Permira private equity funds bought Ingegneria Biomedica Santa Lucia spa, a key Italian-based provider of clinical engineering and a large range of biomedical equipment services, from Gruppo Giglio (see here the press release).
The deal was conducted through Permira’s portfolio company Pantheon Group, which was born in August 2014 from the acquisition and merger of Asteral Limited and Mesa Group Holdings, leading companies in procuring, managing and maintaining high technology and diagnostic imaging equipment within public- and private-sector hospitals and clinics throughout Europe.
IBSL was born in 1997 from the entrepreneurial idea of Sergio and Bruno Giglio’s long customer-centric experience with outsourcing options for heating systems. Their biomedical business quickly grew to become one of the leading clinical engineering service providers in Italy, providing maintenance to biomedical systems within hospitals. In the ensuing years, IBSL integrated further entrepreneurial skills and technical competences through the acquisition of D&D Med. Com., Ra.se.co, Gidea Alta Tecnologia and Te.Mo.Sa, further strengthening its position in Clinical Engineering and expanding its reach in the sector of diagnostic imaging equipment and outsourcing services.
