Pf\u00e4f\u00adfi\u00adkon (Switz\u00ader\u00adland) \u2014 Ufenau has made a first invest\u00adment in Spain and acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in the company \u201cDise\u00f1o y Manten\u00adimi\u00adento de Plan\u00adtas Frigo\u00adr\u00ed\u00adfi\u00adcas\u201d (\u201cR&M\u201d). R&M, previously known as APR, is a leading provi\u00adder of inte\u00adgral indus\u00adtrial refri\u00adge\u00adra\u00adtion solu\u00adti\u00adons based in Valencia.<\/p>\n
With more than 70 employees at loca\u00adti\u00adons in Valen\u00adcia and Madrid and sales of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately EUR 30 million, R&M has execu\u00adted some of the largest projects for the design, instal\u00adla\u00adtion and main\u00adten\u00adance of indus\u00adtrial cooling systems in Spain. The well-known custo\u00admers are mainly active in the growing food and logi\u00adstics sector.<\/p>\n
The company has become a refe\u00adrence in both sectors thanks to its own very high tech\u00adni\u00adcal quality stan\u00addards and strong focus on service quality. Even in times of pande\u00admic, these services are essen\u00adtial and in high demand<\/p>\n
The foun\u00adders and previous owners of R&M have taken a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant equity stake and conti\u00adnue to manage the busi\u00adness. In addi\u00adtion, toge\u00adther they will conti\u00adnue to drive the growth of the new group through a combi\u00adna\u00adtion of orga\u00adnic and inor\u00adga\u00adnic growth initiatives.<\/p>\n
Ricardo Mayor, foun\u00adder of R&M, belie\u00adves that \u201cUfenau is the right part\u00adner for R&M\u2019s deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, as it allows us not only to expand our presence in Spain, but also to incor\u00adpo\u00adrate new busi\u00adness areas into the company. It brings toge\u00adther two teams with high tech\u00adni\u00adcal and finan\u00adcial skills with a clear objec\u00adtive: to provide our custo\u00admers with high quality services with added value. Toge\u00adther, we are setting out to conso\u00adli\u00addate a leading indus\u00adtry group that will undoub\u00adtedly bene\u00adfit the entire natio\u00adnal industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ralf Flore, mana\u00adging part\u00adner of Ufenau (photo)<\/strong>, comm\u00adents: \u201cR&M has grown rapidly in recent years and has been able to work successfully and on a recur\u00adring basis with blue chip custo\u00admers in an enorm\u00adously deman\u00adding tech\u00adni\u00adcal sector. The foun\u00adders have succee\u00added in buil\u00adding a great team of highly quali\u00adfied and moti\u00adva\u00adted profes\u00adsio\u00adnals. We, and speci\u00adfi\u00adcally our two Spanish colle\u00adagues, Joaqu\u00edn Alcalde and Igna\u00adcio Goded, are plea\u00adsed to support the entire R&M team in this new phase of growth and to contri\u00adbute our exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence in value crea\u00adtion stra\u00adte\u00adgies, which has enab\u00adled us to successfully execute more than 180 growth invest\u00adments in the DACH region. It is our first acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion in Spain, reflec\u00adting our strong commit\u00adment to expand our reach and acti\u00advity in Spain as well, which has alre\u00adady star\u00adted in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n About Ufenau Capi\u00adtal Partners Pf\u00e4f\u00adfi\u00adkon (Switz\u00ader\u00adland) \u2014 Ufenau has made a first invest\u00adment in Spain and acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in the company \u201cDise\u00f1o y Manten\u00adimi\u00adento de Plan\u00adtas Frigo\u00adr\u00ed\u00adfi\u00adcas\u201d (\u201cR&M\u201d). R&M, previously known as APR, is a leading provi\u00adder of inte\u00adgral indus\u00adtrial refri\u00adge\u00adra\u00adtion solu\u00adti\u00adons based in Valen\u00adcia. With more than 70 employees at loca\u00adti\u00adons in Valen\u00adcia and Madrid and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36569,"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-43395","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","news-category-private-equity-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nUfenau Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners is a Swiss inves\u00adtor group based on Lake Zurich. The company focu\u00adses on majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00addings in service compa\u00adnies in Switz\u00ader\u00adland, Germany and Austria that are active in the areas of Busi\u00adness Services, Educa\u00adtion & Life\u00adstyle, Health\u00adCare and Finan\u00adcial Services. With an exten\u00adsive circle of renow\u00adned and expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced indus\u00adtry part\u00adners (owners, CEOs, CFOs), Ufenau Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners pursues an active value-added invest\u00adment approach at eye level with entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"