Penta’s Alpha Medical Purchases DD Lab of Poland

Alpha Medical Ventures, a portfolio company of European private equity firm Penta Investments, has acquired a 90% stake in Polish lab chain DD Lab. The investment is Alpha Medical’s first opportunity in Poland and part of the company’s strategy to become a market leader in the Central European nation of 38 million people. DD Lab’s 10 facilities and annual revenue of €4 million make it the sixth-largest such business in Poland, boosting Alpha’s total European market share as they plan to enter the Czech Republic in the near future.

Alpha Medical Ventures (www.alphamedical.biz)
Alpha Medical began in 1997 as a start-up project of clinical diagnostic lab services, spinning off what would later become the Alpha brand in 2008. Today the company provides clinical diagnostic lab services covering biochemistry, microbiology, pathology, and genetics. The company’s facilities in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine boast of a sophisticated sample collection model that sets them apart from others in the industry.

Annual revenues for Alpha Medical are approximately €20 million.

Penta Investments (www.pentainvestments.com)
Established in 1994, Penta is an equity and investment company operating in Europe and Russia. The Czech-Slovak firm is involved in acquisition of large medium-sized and companies, real estate development, leveraged buy-outs and buy-ins, and restructuring projects. Penta operates in many business sectors including energy, entertainment, health care, machine engineering, metallurgy, private banking, real estate, retail, telecommunications, and transportation.