Unlocking Growth. Creating Leaders.
CGS is an independent, experienced industry partner based in Pfaeffikon, at the lake of Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in transforming medium-sized companies into international leaders. Since 1999, CGS funds have been investing in platform companies across Europe’s regions, driving global expansion through strategic add-on acquisitions worldwide.
What sets CGS apart is its unique combination of financial strategists and operational managers. We don’t just invest—we actively shape and guide companies, combining financial expertise with hands-on industry knowledge and expertise to unlock their full potential.
TEAM
WHO’S WHO
- We turn companies into international industrial groups in carefully selected niches using a consistent Buy & Build approach.
- Together with the companies, we draw up strategies for their long-term, sustainable development.
- We help companies implement the strategy and contribute our operational experience to achieve outstanding added value.
- We invest in small to medium-sized companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (the DACH region) with turnovers ranging from EUR 10 to 80 million.
- As “Business Builders” we transform the companies into market-leading industrial groups in their niche, usually with two to four add-on investments worldwide.
- We only invest in industries in which we have operational experience: automation, construction supplies, industrial equipment, plastics, machinery, apparatus, and accessories as well as measurement and control systems/sensors.
CGS has invested to date in a great deal more than 30 individual companies, forming them into over a dozen industrial groups.
The five groups we have sold as yet are holding their ground successfully in the market: Bourdon-Haenni, Electronicparc, Maag, Schöttli, and mdexx.
“We built up a strong company during the years of our partnership with CGS.”
Ueli Thürig, Maag CEO
After their time together at Hilti, Rico Casparis, Peter Gloor, and Udo Schreyer founded CGS in 1995. Initially active in restructuring, the first fund in 1999 formed the foundation of today’s success. From the outset, the focus was on small to medium-sized companies with the goal of forming them into international groups using a clear Buy & Build strategy and the team’s industrial experience.