Frank\u00adfurt a. Main \u2014 The foun\u00adding share\u00adhol\u00adder of IMTEC GmbH, Thomas Schulz, has sold his company to VI-grade GmbH, a German subsi\u00addiary of the Spec\u00adtris Group. IMTEC specia\u00adli\u00adzes in inno\u00adva\u00adtive auto\u00adma\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and simu\u00adla\u00adtors for OEMs in the auto\u00admo\u00adtive and trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion sectors as well as for indus\u00adtrial compa\u00adnies. The law firm FPS provi\u00added legal advice to IMTEC GmbH on the sale of the company to VI-grade GmbH.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a stra\u00adte\u00adgic move for IMTEC and we are very exci\u00adted about joining VI-grade,\u201d said Thomas Schulz, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor at IMTEC. \u201cThere are many bene\u00adfits to beco\u00adming part of this global group. VI-grade\u2019s leader\u00adship team has a strong inte\u00adrest in deve\u00adlo\u00adping and inves\u00adt\u00ading in IMTEC\u2019s capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, products and highly talen\u00adted people. As a combi\u00adned company, we are confi\u00addent that we can lead the global market for inno\u00adva\u00adtive simu\u00adla\u00adtor products and solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIMTEC has been a key part\u00adner and supplier to VI-grade for many years and this move repres\u00adents an excel\u00adlent oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity for us to join forces and create a power\u00adhouse in the vehicle simu\u00adla\u00adtor market,\u201d said Bob Ryan, presi\u00addent of VI-grade. \u201cBy combi\u00adning VI-grade\u2019s soft\u00adware pedi\u00adgree and exper\u00adtise with IMTEC\u2019s mecha\u00adtro\u00adnic hard\u00adware exper\u00adtise and the finan\u00adcial strength of VI-grade\u2019s parent company, Spec\u00adtris plc, VI-grade is posi\u00adtio\u00adning itself to scale its global simu\u00adla\u00adtor busi\u00adness more quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Phil\u00adipp Weber, M&A Part\u00adner at law firm FPS, added: \u201cOur multi\u00addi\u00adsci\u00adpli\u00adnary FPS team is deligh\u00adted with the successful comple\u00adtion of this multi-face\u00adted tech M&A tran\u00adsac\u00adtion with an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally posi\u00adtio\u00adned acqui\u00adrer. IMTEC is a great exam\u00adple of the crea\u00adtion and successful deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of inno\u00adva\u00adtive tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies in Germany as an indus\u00adtrial and high-tech location.\u201d<\/p>\n
About IMTEC GmbH<\/strong><\/p>\n Foun\u00added in 2003 near Berlin, IMTEC deve\u00adlops and manu\u00adfac\u00adtures auto\u00adma\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and simu\u00adla\u00adtors for OEMs in the auto\u00admo\u00adtive and trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion sectors as well as for indus\u00adtrial companies.<\/p>\n About VI-grade Group<\/strong><\/p>\n VI-grade is the leading provi\u00adder of best-in-class soft\u00adware products and services for advan\u00adced system-level simu\u00adla\u00adtion appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Toge\u00adther with a network of selec\u00adted part\u00adners, VI-grade also offers revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adnary turn\u00adkey solu\u00adti\u00adons for static and dyna\u00admic driving simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons. Foun\u00added in 2005, VI-grade provi\u00addes inno\u00adva\u00adtive solu\u00adti\u00adons to opti\u00admize the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment process from concept to sign-off in the trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion indus\u00adtry, prima\u00adrily in the auto\u00admo\u00adtive, aero\u00adspace, motor\u00adcy\u00adcle, motor\u00adsport and rail\u00adroad sectors. With offices in Germany, Switz\u00ader\u00adland, Italy, the UK, Japan, China and the USA and a world\u00adwide chan\u00adnel network of more than 20 trus\u00adted part\u00adners, VI-grade is a dyna\u00admic and growing company with a highly skil\u00adled tech\u00adni\u00adcal team. VI-grade is part of Spec\u00adtris, which is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Egham \/ Surrey, UK and employs appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 9000 people in over 30 countries.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor to the foun\u00adding share\u00adhol\u00adders of IMTEC GmbH: FPS Fritze Wicke Seelig, Frankfurt<\/strong><\/p>\n Phil\u00adipp Weber, Part\u00adner, Lead (M&A \/ Corpo\u00adrate), Kevin Br\u00fchl (Corpo\u00adrate \/ Finance), Diet\u00adrich Sammer (Real Estate and Cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion), Dr. Marco Wende\u00adroth (Labor), John B\u00fctt\u00adner (Tax), Advi\u00adsor VI-grade \/ Spec\u00adtris Group, Addle\u00adshaw Goddard (Germany) LLP;<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor VI-grade \/ Spec\u00adtris Group: Addle\u00adshaw Goddard (Germany) LLP<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Huber\u00adtus Schr\u00f6\u00adder, Part\u00adner, Lead Part\u00adner (M&A \/ Corporate) Frank\u00adfurt a. Main \u2014 The foun\u00adding share\u00adhol\u00adder of IMTEC GmbH, Thomas Schulz, has sold his company to VI-grade GmbH, a German subsi\u00addiary of the Spec\u00adtris Group. IMTEC specia\u00adli\u00adzes in inno\u00adva\u00adtive auto\u00adma\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and simu\u00adla\u00adtors for OEMs in the auto\u00admo\u00adtive and trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion sectors as well as for indus\u00adtrial compa\u00adnies. The law firm FPS provi\u00added legal advice [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1371,1372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-deals-en","category-consultant","news-category-deals-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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