Frank\u00adfurt, Germany \u2014 Duravant LLC (\u201cDuravant\u201d), a global provi\u00adder of engi\u00adnee\u00adred equip\u00adment and auto\u00adma\u00adted solu\u00adti\u00adons for the food proces\u00adsing, pack\u00ada\u00adging and mate\u00adrial hand\u00adling indus\u00adtries head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Downers Grove, Illi\u00adnois, USA, has acqui\u00adred Henne\u00adken, a German engi\u00adnee\u00adring company. \u2014 Global law firm Reed Smith has advi\u00adsed Duravant LLC (\u201cDuravant\u201d) on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Ferdi\u00adnand Henne\u00adken GmbH (\u201cHenne\u00adken\u201d).<\/p>\n
Henne\u00adken is a manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of protein proces\u00adsing solu\u00adti\u00adons based in Bad W\u00fcnnen\u00adberg, North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia, Germany, that deve\u00adlops and produ\u00adces inno\u00adva\u00adtive machi\u00adnes, inclu\u00adding vacuum tumb\u00adlers, tende\u00adri\u00adzers, injec\u00adtors and brine mixers, that enable higher produc\u00adtion volu\u00admes and better product quality for meat, poul\u00adtry and seafood processors.<\/p>\n
The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Henne\u00adken is part of Duravan\u00adt\u2019s corpo\u00adrate stra\u00adtegy to expand its invest\u00adments in the growing protein sector. The products and services offe\u00adred by Henne\u00adken are highly comple\u00admen\u00adtary and enhance Duravan\u00adt\u2019s ability to offer complete and inte\u00adgra\u00adted plant solutions.<\/p>\n
Duravant was advi\u00adsed by a multi\u00addi\u00adsci\u00adpli\u00adnary, inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Reed Smith team led by Dr. Oct\u00e1\u00advio de Sousa , Foto<\/strong> (Part\u00adner, Corporate\/M&A, Frank\u00adfurt) and Sid Bale (Part\u00adner, Corporate\/M&A, Chicago).<\/p>\n Dr. de Sousa adds: \u201cWe are very plea\u00adsed to have been able to support Duravant in pursuing its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal growth stra\u00adtegy in Germany. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion has once again demons\u00adtra\u00adted Reed Smit\u00adh\u2019s strength in provi\u00adding inte\u00adgra\u00adted and compre\u00adhen\u00adsive advice on cross-border transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor Duravant LLC: Reed Smith LLP <\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Oct\u00e1\u00advio de Sousa (Part\u00adner, Corporate\/M&A), Sid Bale (Part\u00adner, Corporate\/M&A, Chicago), both lead; with the assis\u00adtance of Wim Vanden\u00adberghe (Part\u00adner, Regu\u00adla\u00adtory Commer\u00adcial, Brussels), Dr. Oliver Hahn\u00adelt (Part\u00adner, Finance), Harald Heller (Part\u00adner, Real Estate), Dr. Martin B\u00fcnning (Part\u00adner, Tax) Chris\u00adtian Leuth\u00adner (Part\u00adner, Tech & Data), Chris\u00adtian Filip\u00adpitsch (Part\u00adner, Anti\u00adtrust, Brussels), as well as Dr. Niklas Kout\u00ads\u00f3s (Coun\u00adsel, Finance) and Ceci\u00adlia Manny (Asso\u00adciate, Corporate\/M&A), Jona\u00adthan Diehl (Asso\u00adciate, Real Estate), Dr. Hannah von Wickede (Asso\u00adciate, Tech & Data), Jonas Weimert (Asso\u00adciate, IP), Vincent Magotsch (Asso\u00adciate, Employ\u00adment Law) and Elisa Saier (Asso\u00adciate, Employ\u00adment Law).<\/p>\n About Duravant<\/strong><\/p>\n Head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Downers Grove, Illi\u00adnois, Duravant is a global auto\u00adma\u00adted equip\u00adment company with manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring, sales and service faci\u00adli\u00adties in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Through its port\u00adfo\u00adlio of opera\u00adting compa\u00adnies, Duravant deli\u00advers relia\u00adble end-to-end process solu\u00adti\u00adons for custo\u00admers and part\u00adners through engi\u00adnee\u00adring and inte\u00adgra\u00adtion exper\u00adtise, project manage\u00adment and opera\u00adtio\u00adnal excel\u00adlence. With world\u00adwide sales and service networks, Duravant provi\u00addes imme\u00addiate and life\u00adtime support for all the markets they serve in food proces\u00adsing, pack\u00ada\u00adging and mate\u00adrial hand\u00adling. Duravan\u00adt\u2019s market-leading brands are synony\u00admous with inno\u00adva\u00adtion, dura\u00adbi\u00adlity and relia\u00adbi\u00adlity. Further infor\u00adma\u00adtion can be found at www.duravant.com.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor Ferdi\u00adnand Henne\u00adken GmbH: Kanz\u00adlei im Technologiepark<\/strong> About Henne\u00adken<\/strong><\/p>\n Henne\u00adken, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Bad W\u00fcnnen\u00adberg, Germany, is a manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer and service provi\u00adder of inno\u00adva\u00adtive machi\u00adnes for the meat, poul\u00adtry and seafood indus\u00adtry. The Henne\u00adken port\u00adfo\u00adlio of highly deve\u00adlo\u00adped machine solu\u00adti\u00adons includes vacuum tumb\u00adlers, tende\u00adri\u00adzers, injec\u00adtors, curing mixers, flat\u00adten\u00aders as well as product hand\u00adling and loading systems. Since 1977, the company has been a leader in deve\u00adlo\u00adping solu\u00adti\u00adons that meet the needs of food proces\u00adsors who demand quality and safety while maxi\u00admi\u00adzing produc\u00adti\u00advity and produc\u00adtion volume. Henne\u00adken is commit\u00adted to custo\u00admer satis\u00adfac\u00adtion and works with its custo\u00admers to find the right solu\u00adtion. The company deve\u00adlops and deli\u00advers its systems on time and offers a relia\u00adble service and spare parts service. Further infor\u00adma\u00adtion can be found at www.henneken-tumblers.de.<\/p>\n About Reed Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n Reed Smith is one of the leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firms. The firm compri\u00adses 31 offices with more than 1,700 lawy\u00aders in Europe, the USA, the Middle East and Asia. www.reedsmith.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Frank\u00adfurt, Germany \u2014 Duravant LLC (\u201cDuravant\u201d), a global provi\u00adder of engi\u00adnee\u00adred equip\u00adment and auto\u00adma\u00adted solu\u00adti\u00adons for the food proces\u00adsing, pack\u00ada\u00adging and mate\u00adrial hand\u00adling indus\u00adtries head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Downers Grove, Illi\u00adnois, USA, has acqui\u00adred Henne\u00adken, a German engi\u00adnee\u00adring company. \u2014 Global law firm Reed Smith has advi\u00adsed Duravant LLC (\u201cDuravant\u201d) on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Ferdi\u00adnand Henne\u00adken GmbH [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nPeter Suminski<\/p>\n