Amsterdam\/ Munich \u2014 BUKO Traf\u00adfic & Safety (\u201cBUKO\u201d), a leading provi\u00adder of outsour\u00adced traf\u00adfic and safety manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons in the Nether\u00adlands and the UK, acqui\u00adres BVT Bremer Verkehrs\u00adtech\u00adnik GmbH (\u201cBVT\u201d). Follo\u00adwing the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of UK-based Road Traf\u00adfic Solu\u00adti\u00adons Ltd (\u201cRTS\u201d) at the begin\u00adning of 2024, BUKO is conti\u00adnuing its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion by ente\u00adring the German market. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose details of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. TEXT BUKO Traf\u00adfic & Safety, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Baren\u00add\u00adrecht, the Nether\u00adlands, has around 450 employees and successfully carries out seve\u00adral thousand projects every year. With its two divi\u00adsi\u00adons, BUKO Infra\u00adsup\u00adport and BUKO Waakt, the company is a leading provi\u00adder of outsour\u00adced traf\u00adfic and safety manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons in its home market, the Nether\u00adlands. BUKO Infra\u00adsup\u00adport, foun\u00added in 1991, specia\u00adli\u00adzes in tempo\u00adrary traf\u00adfic manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons. With its compre\u00adhen\u00adsive port\u00adfo\u00adlio of services \u2014 from the design, plan\u00adning, permit\u00adting, supply, coll\u00adec\u00adtion and manage\u00adment of neces\u00adsary road signage and safety equip\u00adment for on-site road\u00adworks, to inno\u00adva\u00adtive digi\u00adtal traf\u00adfic manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 BUKO Infra\u00adsup\u00adport prima\u00adrily serves contrac\u00adtors and autho\u00adri\u00adties invol\u00adved in utility-rela\u00adted, urban and rural road\u00adworks. BUKO Waakt specia\u00adli\u00adzes in tempo\u00adrary secu\u00adrity solu\u00adti\u00adons with a focus on camera surveil\u00adlance, intru\u00adsion detec\u00adtion systems and access control systems, which are mainly used on cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion sites. In Febru\u00adary 2023, the Equis\u00adtone funds acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in BUKO. Since then, the company has been pursuing an ambi\u00adtious growth stra\u00adtegy, focu\u00adsing prima\u00adrily on expan\u00adding its geogra\u00adphi\u00adcal presence in the Dutch dome\u00adstic market and targe\u00adted expan\u00adsion into promi\u00adsing, high-growth neigh\u00adbor\u00ading count\u00adries. In March 2024, BUKO laid an important foun\u00adda\u00adtion for its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion with the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of UK-based RTS, a specia\u00adlist in traf\u00adfic and event manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons with seven loca\u00adti\u00adons and 175 employees. With the recent acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of BVT and the estab\u00adlish\u00adment of a geogra\u00adphi\u00adcal presence in Germany, BUKO is reali\u00adzing another stra\u00adte\u00adgi\u00adcally important mile\u00adstone in its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal growth stra\u00adtegy. BVT is a provi\u00adder of high-quality services in the field of tempo\u00adrary traf\u00adfic manage\u00adment. By focu\u00adsing on \u201clow-speed traf\u00adfic situa\u00adtions\u201d toge\u00adther with a high level of custo\u00admer orien\u00adta\u00adtion, BVT has deve\u00adlo\u00adped into a leading part\u00adner for its custo\u00admers, which include gene\u00adral contrac\u00adtors, local autho\u00adri\u00adties and event orga\u00adni\u00adzers. BVT opera\u00adtes from a total of three loca\u00adti\u00adons and curr\u00adently employs around 75 people. \u201cWe are deligh\u00adted to have ente\u00adred into a part\u00adner\u00adship with BVT and to be ente\u00adring the German market as a result. There is a high level of agree\u00adment between the compa\u00adnies in terms of stra\u00adte\u00adgic direc\u00adtion, corpo\u00adrate culture and a shared vision for the future. Toge\u00adther, we want to further expand and deve\u00adlop BUKO\u2019s presence in Germany over the coming years,\u201d explains Robert Emme\u00adrich, CEO of BUKO. <\/p>\n
Tanja Berg, Direc\u00adtor in Equis\u00adto\u00adne\u2019s Munich office <\/strong>(photo\u00a9 Equis\u00adtone), comm\u00adents: \u201cFollo\u00adwing its successful entry into the UK market earlier this year, BUKO has now found the ideal part\u00adner to enter the German market with BVT. The Equis\u00adtone funds are deligh\u00adted to support BUKO in its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal growth ambi\u00adti\u00adons through a targe\u00adted buy & build stra\u00adtegy, conti\u00adnuing the company\u2019s excep\u00adtio\u00adnal track record in the Dutch home market inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally.\u201d The Equis\u00adtone funds team<\/strong> includes Hubert van Wolfs\u00adwin\u00adkel, Tanja Berg and Josh Aalbers. Advi\u00adsors to BUKO: PwC<\/strong> (Finan\u00adcial & Tax), De Ange\u00adlis<\/strong> (Legal), Roland Berger<\/strong> (Commer\u00adcial) and Rauten\u00adberg<\/strong> (M&A). About Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe The Equis\u00adtone funds invest prima\u00adrily in estab\u00adlished medium-sized compa\u00adnies with a good market posi\u00adtion, above-average growth poten\u00adtial and an enter\u00adprise value of between EUR 50 and 500 million. Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 2002, the funds have inves\u00adted equity in more than 180 tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. The port\u00adfo\u00adlio of Equis\u00adtone funds curr\u00adently compri\u00adses around 40 compa\u00adnies across Europe. www.equistonepe.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amsterdam\/ Munich \u2014 BUKO Traf\u00adfic & Safety (\u201cBUKO\u201d), a leading provi\u00adder of outsour\u00adced traf\u00adfic and safety manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons in the Nether\u00adlands and the UK, acqui\u00adres BVT Bremer Verkehrs\u00adtech\u00adnik GmbH (\u201cBVT\u201d). Follo\u00adwing the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of UK-based Road Traf\u00adfic Solu\u00adti\u00adons Ltd (\u201cRTS\u201d) at the begin\u00adning of 2024, BUKO is conti\u00adnuing its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion by ente\u00adring the German [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1369,2635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52750","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-investors","category-corporate-finance-mergers-acquisitions-en-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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