SELECTED INVESTMENTS - TRELLIDOR
- SUMMARY:
- Size of fund: Confidential
- Date raised: September 2006
- Seed investors: Fidelity Emerging Markets and Goldman Sachs International
- Target IRR: >30%
- Nature of business: Barrier security
- Equity stake: fund 76.1%, management 13%, founders 10.9%
- Trellidor has a proven track record of over forty years in the physical barrier security business. Over that time it has established one of the most powerful physical barrier security brands in Southern Africa - "Trellidor" has become the generic name for sliding door security.
- Trellidor products have all been tested in some of the toughest environments such as Israel and South Africa where they have become household names. Trellidor Trojan is the strongest sliding security door in the world - it is the first and only sliding security product to achieve the LPCB Security Rating 2 certification (Loss Prevention Certification Board in London)
- Trellidor are leaders in South Africa with a significant share of the physical barrier security market. Sales and distribution is achieved through a comprehensive and loyal network of franchisees and distributors throughout Southern Africa that have been in existence for many years.
- In addition, Trellidor exports to over 40 countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Australasia and Africa. Manufacturing assembly plants have been established in various countries, including an assembly plant in Ghana.