Frank\u00adfurt am Main \/ Mark\u00adgr\u00f6\u00adnin\u00adgen \u2014 VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner has sold its majo\u00adrity stake in K\u00e4lte Eckert GmbH. The buyer is Triton Mittel\u00adstands\u00adfonds II, which is advi\u00adsed by the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal invest\u00adment company Triton. The mana\u00adging direc\u00adtors and co-part\u00adners of K\u00e4lte Eckert, the brot\u00adhers Michael and Holger Eckert, will remain active in their manage\u00adment func\u00adtion in the future and will take a reverse share\u00adhol\u00adding as part of the transaction.<\/p>\n
K\u00e4lte Eckert, based in Mark\u00adgr\u00f6\u00adnin\u00adgen, Germany, was foun\u00added by Horst Eckert in 1966. The company, which specia\u00adli\u00adzes in refri\u00adge\u00adra\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, has a very good market posi\u00adtion in special plant engi\u00adnee\u00adring for commer\u00adcial refri\u00adge\u00adra\u00adtion with a focus on indus\u00adtrial kitchens, indus\u00adtrial refri\u00adge\u00adra\u00adtion and air condi\u00adtio\u00adning. It is also natio\u00adnally reco\u00adgni\u00adzed as a tech\u00adno\u00adlogy leader in alter\u00adna\u00adtive ecolo\u00adgi\u00adcal coolants. Custo\u00admers include major corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons such as Merce\u00addes-Benz, UniCre\u00addit and LBBW.<\/p>\n
The Frank\u00adfurt-based invest\u00adment company VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner joined the company in 2017 with a majo\u00adrity stake to support the company\u2019s further growth. With the aim of advan\u00adcing to become the leading supplier of refri\u00adge\u00adra\u00adtion systems with a focus on natu\u00adral refri\u00adger\u00adants in southern Germany, K\u00e4lte Eckert and VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner pursued an active plat\u00adform stra\u00adtegy: the basis was formed by the merger of K\u00e4lte Eckert with G\u00fcnther K\u00e4lte\u00adtech\u00adnik in 2019. Buil\u00adding on this, the family busi\u00adness acqui\u00adred Gart\u00adner, Keil & Co, Klima- und K\u00e4lte\u00adtech\u00adnik and SOS K\u00e4lte\u00adtech\u00adnik (both 2020) as an add-on. The tech\u00adni\u00adcal know-how \u2014 espe\u00adci\u00adally in the field of special plant engi\u00adnee\u00adring, natu\u00adral refri\u00adger\u00adants and control soft\u00adware \u2014 has thus grown steadily within the K\u00e4lte Eckert Group. The in-depth opera\u00adtio\u00adnal and commer\u00adcial inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of the add-ons has now been comple\u00adted. Syner\u00adgies between the part\u00adners are conti\u00adnuously exploi\u00adted and both the perfor\u00admance and service offe\u00adrings are expan\u00added accordingly.<\/p>\n
In addi\u00adtion to the company acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons and the accom\u00adpany\u00ading compre\u00adhen\u00adsive inte\u00adgra\u00adtion, nume\u00adrous other short- and medium-term value enhance\u00adment measu\u00adres were successfully imple\u00admen\u00adted as part of VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner\u2019s invol\u00advement. Among other things, the second manage\u00adment level was estab\u00adlished and expan\u00added, the sales orga\u00adniza\u00adtion was broa\u00addened, gene\u00adral stan\u00addards and proces\u00adses were intro\u00addu\u00adced, and a cross-company control\u00adling and ERP system was set up.<\/p>\n
Chris\u00adtian Futter\u00adlieb, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor at VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner: \u201cI am plea\u00adsed that through our joint work over the past years we have been able to deve\u00adlop K\u00e4lte Eckert into a strong plat\u00adform that is now a good home for medium-sized refri\u00adge\u00adra\u00adtion equip\u00adment manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders. We wish Holger and Michael Eckert and the new part\u00adner Triton much joy and success in their consis\u00adtent further development.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner, we have had a compe\u00adtent and strong part\u00adner at our side for the past five years, who has helped us to imple\u00adment our ideas for the further growth of our company,\u201d says Michael Eckert, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of K\u00e4lte Eckert. \u201cThe team at VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner has exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence with successfully imple\u00admen\u00adted buy-and-build stra\u00adte\u00adgies. We bene\u00adfi\u00adted greatly from this stra\u00adte\u00adgic know\u00adledge and were able to further deve\u00adlop the K\u00e4lte Eckert Group toge\u00adther,\u201d adds Holger Eckert, also Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of the company. \u201cWe look forward to conti\u00adnuing on the path we have taken with Triton.\u201d<\/p>\n
VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner at a glance<\/strong><\/p>\n VR 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. www.vrep.de.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor VR Equitypartner:<\/strong><\/p>\n M&A: Alan\u00adtra<\/strong> (Wolf\u00adram Schmerl and Juan Carlos Montoya)<\/p>\n Stein\u00adbeis Consul\u00adting (Ulrich Pra\u00dfler)<\/p>\n Legal: Heuking K\u00fchn L\u00fcer Wojtek<\/strong> (Dr. Rainer Hersch\u00adlein, Bene\u00addikt Raisch and Char\u00adlotte Schmitt)<\/p>\n Financial\/Commercial: Grant Thorn\u00adton AG<\/strong> (Klaus Schaldt and Jan Dembeck)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Frank\u00adfurt am Main \/ Mark\u00adgr\u00f6\u00adnin\u00adgen \u2014 VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner has sold its majo\u00adrity stake in K\u00e4lte Eckert GmbH. The buyer is Triton Mittel\u00adstands\u00adfonds II, which is advi\u00adsed by the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal invest\u00adment company Triton. The mana\u00adging direc\u00adtors and co-part\u00ad\u00adners of K\u00e4lte Eckert, the brot\u00adhers Michael and Holger Eckert, will remain active in their manage\u00adment func\u00adtion in the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1368,1369,1372,1377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45629","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-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-consultant","category-corporate-finance-ma"],"yoast_head":"\n