Fiocchi Ammunition up for sale?

Eric B
by Eric B

According to LeccoNotice.com the historical Italian company Fiocchi Munizion S.p.A. might be up for sale.

Fiocchi Ammunition employees 670 people and reached about 150 million Euros in revenues in 2016, a rise from 135 millions in 2015. The positive net finance position was 5 millions, from 3 millions in 2015.

The buyers are likely to be Charme Capital Partners sgr, a private equity firm partly owned by the Montezemolo family.

Due to the nature of Fiocchi’s business the company is considered to be of strategic value to the state, but the Italian Government has officially stated that they will not use their “Golden Rule” to acquire the company. ( Source, in Italian) This is an important “go ahead” for the deal to happen.

According to the newspaper Il Giorno Fiocchi’s chairman Mr. Stefano Fiocchi said that “The deal is still ongoing and this won’t mean that the Fiocchi family is going to leave the company, as the family holding company is going to keep a significant stake in the capital”.

Apparently the aim is to list the company on the Stock Exchange. At the moment the ownership of Fiocchi is spread out over almost 50 shareholders, so I don’t expect anything but a lot of discussions and arguments are going on in Italian.

You can find Fiocchi Ammunition’s homepage here.

Eric B
Eric B

Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.

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  • Rimfire Rimfire on Oct 30, 2017

    An investment firm? There goes the quality, happens every time. Freekdom Group was a prime example

    • Derpmaster Derpmaster on Oct 30, 2017

      @Rimfire Looks like a bridge tier private equity firm. Buy em out, dump money into them to grow, and then float it on the public market in 5 years hopefully at some big multiplier. Freedom group was really more of your typical scum type PE group that function by attempting to grow via operational efficiency increases (basically fire everyone and install their friends as execs because we worked at Mckinsey and we're smarter than you at running your 100+ year old stable company).

      Here's hoping they don't push the family out or screw everything up by bringing in management consultants.

  • Andrew D - AllOutdoor Andrew D - AllOutdoor on Oct 30, 2017

    Are you there God?
    It's me, LG.

    For Christmas, I would like all the pistols in that title photo.

    Thank you, Amen.

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