GESCO SE acquires Eckart GmbH
|
EQS-Ad-hoc: GESCO SE / Key word(s): Investment/Takeover GESCO SE announces the conclusion of an agreement to acquire Eckart GmbH. Headquartered in Schlüchtern, Hesse, the company specialises in the development, production and sale of hydraulic swivel motors/rotary drives and valve actuators as well as linear swivel units. These products are used in a wide variety of mobile machinery applications, for example in all areas of mining, but also in intralogistics, in the construction machinery segment and in stationary mechanical engineering applications. In recent years, Eckart GmbH has achieved sales of around 20 million euros per year with a healthy and reliable operating profit margin. The company currently employs 137 people, who work primarily in production, assembly and quality assurance due to the high level of vertical integration. The current Managing Director Markus Eckart will continue to manage the company in the future. The acquisition of Eckart GmbH is an important step in GESCO SE's strategic growth strategy, as last explained in detail at the Annual General Meeting on 25 June 2025. This acquisition will take retroactive effect from 1 January 2025 and will strengthen the Industrial Assets & Infrastructure segment.Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. End of Inside Information Information and Explanation of the Issuer to this announcement: GESCO SE is pleased to announce the acquisition of Eckart GmbH, a company that has made a name for itself with its innovative solutions in the field of hydraulic systems. Eckart specialises primarily in hydraulic swivel motors/rotary drives and the special combination of lifting and swivel units. Swivelling motors account for the lion's share of sales, but the combination of integrated lifting and swivelling motors, which is less important in terms of sales, represents a technologically strongly differentiating feature in the competitive environment with disproportionately high growth potential. Eckart GmbH serves major customers worldwide, including leading mechanical engineering companies. These long-term business relationships and the high level of innovation position the company as a strong player in the market. With distribution centres in strategic markets such as the USA, China, France and Italy, Eckart GmbH is well positioned to meet global requirements. CEO Johannes Pfeffer emphasises the importance of this acquisition: "Eckart GmbH provides an excellent fit with the GESCO catalogue of requirements for M&A targets - particularly with regard to the criteria 'differentiation-defining value creation', 'innovative capability' and 'customer success-relevant offering' - and therefore fits perfectly into our portfolio. Eckart's expertise in hydraulic drive technology complements our existing business areas and underlines the importance of GESCO as a partner for SMEs in succession planning. We believe in Eckart's development potential and want to help the company gain further market share and develop innovative products." The takeover is also underpinned by strong financial figures. Eckart has increased sales by almost 6% p.a. over the last 10 years and most recently achieved consolidated annual sales of around 20 million euros. The company has a high equity ratio of 90.6%, which emphasises its financial solidity and potential for future growth. Markus Eckart, representative of the shareholder family and current managing director, expressed his satisfaction: "I am very pleased that we have found the ideal buyer for our company in GESCO. It was important to us that Eckart ends up in hands that will develop the company sustainably and value the many years of expertise of the employees. We were convinced by the fact that GESCO will retain Eckart's identity and will not limit its entrepreneurial freedom but rather ensure its success. I am convinced that Eckart will continue to develop successfully within the GESCO Group." This step is not only a strategic expansion of the GESCO portfolio, but also an important step in the growth strategy pursued, which explicitly focuses on inorganic growth as well as organic growth.
About GESCO: GESCO SE is an industrial group with market and technology leading companies in the capital goods industry with a focus on materials refinement & distribution, life science & healthcare and industrial assets & infrastructure. As a Prime Standard-listed company, GESCO SE offers institutional and private investors access to a portfolio of hidden champions in the industrial SME sector.
Contact GESCO: Peter Alex
01-Jul-2025 CET/CEST The EQS Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. |
| Language: | English |
| Company: | GESCO SE |
| Johannisberg 7 | |
| 42103 Wuppertal | |
| Germany | |
| Phone: | +49 (0)202 24820 18 |
| Fax: | +49 (0)202 2482049 |
| E-mail: | ir@gesco.de |
| Internet: | www.gesco.de |
| ISIN: | DE000A1K0201 |
| WKN: | A1K020 |
| Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange |
| EQS News ID: | 2163480 |
| End of Announcement | EQS News Service |
|
|
2163480 01-Jul-2025 CET/CEST
