Zurich\/Unterkulm\/Pogno \u2014 The KWC Group, desi\u00adgner and manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of faucets and access\u00adories for kitchens, bath\u00adrooms and wash\u00adrooms and part of the Equis\u00adtone Funds port\u00adfo\u00adlio since 2021, is selling its Home busi\u00adness to the Italian sani\u00adtary specia\u00adlist Paini S.p.A. Rubi\u00adnet\u00adte\u00adrie (\u201cPaini\u201d). KWC Home and Paini are thus conti\u00adnuing their long-stan\u00adding part\u00adner\u00adship under one roof. Details of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion will not be disclosed.<\/p>\n
KWC Group \u2014 form\u00aderly a divi\u00adsion of the Swiss Franke Group opera\u00adting under the name Franke Water Systems \u2014 is an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally active premium manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer and system provi\u00adder for sani\u00adtary equip\u00adment, fittings and water manage\u00adment systems. Follo\u00adwing the successful sale of the KWC Medi\u00adcal divi\u00adsion to the Alum\u00adbra Group in Janu\u00adary 2024, the Group, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Unter\u00adkulm, Switz\u00ader\u00adland, now serves a broad custo\u00admer base with its three divi\u00adsi\u00adons \u2014 KWC Home, KWC Profes\u00adsio\u00adnal and OEM. In addi\u00adtion to private end custo\u00admers, this also includes (semi-)public insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons such as airports, shop\u00adping centers, schools, sports and leisure faci\u00adli\u00adties, hotels as well as hospi\u00adtals, nursing homes and reti\u00adre\u00adment homes. The KWC Group has seve\u00adral inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal loca\u00adti\u00adons and compe\u00adtence centers world\u00adwide, inclu\u00adding in Switz\u00ader\u00adland, Germany, the UK, China and the Middle East, and curr\u00adently employs around 1,000 people.<\/p>\n
Funds advi\u00adsed by Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in KWC Group in April 2021. Toge\u00adther with the support of Equis\u00adtone, the Group is now selling its fast-growing Home divi\u00adsion. KWC Home is the market leader in Switz\u00ader\u00adland in the manu\u00adfac\u00adture of high-quality bath\u00adroom, kitchen and cate\u00adring fittings and serves custo\u00admers in the private sector. In recent years, the KWC Group has conti\u00adnuously deve\u00adlo\u00adped its Home busi\u00adness with the support of Equis\u00adtone: With targe\u00adted invest\u00adments in the areas of digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion and IT, as well as in the product port\u00adfo\u00adlio \u2014 inclu\u00adding the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of new products \u2014 KWC Home was able to further streng\u00adthen its alre\u00adady leading posi\u00adtion in the Swiss dome\u00adstic market as well as in Germany. Another important mile\u00adstone was the successful repo\u00adsi\u00adtio\u00adning of the divi\u00adsion follo\u00adwing the carve-out from the Franke Group and the estab\u00adlish\u00adment of a strong bran\u00adding presence for KWC Home as an expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced, inno\u00adva\u00adtive sani\u00adtary partner.<\/p>\n
Toge\u00adther with the new owner Paini, the growth of KWC Home is now to be taken to a new level: \u201cIn recent years, as part of the KWC Group and with the support of Equis\u00adtone, we have succee\u00added in further streng\u00adthening our leading market posi\u00adtion in Switz\u00ader\u00adland and expan\u00adding our presence in Germany. We look forward to conti\u00adnuing this successful course with our new owner and long-stan\u00adding part\u00adner Paini,\u201d explains Urs Tschopp, CEO at KWC Home<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cKWC Home is excel\u00adlently posi\u00adtio\u00adned on the market. With Paini, we have found the ideal new part\u00adner for KWC Home to conti\u00adnue the growth course we have initia\u00adted and to further deve\u00adlop the tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal KWC brand in the future,\u201d adds David Zahnd, Part\u00adner at Equis\u00adtone, Zurich <\/strong>(photo \u00a9 Equistone).<\/p>\n Roman E. Hegglin, Invest\u00adment Direc\u00adtor at Equis\u00adtone<\/strong>, adds: \u201cThe Equis\u00adtone funds will now focus on the successful deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the KWC Profes\u00adsio\u00adnal busi\u00adness, which is well posi\u00adtio\u00adned for further growth.<\/p>\n On the Equis\u00adtone side, the funds were advi\u00adsed by Stefan Maser, David Zahnd and Roman E. Hegglin.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsors Equis\u00adtone: DC Advi\u00adsory<\/strong> (M&A), B\u00e4r & Karrer<\/strong> (Legal) and KPMG<\/strong> (Finan\u00adcial).<\/p>\n About Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe About KWC Group About KWC Home About Paini S.p.A. Rubinetterie Zurich\/Unterkulm\/Pogno \u2014 The KWC Group, desi\u00adgner and manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of faucets and access\u00adories for kitchens, bath\u00adrooms and wash\u00adrooms and part of the Equis\u00adtone Funds port\u00adfo\u00adlio since 2021, is selling its Home busi\u00adness to the Italian sani\u00adtary specia\u00adlist Paini S.p.A. Rubi\u00adnet\u00adte\u00adrie (\u201cPaini\u201d). KWC Home and Paini are thus conti\u00adnuing their long-stan\u00ad\u00adding part\u00adner\u00adship under one roof. Details of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51441,"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-51443","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"],"yoast_head":"\n
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