Hano­ver — The private equity inves­tor CGS Manage­ment AG(CGS) has acqui­red a majo­rity stake in BMS Maschi­nen­fa­brik GmbH, Pfat­ter, through its port­fo­lio company, EOL Pack­a­ging Experts GmbH, Kirchlen­gern. Ebner Stolz accom­pa­nied the tran­sac­tion on the buyer side by prepa­ring a finan­cial and tax due diligence.

The inter­na­tio­nally opera­ting EOL Group, consis­ting of EOL Pack­a­ging Experts GmbH and its subsi­dia­ries, A+F Auto­ma­tion + Förder­tech­nik GmbH, Kirchlen­gern, and Stan­­dard-Knapp Inc., Portland/USA, has many years of expe­ri­ence in the deve­lo­p­ment, produc­tion and marke­ting of end-of-line pack­a­ging machi­nes and systems.

With this new invest­ment, the EOL Group is further advan­cing its stra­te­gic plan­ning and orien­ta­tion to be the market leader for end-of-line pack­a­ging solu­ti­ons for the food and beverage indus­try. BMS Maschi­nen­fa­brik GmbH is an estab­lished system provi­der for inno­va­tive sort­ing systems, modern dry parts solu­ti­ons and flexi­ble repack­a­ging solutions.

Ebner Stolz has alre­ady advi­sed CGS on various tran­sac­tions in the past. In the course of the majo­rity invest­ment in BMS Maschi­nen­fa­brik GmbH, Ebner Stolz supported CGS in the context of a finan­cial and tax due diligence.

Team Ebner Stolz: Hans-Peter Möller, photo (lead part­ner), Stef­fen Fleit­mann (both finan­cial due dili­gence), Chris­tian Mertens, Karina Minich (tax due diligence)