White lab is an Italian healthcare testing and inspection platform company which with the assistance of Dentons, has acquired a competitor company, AgioMetrix.
White Lab is dedicated to consumer health providing high-quality testing, research and consultancy services. Their aim is to create the largest Italian network of laboratories and obtain an extensive network through the country which is committed to a healthier and more sustainable way of life.
AgioMetrix is based in Bologna and through the use of computed tomography and other metrological tests has been operating in the non-invasive testing. They have been testing products and materials whilst focusing on defect detection, dimensional checks and reverse engineering.
This acquisition will allow White Lab to see out their mission and become a point of reference in Italy for verification, analysis and certification services in the environmental, food and healthcare sectors.
AgioMetrix was advised by Rossini Advisory for the financial aspects of this acquisition.
Marco, tell us more about this acquisition and what your professional role was whilst working with AgioMetrix.My role was to follow the company in all phases, from the search for the correct investors to the negotiation with valorisation of the part and then all the DD.
I am an independent advisor, I have a lot of flexibility, I accurately understand the needs of each client coming from consultancy activity and before then from important top management experience.
“Every company I follow is the center of my universe. I study and understand the strengths and weaknesses.”
I am very excited by these types of projects. Italian companies have understood the importance of aggregation, of having partners who participate in the Dir Ischio Capital. At the industrial level (this is my true specialisation) these projects create transversal skills which are then unloaded on the reference market. I start from these projects, to put together activities that make not only economic sense but are industrially similar.
Italy is a country rich in SME’s, every entrepreneur is at the centre of his universe and every entrepreneur has great potential. This is not enough today to compete in the world market, this is why I consider the M&A area as strategic.
“There are no large or small companies, there are large or small projects. This makes a difference for me."
I support activities in many cases including at the business development level and this is another distinctive trait that distinguishes me from other advisory companies.
MARCO ROSSINI
