Gr\u00fcn\u00adwald, Septem\u00adber 6, 2022 \u2014 AURELIUS Growth Capi\u00adtal sells Aero\u00adtec Europe GmbH (\u201cAero\u00adtec Group\u201d) inclu\u00adding its subsi\u00addiary Airplane Equip\u00adment & Services A.E.S. to the finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtor Borro\u00admin Capi\u00adtal Fonds IV.<\/p>\n
The Aero\u00adtec Group, inclu\u00adding its subsi\u00addiary Airplane Equip\u00adment & Services, is a leading service company for the air cargo indus\u00adtry in Europe. Repair and main\u00adten\u00adance of air freight contai\u00adners are the focus of the company with around 120 employees. In addi\u00adtion, certi\u00adfied main\u00adten\u00adance and repair services are provi\u00added for regu\u00adla\u00adted passen\u00adger aircraft compon\u00adents. The company main\u00adta\u00adins custo\u00admer rela\u00adti\u00adonships with well-known Global Air Cargo compa\u00adnies at all rele\u00advant German cargo airports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe corpo\u00adrate deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of Airplane Equip\u00adment & Services as well as the successful manage\u00adment buy-out exem\u00adplify our special exper\u00adtise in faci\u00adli\u00adta\u00adting successful succes\u00adsion plan\u00adning in medium-sized compa\u00adnies. We bring our opera\u00adtio\u00adnal approach inten\u00adsi\u00advely into this process and always accom\u00adpany our port\u00adfo\u00adlio as a close as well as relia\u00adble part\u00adner on the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment path,\u201d comm\u00adents Eric Blumen\u00adthal, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner of AURELIUS Wachstumskapital.<\/p>\n
In 2016, AURELIUS acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in Airplane Equip\u00adment & Services as part of a corpo\u00adrate succes\u00adsion. The company has achie\u00adved very good opera\u00adtio\u00adnal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment during its time in the AURELIUS port\u00adfo\u00adlio \u2014 inclu\u00adding signi\u00adfi\u00adcant reve\u00adnue and earnings growth. Toge\u00adther with the AURELIUS team, the manage\u00adment successfully navi\u00adga\u00adted the uphe\u00adavals of the COVID pande\u00admic. In 2021, Frank Kusse\u00adrow, an indus\u00adtry expert, could be won as mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor. Kusse\u00adrow took over respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adlity from foun\u00adder Willy Rein\u00adhardt, seam\u00adlessly contin\u00adued the company\u2019s deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and acqui\u00adred a stake in Airplane Equip\u00adment & Services as part of the transaction.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy special thanks go to the AURELIUS Growth Capi\u00adtal team around Eric Blumen\u00adtal, who supported us in close shoulder-to-shoulder from the very begin\u00adning and stood by us as a valuable spar\u00adring part\u00adner,\u201d says Frank Kusserow.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, it always depends on the part\u00adners. We are convin\u00adced that we have found a suita\u00adble inves\u00adtor and manage\u00adment combi\u00adna\u00adtion in Borro\u00admin and Frank Kusse\u00adrow. Accor\u00addin\u00adgly, we are confi\u00addent about the future opera\u00adtio\u00adnal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the Aero\u00adtec Group,\u201d Blumen\u00adthal continued.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsor AURELIUS Growth Capital: <\/strong><\/p>\n Stephens Invest\u00adment Banking<\/strong> (M&A, Phil\u00adipp von Grawert and Valen\u00adtin zur Strassen), About Borro\u00admin Capital<\/strong><\/p>\n Borro\u00admin Capi\u00adtal Manage\u00adment GmbH (Borro\u00admin) successfully struc\u00adtures, finan\u00adces and accom\u00adpa\u00adnies corpo\u00adrate succes\u00adsi\u00adons in Germany and neigh\u00adbor\u00ading count\u00adries. By provi\u00adding equity capi\u00adtal, Borro\u00admin enables company owners to trans\u00adfer their life\u2019s work in an orderly manner and ensu\u00adres the contin\u00adued deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the compa\u00adnies. In addi\u00adtion, we parti\u00adci\u00adpate in Group spin-offs and provide equity capi\u00adtal for fast-growing compa\u00adnies. We attach great importance to the manage\u00adment teams beco\u00adming co-entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs through equity participation.