{"id":1493,"date":"2018-12-19T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressiosgr.it\/progressio-premiata-per-industrie-chimiche-forestali-giudicata-migliore-operazione-di-buy-out-italiana-del-2018\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:41:20","slug":"progressio-wins-the-dematte-private-equity-award-of-the-year-2018-with-industrie-chimiche-forestali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.progressiosgr.it\/en\/news\/progressio-wins-the-dematte-private-equity-award-of-the-year-2018-with-industrie-chimiche-forestali\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressio wins the Dematt\u00e8 Private Equity Award of the year 2018 with Industrie Chimiche Forestali"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section data-block-name=\"im-text-on-bg\" class=\"im-text-on-bg ow-hidden margin bg-common \">\n    <div class=\"im-text-on-bg__container basic-container container no-padding\">\n        <div class=\"im-text-on-bg__text-wrap flex flex-column container-grid-el text-left\">\n\n            \n                        <div class=\"im-text-on-bg__quote-wrap\">\n                <p>Milan, December 19, 2018 &#8211; Progressio won the 2018 edition of the prestigious Claudio Dematt\u00e8 Award  in the Buy Out category for Industrie Chimiche Forestali (\u201cICF\u201d), a company that develops, manufactures and markets high-tech adhesives and fabrics for applications in the footwear and leather goods, automotive and packaging industries.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n                        <div class=\"im-text-on-bg__p flex flex-column-m\">\n                                <div class=\"col-text common-text-editor-style \">\n                    <p>Progressio is a leading Italian mid-market private equity firm, focused on uncovering hidden champions in sectors of Italian excellence and generating big winners through reorganising, repositioning and revitalising companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The winner of this fifteenth edition of the Claudio Dematt\u00e9 Private Equity Award of the Year \u2013 promoted by AIFI and EY, aimed at acknowledging the transactions, disinvested in the past year, which have distinguished themselves in the panorama of alternative investment \u2013 was selected by a jury made up of prominent personalities from the financial, business and academic world from a shortlist of 9 finalist companies. The announcement was given on December 13 during the award ceremony held in Milan, in the hall of the Museum of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PI II became shareholder of ICF in January 2016 and in May 2018 the Company was then sold to EPS Equita PEP SPAC, thus becoming a public company listed on AIM Italia, with the management team as one of the main shareholders. The exit strategy benefitted also from the extensive scouting of other players in the sector that could successfully join ICF and contribute to create value over the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angelo Piero La Runa, Senior Partner of Progressio<\/strong> commented<em> \u201cwe are very proud and satisfied for this award, for the strong effort we dedicated to ICF during these years which actively contributed to consolidate a solid base on which the company can further grow, also through add-ons\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Filippo Gaggini, Managing Partner of Progressio<\/strong>, commented: <em>\u201ca virtuous growth plan for the companies in which we invest is our mission and our passion. Transactions such as the buy-out of ICF represent the best example of results driven by an outstanding management team and excellent expansion on international markets. During this year, Progressio has achieved important results in the fundraising of our new fund PI III and this award is a source of great pride and satisfaction as it confirms the strength and success of our investment strategy\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n            \n                        <div class=\"im-text-on-bg__cta-wrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressiosgr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ICF_2018.12.19_Press-Release_Premio-Dematte-2018_ENG.pdf\" title=\"Press release\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"im-text-on-bg__cta btn-base\">Press release<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"custom-quote ow-hidden bg-dark no-margin \">\n        <div class=\"custom-quote__container basic-container container padding\">\n            <div class=\"custom-quote__wrapper container-grid-el text-center\">\n                                <blockquote class=\"custom-quote__quote quote\">&#8220;Progressio and Mandarin Capital Partners have been awarded for their ability to transform Industrie Chimiche Forestali into a listed, managerial and independent company starting from a family-run business. In addition to increasing the company\u2019s presence and strengthening its position in international markets and enlarging the product portfolio, especially by adding environmentally friendly adhesives.&#8221;<\/blockquote>\n                                                             \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Progressio wins the Dematt\u00e8 Private Equity Award of the year 2018 with Industrie Chimiche Forestali | Progressio 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