Prospects for
family businesses

Actome GmbH based in Freiburg, an innovative biotech start-up in the field of protein analysis, has managed to secure its business continuation and obtain long-term finance in the course of a structured process to find a new investor. The transaction was accompanied by WINTERGERST Societät für Unternehmer-Beratung. The finance was secured from a consortium of former shareholders and members of management and has secured the continuity of the company for the long term.

The solution means that core competencies, ongoing research projects and the entire workforce and extensive patent portfolio can be retained. This has laid the foundation needed to secure operations for the long term and open up sustainable prospects for the company’s future.

The Rücker family is handing over its dairy operations, consisting of Rücker GmbH in Aurich and Ostsee-Molkerei Wismar, to MEGGLE Holding SE, based in Wasserburg am Inn. This move should ensure that the future of the economically-sound family-owned company remains secure. WINTERGERST provided comprehensive support and advice with all aspects of the sales process. The takeover creates one of the largest privately-owned dairy operations in Germany.

WINTERGERST provided comprehensive advice to VENTA Luftwäscher GmbH, based in Weingarten (Baden-Württemberg), as part of a structured and internationally oriented M&A process. The company was sold to members of the management and the managing director and sole shareholder of Luftbefeuchtung Proklima GmbH, as they presented the most convincing concept for the future. This ensures the company’s continuity and strengthens the capital base for further growth. The takeover creates a strong alliance between two traditional brands in the air treatment sector: VENTA, which is well known in the B2C end customer business, and BRUNE, which has been established in the B2B end customer business for almost 100 years for professional air humidification and dehumidification. Both brands complement each other strategically and open up a wide range of growth prospects at home and abroad.

The SOLO Group, a family-managed business with a long tradition based in Sindelfingen, becomes a part of the Brazilian Jacto Group. With this strategic acquisition, Jacto has reinforced its foothold in the European market and expanded its product portfolio to include high-quality sprayers and plant protection technology. In the course of an international sales process, WINTERGERST Societät für Unternehmer-Beratung provided extensive advisory services to the shareholders of the SOLO Group.

Within the course of an extensive investor search process, WINTERGERST Societät für Unternehmer-Beratung was able to arrange a sale of the traditional Wehrle Group to Swiss-based Sontex SA.