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Schmidt + Bartl

Successful sale of Schmidt + Bartl to VR Equitypartner and UnternehmensGut

Successful sale of Schmidt + Bartl to VR Equitypartner and UnternehmensGut: DZ BANK advises owners in competitive international bidding processsGut: DZ BANK berät Eigentümer im Rahmen eines kompetitiven, internationalen Bieterverfahrens

DZ BANK advises the shareholders of Schmidt + Bartl on the sale of their shares to VR Equitypartner and UnternehmensGut.

chmidt + Bartl, founded in 1985, has been distributing semi-finished plastic products, plastic piping systems and elastomers for almost 40 years. Furthermore, Schmidt + Bartl has been producing technical plastic and elastomer parts for over 15 years, using a wide range of machinery from CNC milling machines to 3D printers.

As part of the transaction, the managing partner Sigrid Schmidt sells her ownership stake. Her long-standing co-managing director Heribert Rottler remains involved in the company as managing director as well as through his reinvestment.

VR Equitypartner is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DZ BANK and, as an equity capital partner, specializes in growth financing, changes of ownership and succession solutions for established medium-sized companies in the GSA region. UnternehmensGut is a long-term SME investor that acquires shares in established companies based in Germany.

Responsible on the part of DZ BANK were Dr. Wolfgang Wybranietz, Jochen Bensch, David Bechert and Kristina Derichs.

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Dr. Wolfgang Wybranietz, DZ BANK

„I am pleased that we have found a successful succession solution for Schmidt + Bartl. I am confident that the further dynamic development of Schmidt + Bartl will benefit from the new owners.“

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David Bechert, DZ BANK AG

„In the case of Schmidt + Bartl, we were able to sell a successful hidden gem, not least thanks to the active support of Volksbank Schwarzwald-Donau-Neckar. We are all the more pleased that, in the competitive bidding process, VR Equitypartner and UnternehmensGut were able to establish themselves as the best new home for the company. “

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