<\/p>\n Borro\u00admin was foun\u00added in 2001 in Frank\u00adfurt as an inde\u00adpen\u00addent consul\u00adting firm for equity finan\u00adcing (private equity) owned by the part\u00adners and is curr\u00adently advi\u00adsing the fourth Borro\u00admin Fund. The funds\u2019 capi\u00adtal is provi\u00added by insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal and private inves\u00adtors from Germany and abroad.<\/p>\n About the AEROTEC Group<\/strong><\/p>\n The Aero\u00adtec Group (as well as Airplane Equip\u00adment & Services) was foun\u00added in 1997 in Colo\u00adgne by Willy Rein\u00adhard as a service company for main\u00adten\u00adance and repair work on regu\u00adla\u00adted compon\u00adents of passen\u00adger aircraft. Since then, the company has expan\u00added its service port\u00adfo\u00adlio and become a leading service provi\u00adder for the air freight indus\u00adtry in the DACH region. The company main\u00adta\u00adins five inde\u00adpen\u00addent bran\u00adches near the airports of Colo\u00adgne, Frank\u00adfurt, Leip\u00adzig and Basel. Each loca\u00adtion offers its custo\u00admers certi\u00adfied services at the highest level.<\/p>\n About AURELIUS<\/strong><\/p>\n AURELIUS is a pan-Euro\u00adpean alter\u00adna\u00adtive invest\u00adment group with offices in London, Luxem\u00adbourg, Munich, Amster\u00addam, Stock\u00adholm, Milan, Madrid and D\u00fcssel\u00addorf. AURELIUS has exten\u00adsive opera\u00adtio\u00adnal exper\u00adtise as well as expe\u00adri\u00adence and is thus in a posi\u00adtion to acce\u00adle\u00adrate the value crea\u00adtion process in its port\u00adfo\u00adlio companies.<\/p>\n The main invest\u00adment plat\u00adforms are the AURELIUS Euro\u00adpean Oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties IV Fund and the exch\u00adange-traded AURELIUS Equity Oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN: DE000A0JK2A8, stock exch\u00adange symbol: AR4), which acquire group spin-offs and compa\u00adnies with deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment poten\u00adtial in the midmar\u00adket sector. The core element of the invest\u00adment stra\u00adtegy is to grow the port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies with a team of nearly 100 in-house opera\u00adtio\u00adnal taskforce experts.<\/p>\n AURELIUS is also active in the busi\u00adness areas of growth capi\u00adtal, real estate and alter\u00adna\u00adtive forms of finan\u00adcing. AURELIUS Growth Capi\u00adtal parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtes in LBO tran\u00adsac\u00adtions for midmar\u00adket succes\u00adsion solu\u00adti\u00adons. AURELIUS Real Estate Oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties focu\u00adses on real estate invest\u00adments with sustainable value enhance\u00adment poten\u00adtial through active manage\u00adment. AURELIUS Finance Company offers flexi\u00adble finan\u00adcing solu\u00adti\u00adons for compa\u00adnies throug\u00adhout Europe.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gr\u00fcn\u00adwald, Septem\u00adber 6, 2022 \u2014 AURELIUS Growth Capi\u00adtal sells Aero\u00adtec Europe GmbH (\u201cAero\u00adtec Group\u201d) inclu\u00adding its subsi\u00addiary Airplane Equip\u00adment & Services A.E.S. to the finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtor Borro\u00admin Capi\u00adtal Fonds IV. The Aero\u00adtec Group, inclu\u00adding its subsi\u00addiary Airplane Equip\u00adment & Services, is a leading service company for the air cargo indus\u00adtry in Europe. Repair and main\u00adten\u00adance of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45877,"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-45904","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"],"yoast_head":"\n
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