Munich \/ M\u00fclheim an der Ruhr \/ Nurem\u00adberg \u2014 The multi family holding company Liberta Part\u00adners announ\u00adces that it has ente\u00adred into an agree\u00adment to acquire ght GmbH Elek\u00adtro\u00adnik im Verkehr (\u201cght\u201d) through Liberta Part\u00adners Fund II (\u201cLiberta\u201d). The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is expec\u00adted to close in the first quar\u00adter of 2022. ght will be inte\u00adgra\u00adted into a holding struc\u00adture toge\u00adther with Kienzle Auto\u00admo\u00adtive GmbH (\u201cKienzle\u201d), which has alre\u00adady been part of Liber\u00adta\u2019s port\u00adfo\u00adlio since 2020.<\/p>\n
The service port\u00adfo\u00adlio of Kienzle and ght includes products and services for all aspects of digi\u00adtal and analog tacho\u00adgraphs. The two compa\u00adnies, with a total of 13 loca\u00adti\u00adons in Germany and 186 employees, are the largest VDO sales compa\u00adnies and thus market leaders. At the same time, ght Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor Herbert Wert\u00adh\u00adner will become the new CEO and share\u00adhol\u00adder of Kienzle Betei\u00adli\u00adgungs GmbH (\u201cHolding\u201d). Corne\u00adlius von Ples\u00adsen, CFO of Kienzle Auto\u00admo\u00adtive, will serve as CFO of the holding company in the future. Liberta Part\u00adners will support the Group with its opera\u00adtio\u00adnal and stra\u00adte\u00adgic know-how and, toge\u00adther with the manage\u00adment, will invest speci\u00adfi\u00adcally in future tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies in order to realize further growth potential.<\/p>\n
Kienzle and ght offer complex tele\u00adma\u00adtics systems and services for control\u00adling vehicle fleets. The mutual service port\u00adfo\u00adlio also includes services rela\u00adted to the digi\u00adtal tacho\u00adgraph, the archi\u00adving of tacho\u00adgraph data, the retro\u00adfit\u00adting of assis\u00adtance systems for commer\u00adcial vehic\u00adles, and services for cab compa\u00adnies. In addi\u00adtion, ght is estab\u00adlished in the southern German market as a system house for cash regis\u00adter systems, parking tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and parking space manage\u00adment, tank tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and access systems.<\/p>\n
Further inter\u00adnal growth and acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons planned<\/strong><\/p>\n Nils von Wietz\u00adlow, Part\u00adner at Liberta and respon\u00adsi\u00adble for succes\u00adsion solu\u00adti\u00adons, said: \u201cWe are deligh\u00adted to have been able to bring toge\u00adther two market leaders in auto\u00admo\u00adtive services, ght and Kienzle. The two compa\u00adnies also comple\u00adment each other excel\u00adlently in the tele\u00adma\u00adtics and systems tech\u00adno\u00adlogy busi\u00adness areas, and we see concrete expan\u00adsion and cross-selling poten\u00adtial in all segments. We will actively support Kienzle and ght in their inter\u00adnal and exter\u00adnal growth plans.\u201d<\/p>\n Herbert Wert\u00adh\u00adner, CEO of Kienzle Betei\u00adli\u00adgungs GmbH, empha\u00adsi\u00adzed: \u201cThe inno\u00adva\u00adtive cultures of ght and Kienzle Auto\u00admo\u00adtive are an excel\u00adlent fit. With Liberta Part\u00adners, we also have an owner at our side who supports us stra\u00adte\u00adgi\u00adcally and makes it easier for us to invest in future technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n This is the fifth invest\u00adment of Liberta Part\u00adners Fund II, which closed in Octo\u00adber 2019. The fund invests in group spin-offs and succes\u00adsion situa\u00adtions of family busi\u00adnesses with a strong focus on support\u00ading the opera\u00adtio\u00adnal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of its port\u00adfo\u00adlio companies.<\/p>\n About KIENZLE Auto\u00admo\u00adtive GmbH<\/strong> About ght GmbH Elec\u00adtro\u00adnics in traffic<\/strong> About Liberta Partners<\/strong> Munich \/ M\u00fclheim an der Ruhr \/ Nurem\u00adberg \u2014 The multi family holding company Liberta Part\u00adners announ\u00adces that it has ente\u00adred into an agree\u00adment to acquire ght GmbH Elek\u00adtro\u00adnik im Verkehr (\u201cght\u201d) through Liberta Part\u00adners Fund II (\u201cLiberta\u201d). The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is expec\u00adted to close in the first quar\u00adter of 2022. ght will be inte\u00adgra\u00adted into [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-investors"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nKIENZLE Auto\u00admo\u00adtive GmbH (\u201cKienzle\u201d) is the leading German provi\u00adder for sales and service of networked devices and systems in the auto\u00admo\u00adtive after\u00admar\u00adket envi\u00adron\u00adment. From 6 of its own commer\u00adcial vehicle work\u00adshops (5 in North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia and 1 in Baden-W\u00fcrt\u00adtem\u00adberg), Kienzle, as the largest VDO system part\u00adner within Germany, serves around 770 contrac\u00adtually bound service part\u00adners and a total of over 10,000 commer\u00adcial custo\u00admers. In the area of data manage\u00adment and fleet tele\u00adma\u00adtics, Kienzle works with estab\u00adlished soft\u00adware deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to create custo\u00admer-speci\u00adfic evalua\u00adtions and readout opti\u00adons. This has enab\u00adled Kienzle to estab\u00adlish itself in the public trans\u00adport sector, for exam\u00adple. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, please visit: www.kienzle.de<\/p>\n
\nBased in Bava\u00adria, ght GmbH | Elek\u00adtro\u00adnik im Verkehr (\u201cght\u201d) is a future-orien\u00adted trading and service company offe\u00adring appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and systems in the auto\u00admo\u00adtive and systems engi\u00adnee\u00adring sectors. As VDO\u2019s specia\u00adlist dealer part\u00adner, around 500 certi\u00adfied \u00a7 57b specia\u00adlist work\u00adshops are affi\u00adlia\u00adted with ght in Bava\u00adria. More than 10,000 custo\u00admers have an active busi\u00adness rela\u00adti\u00adonship with ght. Espe\u00adci\u00adally in the field of archi\u00adving and tele\u00adma\u00adtics solu\u00adti\u00adons for commer\u00adcial fleets, ght is the leading provi\u00adder in Bava\u00adria. In addi\u00adtion, ght is also a system house for cash regis\u00adter systems, parking tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, parking space manage\u00adment, tank tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, access systems and access control systems and is an estab\u00adlished player in the southern German market. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, please visit: www.ght.de<\/p>\n
\nLiberta Part\u00adners was foun\u00added in 2016 and is a multi-family holding company based in Munich. Liberta Part\u00adners invests in compa\u00adnies in German-spea\u00adking count\u00adries with clear opera\u00adtio\u00adnal and stra\u00adte\u00adgic deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment poten\u00adtial, espe\u00adci\u00adally in succes\u00adsion situa\u00adtions and corpo\u00adrate spin-offs. These are actively deve\u00adlo\u00adped as part of the long-term \u201c100% Core & Care\u201d concept and bene\u00adfit from Liberta Part\u00adners\u2019 inno\u00adva\u00adtive entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial under\u00adstan\u00adding. Liberta Part\u00adners\u2019 team curr\u00adently consists of 14 employees working in M&A, corpo\u00adrate deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and legal, as well as an active indus\u00adtry advi\u00adsory board. www.liberta-partners.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"