The Genoese De Wave Group, specialized in the construction and supply of furnishings and environments for cruise ships and mega yachts, has bought the French DL Services, a company founded in 2004 with offices in Nantes and Miami specialising in kitchen design and in the supply of technical components and spare parts and in the offer of mapping and maintenance services Predictive of catering equipment (Life Cycle System).

The transaction was carried out with the support of Simest, a company of the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti group for the internationalization of Italian companies, through the Establishment of a special purpose vehicle, 52% owned by De Wave and 48% by Simest, responsible for the acquisition of DL Services. Simest's total intervention, amounting to three million between shareholder financing and capital increase, also includes the resources of the 394 Fund ("Venture capital and participatory investments") managed in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

In DL Services, which in 2025 recorded a turnover of 11 million euros, continuity at strategic and managerial will be guaranteed by the confirmation of the current management that will continue to count on Daniel Laine and Mathilde Laine, head of the French division, and Anais Habbar, Head of the U.S. Division.

"With the acquisition of DL Services - explained the CEO of De Wave Group, Riccardo Pompili - we internalize two important sectors such as that of design, also at the concept level, of catering and of the maintenance of the machinery of the on-board kitchens, today essential to guarantee complete and reliable services to all our partners. This operation also allows us to enter into direct contact with a wide range of suppliers and to strengthen the our presence throughout the production chain. It is not a question of therefore only of a dimensional growth, but of an investment of value that consolidates our leadership and prepares us to face future challenges with an even more distinctive and integrated".

For the acquisition, De Wave Group was assisted by: Cappelli, Riolo, Calderaro, Crisostomo, Del Din & Partners - Law Firm, in the person of the lawyer Guido Masini for the part legal; Eight Advisory Avocats, in the persons of Maxime Berlivet and Tatiana Maroslavac as financial and tax advisors. DL Services has with the collaboration of Leonard Advocat, with Alexandre Daniel-Thezard & François Chomard.