V\u00f6hrin\u00adgen, Bava\u00adria \u2014 Foun\u00added in 1975, SMG Sport\u00adplatz\u00adma\u00adschi\u00adnen\u00adbau GmbH (www.smg-machines.com) has long since estab\u00adlished itself as a global leader in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and manu\u00adfac\u00adture of state-of-the-art machi\u00adnes for the sports indus\u00adtry and is now used by teams such as Real Madrid, FC Bayern Munich and the Miami Dolphins. Toge\u00adther with Tobias and Daniel Owege\u00adser, who will remain share\u00adhol\u00adders, Gimv will drive SMG\u2019s further growth and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expansion.<\/p>\n
SMG\u2019s impres\u00adsive port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes specia\u00adli\u00adzed machi\u00adnes that are used in a variety of sports and leisure areas \u2014 from arti\u00adfi\u00adcial or hybrid turf to athle\u00adtics faci\u00adli\u00adties and tennis courts. SMG has been a pioneer in the field of synthe\u00adtic sports surfaces and arti\u00adfi\u00adcial turf for almost 50 years and offers machi\u00adnes that mix various compon\u00adents, lay base layers and line their surfaces. Their inno\u00adva\u00adtive arti\u00adfi\u00adcial turf machi\u00adnes are known for the filling, care and main\u00adten\u00adance of sports pitches and offer both self-propel\u00adled models and models with ride-on technology.<\/p>\n
The machi\u00adnes are deve\u00adlo\u00adped and produ\u00adced in Germany. To this end, SMG works closely with leading mate\u00adrial manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders and instal\u00adla\u00adtion compa\u00adnies to ensure the highest quality at all times. The company, which serves over 1,200 custo\u00admers world\u00adwide, is supported by 55 dedi\u00adca\u00adted employees in V\u00f6hrin\u00adgen and an exten\u00adsive network of inde\u00adpen\u00addent sales part\u00adners world\u00adwide. The USA is curr\u00adently SMG\u2019s largest market, with renow\u00adned custo\u00admers such as colleges, univer\u00adsi\u00adties, high schools and Ameri\u00adcan foot\u00adball clubs.<\/p>\n
The part\u00adner\u00adship with Gimv marks the start of the next phase of SMG\u2019s remar\u00adkable jour\u00adney. The exper\u00adtise of Gimv as the new majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder will help to streng\u00adthen further inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal growth in the coming years and take the products to the next level.<\/p>\n
Daniel and Tobias Owege\u00adser, co-owners of SMG<\/strong>, explain: \u201cWe have alre\u00adady grown stron\u00adgly in recent deca\u00addes and have laid the foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adons for the successful expan\u00adsion of our busi\u00adness, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly in the USA. Toge\u00adther with our father Johann and our brot\u00adher Markus, we have deci\u00added to bring a strong part\u00adner on board in order to successfully conti\u00adnue our growth story. With Gimv at our side, we now want to take the next steps toge\u00adther towards further inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion and make targe\u00adted use of the many oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n Ronald Bartel, Part\u00adner Smart Indus\u00adtries <\/strong>(photo \u00a9 GIMV), explains: \u201cWith SMG, we are deligh\u00adted to welcome an excep\u00adtio\u00adnal and impres\u00adsive new addi\u00adtion to our Smart Indus\u00adtries plat\u00adform. We are deeply convin\u00adced by the product, the owners and the manage\u00adment team and look forward to support\u00ading SMG on its growth path.\u201d<\/p>\n About GIMV<\/strong><\/p>\n Gimv is a Euro\u00adpean invest\u00adment company listed on Euron\u00adext Brussels. As one of the market leaders, we are a part\u00adner to entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial and inno\u00adva\u00adtive compa\u00adnies in 5 future-orien\u00adted invest\u00adment areas. We curr\u00adently manage a port\u00adfo\u00adlio of around 60 compa\u00adnies with a total turno\u00adver of EUR 4.0 billion and more than 20,000 employees.<\/p>\n Gimv has been inves\u00adt\u00ading in inno\u00adva\u00adtion and entre\u00adpre\u00adneur\u00adship for over 40 years. Our flexi\u00adble approach is based on a solid balance sheet, pati\u00adent capi\u00adtal and a long-term perspec\u00adtive. Gimv is commit\u00adted to crea\u00adting sustainable value by successfully combi\u00adning the strengths of entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial, ambi\u00adtious and talen\u00adted manage\u00adment teams with our dedi\u00adca\u00adted, compe\u00adtent and well-connec\u00adted invest\u00adment teams. www.gimv.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" V\u00f6hrin\u00adgen, Bava\u00adria \u2014 Foun\u00added in 1975, SMG Sport\u00adplatz\u00adma\u00adschi\u00adnen\u00adbau GmbH (www.smg-machines.com) has long since estab\u00adlished itself as a global leader in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and manu\u00adfac\u00adture of state-of-the-art machi\u00adnes for the sports indus\u00adtry and is now used by teams such as Real Madrid, FC Bayern Munich and the Miami Dolphins. Toge\u00adther with Tobias and Daniel Owege\u00adser, who [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51672,"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-51674","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