Würth Elektronik ICS takes over MRS Electronic

Frank­furt a.M. — As part of the tran­sac­tion, Würth is taking over the MRS head­quar­ters in Rott­weil as well as the company loca­ti­ons in Croa­tia, Poland and Turkey. MRS Elec­tro­nic will become part of the Würth Group, but will remain an inde­pen­dent company within Würth Elek­tro­nik ICS. — McDer­mott Will & Schulte advi­sed Würth Elek­tro­nik ICS GmbH & Co KG, a subsi­diary of the Würth Group, on the acqui­si­tion of the MRS Elec­tro­nic Group. The closing of the tran­sac­tion is still subject to the appr­oval of the rele­vant anti­trust authorities. 

MRS Elec­tro­nic has been deve­lo­ping and produ­cing control, commu­ni­ca­tion and networ­king solu­ti­ons for elec­tro­nic vehicle systems for over 25 years, inclu­ding compact control­lers, relays, gate­ways, HMI displays and test systems for power semi­con­duc­tors. There has been a close supplier and deve­lo­p­ment part­ner­ship between MRS Elec­tro­nic and Würth Elek­tro­nik ICS for over 15 years 

Würth Elek­tro­nik ICS, head­quar­te­red in Niedern­hall-Wald­­zim­­mern and with bran­ches in France, the UK, Italy, the USA and India, is a system provi­der of elec­tro­me­cha­ni­cal and elec­tro­nic solu­ti­ons for signal and power distri­bu­tion, func­tion control, display and opera­ting solu­ti­ons. Its main custo­mers include well-known manu­fac­tu­r­ers of cons­truc­tion and agri­cul­tu­ral machi­nery and commer­cial vehic­les. In 2025, the Würth Elek­tro­nik Group gene­ra­ted sales of EUR 1.06 billion. 

Advi­sor Würth Elek­tro­nik ICS GmbH & Co KG: McDer­mott Will & Schulte, Frankfurt

Dr. Chris­tian Marz­lin (Lead), Florian Lech­ner, Isabelle Suzanne Müller(Counsel; all Corporate/M&A), Dr. Laura Stamm­witz, Carina Kant (Düsseldorf/Cologne; both Anti­trust), Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Clos­ter­meyer (Real Estate), Dr. Heiko Kermer (Tax), Stef­fen Woitz, LL.M. (IP/IT, Munich), Dr. Chris­tian Dries­­sen-Rolf (Employ­ment Law); Asso­cia­tes: Jenni­fer Rogal­ski (Corporate/M&A), Matthias M. Bosbach (Finance, Düssel­dorf), Caro­lin Schu­ma­cher (Anti­trust Law, Colo­gne), Carina Schüt­ze­berg (Real Estate Law) 

McDer­mott Will & Schulte, USA: Meir Lewit­tes (Corporate/M&A/Private Equity, New York), Gregory Helt­zer, Anthony Ferrara (both Anti­trust, Washing­ton, DC), Timo­thy Carson (Coun­sel, Anti­trust, Washing­ton, DC), Raymond Paretzky(Counsel, Inter­na­tio­nal Trade, Washing­ton, DC); Asso­ciate: Mitch DaSilva (Tran­sac­tions, New York)

McDer­mott Will & Schulte, Paris: Frédé­ric Pradel­les; Asso­ciate: Mary Hecht (both Antitrust)

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