September 19, 2006
The Equita Fund 3 managed by Equita Management GmbH, a holding company belonging to the Harald Quandt group based in Bad Homburg, together with members of the existing PMA management will take over the PMA group based in Uster/Switzerland from the Fränkische Rohrwerke Gebr. Kirchner GmbH & Co. KG. The various parties reached an undisclosed agreement upon the valuation and other details of the transaction.
July 12, 2006
EQUITA, the private equity company of the Harald Quandt Group, has sold a 19.7% stake in German sawmill and wood working enterprise Klenk Holz AG via the Klenk family to WestLB AG. The remaining 10% stake was sold to the Klenk Holz AG itself as treasury stock. EQUITA was invested in Klenk Holz AG through its investment fund EQUITA Beteiligungen Fonds 2 KG. The Klenk family shareholders maintain their 70.3% holding.
May 2, 2006
In association with the company’smanagement, Equita Fonds 3, a fund advised by Equita Management GmbH, has acquiredZ&J Technologies GmbH, Düren, a leading German producer of industrial valves knownunder the “Zimmermann & Jansen” brand name, from Hochtemperatur Engineering GmbH(HTE), a portfolio company owned by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG). Anannouncement to this effect was released today. The parties to the deal agreed not to disclosethe volume of the deal or any other details of the transaction.
April 25, 2006
In a joint deal with company management, Equita Fonds 3, a fund advised by Equita Management GmbH, a private equity company under the umbrella of the Harald Quandt Group, is to acquire the Boart Longyear HMSR (Hardmaterials and Softrock Tools) and Boart Ceramics GmbH divisions from Longyear Holdings, INC, Salt Lake City.
September 1, 2005
Equita Management GmbH (EQUITA), the private equity company of Harald Quandt Holding, is making changes at the executive level. Joining Dr. Michael Hönig (54) on the EQUITA management team is Dr. Hansjörg Schnabel (39).
August 17, 2005
Equita KGaA, an investment company, closely associated with the Harald Quandt family, and the Neumayer founding family sold all shares of Neumayer Tekfor GmbH to Funds advised by Barclays Private Equity. The Management Team took part in the transaction.
January 1, 2005
New owner of the Austrian specialist for cooling cabinets, AHT, will be a Fund managed by Equita Management GmbH, Bad Homburg (“Equita”). AHT management will continue as minority shareholders. The new owner will take over the shares of AHT Management GmbH, the holding company of the operating subsidiary AHT Cooling Systems GmbH & Co. KG, as of 1 January 2005 from the former owner Quadriga Capital.
December 22, 2004
Halder has sold its stake in Geka Brush GmbH through a secondary buy-out to a fund managed by Equita.
December 10, 2004
As part of its concentration on core business areas, IWKA Aktiengesellschaft, Karlsruhe, has sold VAG-Armaturen GmbH, Mannheim, including its subsidiaries Jihomoravská armaturka spol. sr. o., Hodonin/Czech Republic, and VAG Water Systems (Taicang) Co., Ltd./China, effective as of January 1, 2005.
August 1, 2004
EQUITA, the private equity company of the Harald Quandt Group, acquired OKIN Gesellschaft für Antriebstechnik mbH & Co. KG from the publicly traded INDUS Holding AG. Equita made the acquisition through its investment fund Equita Beteiligungen Fonds 2.
