Mubadala Announces Significant Minority Investment in Luckin Coffee
Mubadala to invest alongside Centurium Capital, reflecting its long-term confidence in China’s consumer sector. (ABU DHABI / BEIJING – 10 September 2026) — Mubadala Investment Company ("Mubadala"), an Abu Dhabi-based global investor, today announced that it has agreed to make a significant minority investment in Luckin Coffee Inc. (OTC: LKNCY) ("Luckin Coffee" or the "Company"), alongside Centurium Capital ("Centurium"), the Company’s controlling shareholder. The aggregate transaction value is approximately US$1 billion. The investment comes as China’s coffee market continues to expand, with more consumers choosing freshly brewed coffee and existing coffee drinkers consuming it more frequently. “We continue to see compelling long-term opportunities in China’s consumer sector,” said Mohamed Albadr, Head of Asia, Private Equity at Mubadala. “Luckin Coffee has built a differentiated, technology-enabled business with data embedded across customer engagement, product development and store operations. This combination of scale, digital capabilities and rapid product innovation has enabled the Company to respond to evolving consumer preferences efficiently and at pace. Building on our longstanding partnership with Centurium, we look forward to working alongside Luckin Coffee’s management team to support the Company’s next phase of growth in China and internationally.” “We are pleased to welcome Mubadala as an investor in...
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Luckin Coffee's Smart Roasting Center Commences Operation
Qingdao, China, April 22 – Leading retail coffee chain Luckin Coffee (“Luckin” or “the Company”, OTC: LKNCY) today announced the commencement of operation at its advanced smart roasting center in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. With a total investment of approximately RMB 3 billion and an annual roasting capacity of over 55,000 tons, equipped with the world’s largest single coffee roaster. The facility marks another step forward in Luckin’s global supply chain with improved capacity and efficiency, driving progress in the intelligent and green transformation of China’s coffee industry. The commissioning of the Qingdao smart roasting center empowers Luckin to establish a synergized roasting network spanning four key locations — Qingdao, Pingnan, Kunshan and Xiamen (under construction) — with a combined roasting capacity expected to exceed 155,000 tons, setting a new industry record for coffee roasting capacity in China. Leveraging the robust import strength of Qingdao Port, one of China’s key foreign trade hubs, Luckin enables direct end-to-end shipment of green coffee beans from major global origins including Brazil, Colombia and Ethiopia to its local production facilities. Supported by Qingdao’s integrated sea, land, air and rail logistics network, Luckin achieves efficient end-to-end coverage spanning raw bean procurement to end consumption. Dr. Jinyi...
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Centurium Capital Acquires Leading Smart Manufacturing Player Ruhlamat
April 1, 2025 – Centurium Capital announced today the successful completion of its acquisition of Ruhlamat Automation Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. and its global subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively referred to as the “Ruhlamat Group” or “Ruhlamat”). This strategic acquisition positions Ruhlamat Group for accelerated global expansion and marks the beginning of its next phase of growth. Ruhlamat was founded in Germany and established its China headquarters in Suzhou in 1998. Over the past two decades since its inception, Ruhlamat Group has developed a global presence with operations spanning over 20 countries across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Through its network of subsidiaries and technical service centers in India, Mexico, and the Czech Republic, the company has successfully delivered more than 2,500 automated production lines to leading manufacturers in automotive components, new energy vehicles, medical devices, consumer electronics, home appliances, semiconductors, and industrial equipment sectors. Centurium Capital made the equity acquisition of the Group through Ruhlamat (Singapore), a holding entity. As the Group’s new holding headquarters, Ruhlamat (Singapore) will own the rights to the “ruhlamat” and its Chinese name “儒拉玛特” brands and trademarks. Charles Lin, Managing Director of Centurium Capital, commented: “We are very impressed by Ruhlamat’s leadership and unique positioning in...
