The Carlyle Group bought Marelli Motori from Melrose Industries for €212m in 2013.
Marelli, founded in 1891, employs around 900 people and has manufacturing operations in Italy and Malaysia. It has subsidiaries in the US, Germany, the UK and South Africa. It produces motors in ratings up to 10MW and generators in ratings up to 12.5MVA.
Family-owned Langley Holdings was established in 1975 by the current chairman, Tom Langley. Before its acquisition of Marelli, it consisted of five divisions based in Germany, France and the UK, and more than 80 subsidiaries, employing around 4,300 worldwide. Its businesses include the UPS (uninterruptible power supply) manufacturer, Pillar, the printing press manufacturer, Manroland, and the resistance welding specialist, ARO Welding Technologies.