Hamburg \/ Schwa\u00adbach \/ Roth \u2014 Pack\u00ada\u00adging mate\u00adri\u00adals and folding carton manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer Leupold is ente\u00adring its first part\u00adner\u00adship under the aegis of private equity firm Water\u00adland Private Equity, which acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in Leupold in August 2020. In the future, Stro\u00adbel AG, a manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of folding cartons and card\u00adboard pack\u00ada\u00adging with a special focus on sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity, will comple\u00adment the product range of the pack\u00ada\u00adging manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer. With Water\u00adlan\u00add\u2019s support, the two compa\u00adnies will increase their custo\u00admer segments and geogra\u00adphic reach, and mutually leverage and further expand product inno\u00adva\u00adtions. The current Stro\u00adbel owners, Fried\u00adrich and Monika Bech\u00adtold, will remain on board as part of a tran\u00adsi\u00adtion phase.<\/p>\n
Stro\u00adbel, based in Roth, was foun\u00added in 1894. Over the years, the long-estab\u00adlished company has deve\u00adlo\u00adped into a specia\u00adli\u00adzed supplier of carton\u00adboard pack\u00ada\u00adging and rela\u00adted services for the consu\u00admer and food indus\u00adtries. Stro\u00adbel AG\u2019s product range, which can be indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adally adapted to speci\u00adfic custo\u00admer requi\u00adre\u00adments, extends from folding boxes to displays. Stro\u00adbel also offers its custo\u00admers a range of services in areas such as pack\u00ada\u00adging and logistics.<\/p>\n
Stro\u00adbel places a special focus on sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity and climate neutra\u00adlity in deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and produc\u00adtion: Stro\u00adbel has alre\u00adady been certi\u00adfied and awarded seve\u00adral times for its achie\u00adve\u00adments in this area, for exam\u00adple with first place in the Energy Turn\u00adaround Award of the city of Roth and the German Pack\u00ada\u00adging Award 2020. Stro\u00adbel was also the first Bava\u00adrian pack\u00ada\u00adging company to become comple\u00adtely climate-neutral. The company\u2019s custo\u00admers include renow\u00adned manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders of bran\u00added goods in the sports, fitness and well\u00adness, food and pet food, and toy sectors.<\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in Schwa\u00adbach in 1910, Joh. Leupold GmbH & Co. KG is one of the leading German suppli\u00aders of indi\u00advi\u00addual pack\u00ada\u00adging solu\u00adti\u00adons made of card\u00adboard and focu\u00adses on the design and manu\u00adfac\u00adture of folding cartons, blis\u00adter cards, blanks, corru\u00adga\u00adted pack\u00ada\u00adging, displays and erec\u00adting boxes. The company is one of the largest medium-sized folding carton manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders and produ\u00adces around 1.5 million pack\u00ada\u00adging solu\u00adti\u00adons daily for brand manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders in Germany, Europe and the USA.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Leupold and Water\u00adland, we have found the ideal part\u00adners for our further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. As part of a larger group, there are new oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for us to expand our produc\u00adtion capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, enter new markets and further deve\u00adlop our busi\u00adness model. We are looking forward to the coope\u00adra\u00adtion,\u201d says Fried\u00adrich Bech\u00adtold, CEO of Stro\u00adbel AG.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe part\u00adner\u00adship with Stro\u00adbel is a natu\u00adral next step on our contin\u00adued growth path, which we have now been able to realize with the support of Water\u00adland,\u201d says Michael Fuchs, one of Leupol\u00add\u2019s mana\u00adging direc\u00adtors. \u201cNot only thanks to the geogra\u00adphi\u00adcal proxi\u00admity \u2014 Stro\u00adbel\u2019s head\u00adquar\u00adters in Roth is only ten kilo\u00adme\u00adters away from Leupold \u2014 this coope\u00adra\u00adtion offers nume\u00adrous poten\u00adti\u00adals to bundle and further deve\u00adlop our resour\u00adces and exper\u00adtise in the areas of deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, produc\u00adtion and sales,\u201d adds Thomas G\u00f6ll\u00adner, also Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of Leupold.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeupold alre\u00adady has a strong posi\u00adtio\u00adning in the Euro\u00adpean carton\u00adboard pack\u00ada\u00adging market, which we intend to expand into market leader\u00adship in the areas of quality, inno\u00adva\u00adtion, sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity and service. A buy & build stra\u00adtegy, which we have now laun\u00adched with the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Stro\u00adbel, is an essen\u00adtial part of our growth stra\u00adtegy. In parti\u00adcu\u00adlar, the high focus on sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity and climate neutra\u00adlity convin\u00adced us of Stro\u00adbel as a very good fit,\u201d says Dr. Cars\u00adten Rahlfs, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner of Waterland.<\/p>\n
About Water\u00adland<\/p>\n
Water\u00adland is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent private equity invest\u00adment firm that helps compa\u00adnies realize their growth plans. With substan\u00adtial finan\u00adcial support and indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise, Water\u00adland enables its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies to achieve acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted growth both orga\u00adni\u00adcally and through acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. Water\u00adland has offices in the Nether\u00adlands (Bussum), Belgium (Antwerp), France (Paris), Germany (Hamburg, Munich), Poland (Warsaw), the UK (Manches\u00adter), Ireland (Dublin), Denmark (Copen\u00adha\u00adgen) and Switz\u00ader\u00adland (Zurich). Curr\u00adently, over eight billion euros in equity funds are under management.<\/p>\n
Water\u00adland has consis\u00adt\u00adently outper\u00adfor\u00admed with its invest\u00adments since its incep\u00adtion in 1999. The firm ranks fifth globally in the 2020 HEC\/Dow Jones Private Equity Perfor\u00admance Rankings and eighth among global private equity firms in the 2020 Preqin Consis\u00adtent Perfor\u00admers in Global Private Equity & Venture Capi\u00adtal Report. In addi\u00adtion, Real Deals awarded Water\u00adland the title of \u201cPan-Euro\u00adpean House of the Year 2020\u201d at the PE Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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