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Four industrial pearls

Thomas Anderegg, Managing Partner

Over the last few months, CGS has laid the groundwork for highly promising industrial groups. It has taken on a majority stake in four industrial pearls: InnoLas Solutions, schoen + sandt machinery, Stürtz Maschinenbau, and A + F Automation + Fördertechnik. All of these companies have carved out market niches with their pioneering technological prowess, making them perfect candidates for add-on growth to form industrial heavyweights.

The industrial cluster-building specialist CGS has the expertise, industrial experience, network, and financial strength to enable the four enterprises’s development and internationalization process.

In each company, the current owners will stay on board with a minority stake. Together with them and the existing management teams, CGS will work to develop and pursue a well-defined and customized Buy & Build strategy for each company. Targeted addon acquisitions will catalyze these companies’s growth into solid and technologically leading industrial groups doing business around the world. Each group’s owners will be aiming for above-average growth in the coming years. Internally generated sales growth and acquisitions are to play a role here.

INNOLAS SOLUTIONS – HIGH-PRECISION LASER TECHNOLOGY
InnoLas Solutions is specialized in laser systems for high-precision materials processing for micro applications and will be at the heart of a new industrial group for laser technology. Their machines manufacture solar panels for photovoltaic systems, produce ceramic components of anti-lock braking systems in the automobile industry, and much more. InnoLas Solutions enjoys a reputation as an innovative partner with top-class technical expertise, providing a broad, flexible spectrum of products and expert advice.

InnoLas Solutions’s futuristic rotating laser machines produce solar panels and help form our energy future.

Innovation, growth, and new markets
InnoLas Solutions will invest more heavily in innovation and the constant further development of machine platforms. The photovoltaic business is to exploit its potential and continue to see strong growth due to the technological advances in crystalline solar cells and thin-film technology. The enterprise will cross-use existing skills more and more, applying them within the electronics and printer circuit board divisions as well.
see www.innolas-solutions.de for more information

SCHOEN + SANDT – FLEXIBLE CUTTING SOLUTIONS
schoen + sandt machinery is a specialized manufacturer of die-cutting machines for non-metallic materials and a market leader in flooring die cutting. The machines boast a highly diverse range of applications in industries ranging from automobiles to plastics, packaging, abrasives, and textiles.

Comprehensive cutting solutions provider
schoen + sandt is to provide the foundations for a leading, internationally active group that can offer cutting solutions for the full range of non-metallic materials with comprehensive service. Die cutting is the method of choice for large production quantities. Yet other methods are more suitable for certain materials or volumes. This is why other technologies such as knife and laser cutting and abrasive jet machining are to be added. The market for die-cutting machines is highly fragmented and offers advantageous conditions for strategic add-on acquisitions.
see www.schoen-sandt.com for more information

STÜRTZ – AUTOMATED PVC WINDOW MANUFACTURING
Stürtz Maschinenbau is an innovative provider of fully automated production sites for plastic window manufacturing. Its core expertise is meeting clients’ needs with individually customized plants at varying levels of automation. The company’s close cooperation with clients on-site and its comprehensive service accelerate development processes. Its portfolio of clients includes large international companies as well as small, local window manufacturers. Stürtz’s most recently launched project is the development of a new production line for Bayerwald, one of Germany’s largest window manufacturers.

Technological leadership
Demand for PVC windows is skyrocketing and with it the market for automated manufacturing solutions. At the same time, the challenge to stay at the head of the pack is growing greater. Stürtz has obtained CGS as a powerful partner to strengthen its innovative capacities and to stride confidently towards its future as an internationally operating and technologically leading PVC window producing industrial group.
see www.stuertz.com for more information

Stürtz Maschinenbau – single-source PVC window manufacturing, from planning to operational launches of production lines.

A + F – HIGH-END PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
A + F Automation + Fördertechnik is a leading manufacturer of high-grade end-of-line packaging machines and systems intended primarily for the dairy and food industries. The company has an excellent reputation thanks to its expertise in the development and production of manufacturing lines and systems for high-quality packages. All the significant businesses in these industries are A + F clients.

Next growth phase
After a successful turnaround to strong growth, A + F is now embarking on the next step to expand its operations. The company will build on its strong market position in Germany, Europe’s largest dairy product market, to go global. The very nature of the packaging market is undergoing transformations such as trends towards sustainability and new packaging designs. The packaging machine industry stands to benefit enormously from these developments.
see www.af-gmbh.de for more information

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