Amster\u00addam \/ Munich \/ Marl \u2014 Marl-based Elbfrost, a leading food distri\u00adbu\u00adtor and logi\u00adstics service provi\u00adder, wants to become a supra-regio\u00adnal supplier cham\u00adpion and is brin\u00adging a new majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder on board: the leading invest\u00adment company NPM Capi\u00adtal \u2014 head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Amster\u00addam and also active in German-spea\u00adking count\u00adries since the begin\u00adning of the year \u2014 is acqui\u00adring a majo\u00adrity stake in Elbfrost. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is expec\u00adted to be comple\u00adted within the third quar\u00adter of 2025, subject to regu\u00adla\u00adtory approvals. <\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in 1990, Elbfrost has deve\u00adlo\u00adped from a local company into a regio\u00adnal market leader for frozen and dry products with over 210 employees. The company is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Marl, North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia, and opera\u00adtes four stra\u00adte\u00adgi\u00adcally loca\u00adted distri\u00adbu\u00adtion centers in western and eastern Germany. Elbfrost offers 1,400 prima\u00adrily frozen items from the product groups meat, fish, poul\u00adtry, game, fruit, vege\u00adta\u00adbles, vege\u00adta\u00adrian foods as well as potato and dough products, supple\u00admen\u00adted by an exten\u00adsive range of conve\u00adni\u00adence products. On the custo\u00admer side, the company has focu\u00adsed on commu\u00adnal cate\u00adring: univer\u00adsi\u00adties, schools, cate\u00adring compa\u00adnies, company canteens and public autho\u00adri\u00adties as well as compa\u00adnies in the cate\u00adring sector such as hospi\u00adtals and reti\u00adre\u00adment homes are among its regu\u00adlar customers. <\/p>\n
Elbfrost brought the invest\u00adment company Bencis on board as a part\u00adner around three years ago. During their time toge\u00adther, important initial steps were taken towards an inten\u00adsi\u00adfied growth stra\u00adtegy, inclu\u00adding the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of A+K K\u00e4lte-Team GmbH from the Ruhr region. With the newly concluded part\u00adner\u00adship, NPM Capi\u00adtal, toge\u00adther with the manage\u00adment, is taking over the previous shares in the frozen food specia\u00adlist and intends to usher in the next growth phase towards a leading supra-regio\u00adnal role. <\/p>\n
NPM Capi\u00adtal is a leading invest\u00adment company based in Amster\u00addam that has been successfully inves\u00adt\u00ading in fast-growing medium-sized compa\u00adnies since 1948. It is part of SHV Holding, one of Euro\u00adpe\u2019s largest priva\u00adtely mana\u00adged family busi\u00adnesses with roots in the Nether\u00adlands and acti\u00advi\u00adties in over 60 count\u00adries. As a result, NPM Capi\u00adtal has a parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly stable and secure capi\u00adtal base and can operate with a long-term invest\u00adment hori\u00adzon. The focus is on sustainable value crea\u00adtion in the areas of digi\u00adtal tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, health\u00adcare, educa\u00adtion, indus\u00adtry, food and sustainable tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. NPM Capi\u00adtal sees itself not only as an inves\u00adtor, but also as an active part\u00adner that stra\u00adte\u00adgi\u00adcally supports compa\u00adnies in growth phases \u2014 be it in expan\u00adsion, digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion or succes\u00adsion solu\u00adti\u00adons. The invest\u00adment in Elbfrost is part of NPM Capi\u00adtal\u2019s invest\u00adment area Feeding the World, which focu\u00adses on sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity and inno\u00adva\u00adtion in the global food supply chain. The opening of an office in Munich and the first successful tran\u00adsac\u00adtion marks an important step for NPM Capi\u00adtal in rolling out the successful invest\u00adment philo\u00adso\u00adphy of a family inves\u00adtor in German-spea\u00adking count\u00adries in the future. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe will provide Elbfrost with long-term support in scaling its busi\u00adness. With its opti\u00admi\u00adzed product port\u00adfo\u00adlio, effi\u00adci\u00adent proces\u00adses and broad custo\u00admer base, the company is ideally posi\u00adtio\u00adned to take advan\u00adtage of the growth oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties in the German food\u00adser\u00advice sector,\u201d explains Alexis Milko\u00advic <\/strong>(photo \u00a9 NPM Capi\u00adtal), Head of NPM Capi\u00adtal\u2019s Munich office, Part\u00adner and Coun\u00adtry\u00adhead<\/strong>. In addi\u00adtion to him, two other invest\u00adment profes\u00adsio\u00adnals are alre\u00adady working on site: Phil\u00adipp Gau\u00df as Invest\u00adment Direc\u00adtor and Vincent Falcke as Asso\u00adciate. \u201cWe want to expand the team further and are alre\u00adady working on the next tran\u00adsac\u00adtions,\u201d says Milkovic. <\/p>\n About NPM Capital About Bencis The ARQIS team, led by part\u00adner Dr. J\u00f6rn-Chris\u00adtian Schulze, regu\u00adlarly acts for Bencis, in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar also on the entry into Elbfrost 2022.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor Bencis: ARQIS (D\u00fcssel\u00addorf) MARCK<\/strong> (D\u00fcssel\u00addorf): Dr. Georg Schmitt\u00admann (Anti\u00adtrust Law)<\/p>\n POELLATH<\/strong> (Munich): Dr. Barbara Koch-Schulte, Dr. Michael de Toma (Consul\u00adting Management)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amster\u00addam \/ Munich \/ Marl \u2014 Marl-based Elbfrost, a leading food distri\u00adbu\u00adtor and logi\u00adstics service provi\u00adder, wants to become a supra-regio\u00adnal supplier cham\u00adpion and is brin\u00adging a new majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder on board: the leading invest\u00adment company NPM Capi\u00adtal \u2014 head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Amster\u00addam and also active in German-spea\u00adking count\u00adries since the begin\u00adning of the year \u2014 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56320,"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-56350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n Bencis is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment firm that supports owners and manage\u00adment teams in achie\u00adving their growth objec\u00adti\u00adves. With offices in Amster\u00addam, Brussels and D\u00fcssel\u00addorf, Bencis has been inves\u00adt\u00ading in strong and successful compa\u00adnies in the Nether\u00adlands, Belgium and Germany since 1999. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit www.bencis.com. <\/p>\n
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\n Deal Team: Dr. J\u00f6rn-Chris\u00adtian Schulze (Part\u00adner, Lead), Dr. Maxi\u00admi\u00adlian Back\u00adhaus (Mana\u00adging Asso\u00adciate), Tim Meyer-Meisel (Asso\u00adciate, all Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Part\u00adners: Thomas Chwa\u00adlek (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Dr. Ulrich Lien\u00adhard (Real Estate), Coun\u00adsel: Malte Grie\u00adpen\u00adburg (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Jens Knip\u00adping (Tax), Nora Strat\u00admann (Commer\u00adcial, Munich), Martin Wein\u00adg\u00e4rt\u00adner (HR Law), Mana\u00adging Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes: Tim Brese\u00admann (Real Estate), Marina Bume\u00adder (HR Law, Munich), Rolf Tichy (IP, Munich), Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes: Ivo Erte\u00adkin, Stef\u00adfen Schu\u00adbert (both Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Rebecca Gester (Commer\u00adcial, Munich), Senior Legal Specia\u00adlist: Qing Xia (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions)<\/p>\n