Investments made
A-Rakennusmies Oyj (from 2000 Ramirent Oyj)
A-Rakennusmies Oyj is the leading company in Finland in rentals and sales of construction machinery and equipment. The company has a nationwide network of over 70 outlets. The main product groups include small site machinery, scaffolding and protective equipment, shuttering and bracing, site huts and containers and tower cranes and hoists. In the year it listed, A-Rakennusmies had net sales in excess of FIM 210 million (EUR 35.3 million) and employed 322 persons.
The company was owned by Partek Oy Ab, Oy Julius Tallberg Ab and Starckjohann Tekniikka Oy until December 1995, when a management buy-out was arranged through MB Funds. A large number of the company's key personnel, MB Funds and its investment partner CapMan became shareholders. A further investment was made in November 1997, when Partek and Starckjohann divested their holdings in full.
A-Rakennusmies Oyj listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange on 30 April 1998, following which MB Funds realized its shares.