Wirtz is a Germany-based, highly reputable manufacturer of fully automated production solutions, specializing in high-precision stretch bending and surface finishing applications. The Company maintains a sizeable installed base of production systems for its customers active in the global automotive and surface finishing markets. The transaction was closed on 30 November 2023.
Matthias Kreye, Managing Director of Capmont Opportunities, states: “Thomas Wirtz has built out a company with an outstanding track record of delivering the highest levels of quality, automation and flexibility. We are particularly impressed by the Company’s deep and strong ties with its customers and its ability to generate real and tangible value-add for them in highly demanding applications.”
“I am proud of our achievements over the past four decades,” says Thomas Wirtz, owner of Wirtz Werkzeugbau GmbH. “The Company is very well positioned in attractive niche markets related to the use of stretch bending and surface finishing machines for the automotive and surface finishing industries, which are projected to grow at attractive rates over the coming years. I am delighted to have found the best solution for my succession and for our employees. Under the new leadership of Capmont, I am confident that the Company will continue its success, grow and expand into new markets.”
Capmont intends to further grow the Company and broaden its scope. Its dedicated operating team has identified specific value creation levers which are expected to have a strong positive impact on the growth and profitability of the Company, including implementing a new sales strategy, developing new products and entering new markets.
About Wirtz Werkzeugbau GmbH
Wirtz Werkzeugbau GmbH is a highly reputable family-owned manufacturer of fully automated production solutions, specializing in high-precision stretch bending and surface finishing applications. Founded in 1979, the third generation of the Wirtz family are now involved in the business and have successfully driven its development in recent years. At its headquarters in Krefeld, Germany, more than 50 employees cover the entire value chain from planning, development, production and assembly of production systems and tools to after-sales support for the company’s fully automated production systems.
www.wirtz-werkzeugbau.de
About Capmont
Capmont GmbH (Capmont) is an entrepreneurial alternative asset management platform with over EUR 4.0 billion in assets under management. It is focused on Europe and its investment strategies include: Value, Technology, Real Estate and Special Situations. Capmont Opportunities is Capmont's special situations strategy and invests specifically and highly selectively in companies that offer significant operational and financial upside potential, where an active investment approach can create sustainable value. Capmont Opportunities invests in small and medium-sized companies in the DACH region and surrounding European countries that show substantial potential with regard to sales and earnings improvement. Typically, the team becomes active in the context of corporate carve-outs, successions, MBOs and MBIs. Capmont Opportunities is an active hands-on investor with an own operational team on site in its portfolio companies and supports them not only with capital but also with operational and strategic know-how.
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