NORD Holding acquires majority stake in Digital Imaging Oehm u. Rehbein

Rostock — Oehm und Rehbein GmbH (Rostock), a hidden cham­pion in the field of imaging soft­ware and systems, has been added to the port­fo­lio of the funds advi­sed by NORD Holding. Based on the stra­te­gic foun­da­tion, inter­na­tio­na­liza­tion can be driven forward, the product, soft­ware and service port­fo­lio can be further expan­ded and deve­lo­ped through stra­te­gic acqui­si­ti­ons in order to scale the company globally. The exis­ting manage­ment will remain invol­ved in the company and actively support the next phase of growth. 

Oehm und Rehbein (OR) is a leading provi­der and deve­lo­per of imaging soft­ware solu­ti­ons and inno­va­tive X‑ray solu­ti­ons for human and vete­ri­nary medi­cine and indus­trial appli­ca­ti­ons. With a broad port­fo­lio of porta­ble, mobile and statio­nary X‑ray devices and imaging soft­ware solu­ti­ons, OR enables precise diagno­ses and effi­ci­ent work­flows in clinics, medi­cal prac­ti­ces and mobile appli­ca­ti­ons. The company has expe­ri­en­ced strong growth in recent years, driven by tech­no­lo­gi­cal advan­ces and the incre­asing demand for mobile and flexi­ble X‑ray solu­ti­ons. In parti­cu­lar, digi­ta­liza­tion in the health­care sector and the growing demand for fast, relia­ble diagno­stics are expec­ted to be key growth drivers. 

“We are exci­ted about the company’s leading market posi­tion and look forward to support­ing the manage­ment around CEO Tim Thurn in their inno­va­tive growth path,” says André Seidel, Part­ner at NORD Holding. Domi­nik Bronster­ing, Invest­ment Mana­ger at NORD Holding, adds: “With its proprie­tary soft­ware solu­tion, OR clearly diffe­ren­tia­tes itself through perfor­mance, user-frien­d­­li­­ness and inter­ope­ra­bi­lity. We look forward to support­ing the team in its inter­na­tio­nal ambi­ti­ons and provi­ding advice based on our experience.” 

“We are deligh­ted to have found the right part­ner in NORD Holding for the upco­ming tasks in the company’s deve­lo­p­ment. The combi­na­tion of regio­nal exper­tise, finan­cial strength and a long-term perspec­tive will enable us to further expand our posi­tion in the market and streng­then our inno­va­tive power,” says Tim Thurn, CEO of the Oehm und Rehbein Group: “Our vision remains unch­an­ged: We want to further expand our site in Rostock and estab­lish oursel­ves as a global cham­pion in the field of Instant Diagno­stic Imaging. NORD Holding shares this ambi­tious approach and will provide valuable impe­tus to acce­le­rate our growth in the long term.”

On the part of NORD Holding, the tran­sac­tion was imple­men­ted by André Seidel (photo © Nord­hol­ding), Domi­nik Bronster­ing, Tim Haase and Kim Martin Stein­bart. The fund is mana­ged by Nord­Vest GmbH, Hano­ver, as KVG. 

About Oehm und Rehbein

Since 1991, Oehm und Rehbein GmbH has estab­lished itself as a leading deve­lo­per and manu­fac­tu­rer of digi­tal X‑ray systems and image manage­ment solu­ti­ons (PACS). With the acqui­si­tion of Celtic SMR Ltd in 2022, the company expan­ded its presence in the UK market and streng­the­ned its posi­tion in the inter­na­tio­nal vete­ri­nary and human medi­cal sector.
OR offers a versa­tile product port­fo­lio in the field of digi­tal X‑ray tech­no­logy, inclu­ding statio­nary as well as mobile and porta­ble solu­ti­ons. The range is comple­men­ted by inno­va­tive soft­ware solu­ti­ons for image manage­ment, archi­ving and analy­sis, enab­ling seam­less inte­gra­tion and effi­ci­ent diagnostics.
The group employs around 70 people at its head­quar­ters in Rostock and other loca­ti­ons, inclu­ding its subsi­diary in the UK. — www.oehm-rehbein.de

About NORD Holding

With over 50 years of history and assets under manage­ment of € 4.0 billion, NORD Holding is one of the leading private equity and asset manage­ment compa­nies in Germany. The focus is on the busi­ness areas of direct invest­ments and fund investments. 

The focus of the direct busi­ness is on the struc­tu­ring and finan­cing of corpo­rate succes­sion models, the acqui­si­tion of group parts/subsidiaries and the expan­sion finan­cing of medium-sized compa­nies. In contrast to most other finan­cial inves­tors, who only manage time-limi­­ted funds, NORD Holding acts as a so-called “ever­green fund” with no time limit and invests from its own balance sheet. The company is curr­ently invol­ved in over 13 compa­nies in Germany and other German-spea­king countries.

The Fund Invest­ments divi­sion targets the micro and small cap segment of SME-orien­­ted private equity funds in Europe. The focus here is on primary, secon­dary and co-inves­t­­ments. NORD Holding focu­ses stron­gly on buyout mana­gers newly estab­lished on the market, opera­tio­nal invest­ment stra­te­gies and also regu­larly acts as an anchor inves­tor. — www.nordholding.de