60% di Modulblok

Equinox is pleased to announce that it has sold, alongside minority shareholders, the entire capital of Pedemonte Group to LVMH, one of the largest luxury groups of the World.