Montyon Capital has acquired Caillau from Cathay Capital

Caillau

Founded in 1919 and headquartered in Romorantin-Lanthenay, France, Caillau designs, develops and manufactures high-performance fastening systems for leading global players across the automotive, industrial, aerospace and photovoltaic sectors. Renowned for the reliability and technical sophistication of its products, Caillau has established itself as a strategic partner to major tier-one suppliers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), generating more than €150 million, with over 60% of sales from exports across key markets, notably in Asia (China, South Korea, Japan) and the Americas (United States, Mexico, Brazil). In recent years, Caillau has strengthened its technological leadership in the automotive market by developing solutions that support vehicle electrification and increasingly stringent environmental standards while expanding into high value-added sectors such as aerospace, defense and solar energy. This growth strategy is supported by a robust R&D platform and a proactive mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy, leading to a successful diversification in the photovoltaic sector, highlighted by the acquisitions of Adiwatt in 2021 and B&K Solare Zukunft in 2024.

The Deal

Montyon Capital intends to leverage its strong industrials expertise and proven ability to navigate challenging markets combined with Caillau’s century-long engineering heritage, technological leadership and global customer base to accelerate the company’s growth and support its diversification strategy. Lincoln International acted as the exclusive buy-side advisor to Montyon Capital, bringing its expertise from the initial discussions through to the due diligence and negotiation stages. Lincoln provided in-depth financial engineering and transaction structuring know-how while leveraging its deep sector knowledge and long-standing relationship with Caillau and its management team to successfully complete the transaction.

Our Perspective

Charles de Fels, Managing Director in Lincoln’s Paris office, commented “With this transaction, Montyon Capital completes a landmark transaction in a difficult automotive market environment, further demonstrating its ability to partner with leading, long-established industrials champions to support their long-term growth and diversification ambitions. This deal also highlights Lincoln’s proven expertise in advising financial sponsors on complex deals that demand exceptional agility and innovative structuring capabilities.”

Montyon Capital

Montyon Capital is an independent investment firm dedicated to the long-term support of high-potential small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies, primarily in industrials sectors. The firm is backed by a leading Swiss industrial family as its anchor investor. Montyon aims to build a portfolio of reference companies in close partnership with their management teams.

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