Frank\u00adfurt am Main \/ Schwab\u00adm\u00fcn\u00adchen \u2014 The invest\u00adment company VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner acqui\u00adres a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant mino\u00adrity stake in DITTRICH + CO (\u201cDICO\u201d) in order to sustain\u00adably support the growth course of the Bava\u00adrian specia\u00adlist for plas\u00adtic injec\u00adtion molding. The two mana\u00adging part\u00adners will remain invol\u00adved in the course of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion and expand the opera\u00adtio\u00adnal manage\u00adment of the company to include the previous tech\u00adni\u00adcal sales mana\u00adger Manfred M\u00e4rz, who will also acquire shares. This also prepa\u00adres the succes\u00adsion at DICO in perspec\u00adtive. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is expec\u00adted to close by the end of Octo\u00adber 2020.<\/p>\n
DITTRICH + Co GmbH & Co KG, based in Schwab\u00adm\u00fcn\u00adchen near Augs\u00adburg, is a family-run specia\u00adlist supplier of tooling and injec\u00adtion molded parts with just under 100 employees, and is one of Euro\u00adpe\u2019s leading compa\u00adnies in its core areas. The company was foun\u00added in 1958 by Rudolf Dittrich and Peter Muschak, has been in the hands of the second gene\u00adra\u00adtion, Armin Dittrich and Andreas Muschak, since 1995 and has been growing steadily for years. DICO\u2019s service port\u00adfo\u00adlio covers the entire value chain of manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring tech\u00adni\u00adcally sophisti\u00adca\u00adted products: Plas\u00adtic injec\u00adtion molding (ther\u00admo\u00adpla\u00ads\u00adtics and also modern compo\u00adsi\u00adtes), design, tool\u00adma\u00adking, series produc\u00adtion, finis\u00adhing and assem\u00adbly. The clear focus on sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity, quality, diver\u00adsi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and custo\u00admer bene\u00adfits of products and services means that DICO is often inte\u00adgra\u00adted into custo\u00admers\u2019 proces\u00adses at an early stage.<\/p>\n
Toge\u00adther with VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner, the successful growth of recent years is now to be contin\u00adued \u2014 both orga\u00adni\u00adcally and through possi\u00adble company acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. The market envi\u00adron\u00adment for injec\u00adtion molding tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and mold\u00adma\u00adking is proving to be highly frag\u00admen\u00adted. DICO sees its exper\u00adtise and exter\u00adnal growth poten\u00adtial here, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly in the area of complex parts produ\u00adced in small and medium-sized series. In addi\u00adtion to the well-known exis\u00adting custo\u00admers from the furni\u00adture indus\u00adtry, consu\u00admer elec\u00adtro\u00adnics, pack\u00ada\u00adging indus\u00adtry, auto\u00admo\u00adtive & trans\u00adport, mecha\u00adni\u00adcal engi\u00adnee\u00adring and medi\u00adcine, further new custo\u00admers in selec\u00adtive indus\u00adtries are to be added. At the same time, the company\u2019s own manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring exper\u00adtise and capa\u00adcity are being syste\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcally expanded.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner, we have found a part\u00adner for the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the company who also brings a great deal of expe\u00adri\u00adence in succes\u00adsion plan\u00adning and who shares our entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial philo\u00adso\u00adphy,\u201d say Armin Dittrich and Andreas Muschak. Future co-mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor Manfred M\u00e4rz adds, \u201cOur know-how regar\u00adding complex shapes and special mate\u00adri\u00adals is vast. We look forward to working with VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner, who will now help us to further scale this unique knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chris\u00adtian Futter\u00adlieb, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner, explains: \u201cWith DICO, we are ente\u00adring into an invest\u00adment in an excel\u00adlently posi\u00adtio\u00adned company whose order situa\u00adtion is bril\u00adli\u00adant and which has much further poten\u00adtial in view of a steadily growing market. The company is not only a successful specia\u00adlist manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of sophisti\u00adca\u00adted products, but also an excel\u00adlent under\u00adstan\u00adding of its custo\u00admers. A high recy\u00adcling ratio and level of auto\u00adma\u00adtion comple\u00adment these first-class future prospects.\u201d<\/p>\n
VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner is making the invest\u00adment toge\u00adther with its subsi\u00addiary VR Equity Gesell\u00adschaft f\u00fcr regio\u00adnale Entwick\u00adlung in Bayern mbH, which was provi\u00added with funding from the Euro\u00adpean Union for the promo\u00adtion of inno\u00adva\u00adtive compa\u00adnies in Bava\u00adria (ERDF funds) as part of a part\u00adner\u00adship with the Free State of Bavaria.<\/p>\n
VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner GmbH at a glance:
\nVR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner is one of the leading equity finan\u00adciers in Germany, Austria and Switz\u00ader\u00adland. The company supports medium-sized family busi\u00adnesses in a goal-orien\u00adted manner and with deca\u00addes of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the stra\u00adte\u00adgic solu\u00adtion of complex finan\u00adcing issues. Invest\u00adment oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties include growth and expan\u00adsion finan\u00adcing, corpo\u00adrate succes\u00adsion or share\u00adhol\u00adder chan\u00adges. VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner offers majo\u00adrity and mino\u00adrity invest\u00adments as well as mezza\u00adnine finan\u00adcing. As a subsi\u00addiary of DZ BANK, the central insti\u00adtu\u00adtion of the coope\u00adra\u00adtive banks in Germany, VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner consis\u00adt\u00adently puts the sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity of corpo\u00adrate deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment ahead of short-term exit thin\u00adking. VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner\u2019s port\u00adfo\u00adlio curr\u00adently compri\u00adses around 60 commit\u00adments with an invest\u00adment volume of EUR 400 million.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsor VR Equitypartner:<\/strong><\/p>\n Commer\u00adcial: Blue\u00admont Consul\u00adting<\/strong> GmbH, Munich, with Markus Fr\u00e4n\u00adkel, Sebas\u00adtian R\u00fctt\u00adgers, and Bene\u00addict Sevov<\/p>\n Finan\u00adcial: TAP Dr. Schlum\u00adber\u00adger Kr\u00e4mer Pothorn & Part\u00adner<\/strong> mbB Wirt\u00adschafts\u00adpr\u00fc\u00adfungs\u00adge\u00adsell\u00adschaft, Munich, with Andreas Kr\u00e4mer, Stef\u00adfen Bannen\u00adberg and Andreas Seidemann<\/p>\n Legal & Tax: McDer\u00admott Will & Emery Rechts\u00adan\u00adw\u00e4lte Steu\u00ader\u00adbe\u00adra\u00adter<\/strong> LLP, Frank\u00adfurt, with Dr. Michael Cziesla, Dr. Heiko Kermer, Norman Wasse, Marcus Fischer, Dr. Marion von Gr\u00f6n\u00adheim, Isabelle M\u00fcller<\/p>\n Consul\u00adtant of DITTRICH + CO:<\/p>\n Kloep\u00adfel Corpo\u00adrate Finance<\/strong> GmbH, Munich, with Dr. Heiko Frank and Niko\u00adlai \u00dcst\u00fcnda\u011f<\/p>\n PKF WULF ENGELHARDT<\/strong> KG Steu\u00ader\u00adbe\u00adra\u00adtungs\u00adge\u00adsell\u00adschaft, Augs\u00adburg, with Chris\u00adtoph Kalm\u00adbach and Monika Gigler<\/p>\n G\u00fctt Olk Feld\u00adhaus<\/strong> Part\u00adner\u00adschaft von Rechts\u00adan\u00adw\u00e4l\u00adten mbB, Munich, with Dr. Sebas\u00adtian Olk, Adrian von Prit\u00adt\u00adwitz and Gaffron, Domi\u00adnik Forst\u00adner and Ricarda Theis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Frank\u00adfurt am Main \/ Schwab\u00adm\u00fcn\u00adchen \u2014 The invest\u00adment company VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner acqui\u00adres a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant mino\u00adrity stake in DITTRICH + CO (\u201cDICO\u201d) in order to sustain\u00adably support the growth course of the Bava\u00adrian specia\u00adlist for plas\u00adtic injec\u00adtion molding. The two mana\u00adging part\u00adners will remain invol\u00adved in the course of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion and expand the opera\u00adtio\u00adnal management [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1368,1369,1372,1377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43556","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-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-consultant","category-corporate-finance-ma","news-category-private-equity-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n