Questas Group – acquisition by Five V Capital

• Questas Group is Australia’s leading independent hydraulics business, with close to 800 staff across 37 locations nationwide, serving the mining, construction, agricultural, oil and gas, and general industrial sectors
• The Group operates through an extensive branch network delivering hydraulic solutions with a portfolio of 16 brands including Berendsen Fluid Power, Swanson, Malcolm Thompson Pumps and Nordon Cylinders
• Questas serves over 3,000 customers nationally, with revenues in excess of $300 million

Industry Context

The transaction reflects the maturation of Australia’s hydraulics and fluid power distribution market, where private equity has played an active role in aggregating fragmented, specialist businesses into scaled national platforms.