202504-01 -
Luckin Coffee Launches New Roasting Plant in Kunshan, Jiangsu
Kunshan, Jiangsu, April 24, 2024 -- Luckin Coffee announced the official commencement of operation of the new roasting plant in Kunshan, Suzhou City of Jiangsu Province. With a total planned investment of $120 million and an annual roasting capacity of 30,000 tons, Luckin Coffee (Jiangsu) Roasting Plant is the largest coffee roasting plant in China to date. Leveraging advantages in intelligent manufacturing and automation, this new Luckin plant deepens its vertical integration of the coffee supply chain, thereby empowering Chinese coffee industry upgrades with new technology-driven productivity and leading a new trend of high-quality sustainable development. Mr. David Li, Chairman and CEO of Centurium Capital, and Dr. Jinyi Guo, Chairman and CEO of Luckin Coffee, along with local government officials and its key business partners, attended the opening ceremony. Luckin Coffee (Jiangsu) Roasting Plant is located within the Kunshan Comprehensive Free Trade Zone. Throughout the production process, it utilizes cutting-edge intelligent equipment from around the world, achieving highly efficient automation in the entire process from green bean processing, coffee bean roasting, packaging, to warehouse logistics. The plant is equipped with the first constant temperature and humidity coffee green bean warehouse in China. Meanwhile, the plant applies energy-saving and carbon-reducing technologies...
202404-25 -
Centurium Capital Releases 2023 ESG Report for the Third Consecutive Year
Centurium Capital (“Centurium”) released its 2023 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report today, underscoring the firm’s continuous commitment to ESG disclosure. Since Centurium adopted its full ESG Policy in 2020, ESG has become an integral part of Centurium’s investment process, daily operations and development strategy. The 2023 ESG Report provides a comprehensive overview of Centurium’s established ESG framework, as well as analyses of ESG best practices at its portfolio companies. Through presenting key ESG-related data from 2023 and portfolio case studies, the report showcases the ESG journey of Centurium in the past year. David Li, Chairman and CEO of Centurium Capital, pointed out in the report that ESG is the cornerstone to build a long-lasting firm and brand. In today’s challenging environment, Centurium’s unwavering dedication to its ESG strategy remains even more crucial to drive its investments and portfolio companies to create value for employees, investors and broader society. Centurium became a signatory to the PRI in January 2022. Integrating globally-recognized ESG principles and regulatory requirements, Centurium’s ESG Committee guides and oversees the execution of ESG-related initiatives. ESG-related risks are included in pre-investment screening and due diligence processes, and the ESG findings form the foundation of the post-investment ESG management...
202404-09 -
Luckin Coffee’s Green Coffee Bean Processing Plant starts trial operation in Yunnan, aiming to make world-class coffee beans
Luckin Coffee recently announced the trial operation of its first green coffee bean processing plant in Baoshan City, Yunnan Province. This facility will help Luckin Coffee further optimize and improve its high-quality supply chain, strengthen its ability to control the quality of coffee beans throughout the entire production process in an effort to introduce high-quality products and experiences to its customers. Luckin Coffee's Green Coffee Bean Processing Plant is located in Mang’ai Village, Longyang District, Baoshan City. By introducing the imported micro-water fresh fruit processing production lines from Brazil and Colombia, this Plant has world-class technology in coffee fruit processing with an annual processing capacity of up to 5,000 tons. Meanwhile, this Plant employs cutting-edge environmental-friendly treatment techniques, including self-heating, multi-effect MVR evaporative concentration water treatment technology in the water-washing process for green coffee beans, to achieve zero industrial wastewater discharge; and air-source heat pumps in the drying process of coffee beans, to significantly reduce exhaust emissions thereby integrating sustainable production principles throughout various production stages. Also, Luckin Coffee plans to establish a training center and an operational center in this Green Coffee Bean Processing Plant, providing training lessons related to coffee planting and processing-related knowledge for Luckin Coffee’s employees...
202403-15
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