# BC Partners sells IMA stake to BDT & MSD Partners

Private equity firm BC Partners has agreed to sell its stake in IMA, an Italian automatic packaging machines maker, to U.S. merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners. The deal values IMA at between €6.5 billion and €7 billion.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2023-07-31
- Where: Italy
- Value: $7.20B (6.50B EUR)
- Status: announced
- Products: automatic packaging machines
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [IMA](https://endata.com/companies/2863.md) (target)
- [BC Partners](https://endata.com/companies/4596.md) (partner)
- [BDT & MSD Partners](https://endata.com/companies/71724.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/bdt-msd-buys-stake-italian-packaging-machines-maker-ima-2023-07-31/), 2023-07-31: "Private equity firm BC Partners has agreed to sell its stake in IMA to U.S. merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners, the Italian automatic packaging machines maker said on Monday."

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