Nord Holding

NORD Holding, founded in 1969, is a Private Equity Asset Manager in Germany with over €2.0bn Assets under Management. The company focuses on direct and fund investments, specializing in structuring and financing company successions, acquiring parts of larger groups/subsidiaries, and providing expansion financing for medium-sized companies. As an "evergreen fund," NORD Holding invests from its own balance sheet with no maturity restrictions. With interests in more than 20 companies in the DACH region, the Fund Investments division targets the small-cap segment of the European private equity market through primaries, secondaries, and co-investments. Acting as an anchor investor, the company places a strong emphasis on emerging buyout managers and hands-on investment strategies to maximize risk-adjusted returns. Managing €1.3 billion, NORD Holding ranks among the best performing fund investment groups in Europe, providing value-adding investment opportunities with a focus on buyout-like returns and diversification.

Thomas Bagusch

Managing Director

Rainer Effinger

Managing Partner

Maximilian Frey

Principal

Christoph Grunewald

Investment Director, Mid-Cap & Analyst

Markus Lipp

Investment Manager

Moritz Merkert

Senior Investment Manager

Philipp von Mitzlaff

Partner

Francisco Rosique Sanz

Investment Manager

Martin Scheffler

Investment Manager

Kyron Schimmel

Investment Associate

André Seidel

Partner

Jan-Philipp Wilckens

Operating Partner

Christoph Witt

Chief Financial Officer & Partner

David Wössner

Investment Manager

61 past transactions

MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG manufactures and develops hot-runner systems, PET molds, and injection molding tools. The company provides plastic molds for pharmaceutical, beverage, and food product packaging. It also offers service in mold service, local service, mold conversion, and mold refurbishment. MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG was founded in 1996 and is based in Hochheim, Germany.

Human Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2015
Human Solutions Group (HSG) is a software solution provider addressing product development applications in the fashion and automotive industry. The core competencies of HSG include anthropometry (measurement of the human body), ergonomics, body scanning, and 3D human simulation. For the fashion industry, the company enables digital clothing line development and facilitates significant cost reduction and faster time-to-market. For the automotive industry, HSG offers software optimization tools for vehicle cockpits via a 3D human model for testing the reachability of control elements and crash behavior.

Olsen

Acquisition in 2016
Olsen is a women’s fashion industry that operates women's wear brand. It also combines authentic European design, innovative fabrication, and enduring quality to create stylish wardrobe solutions for the modern woman. In addition, the brand features a broad range of fashions for trend and quality conscious women. Olsen is available in over 40 countries worldwide and operates as a wholesale business in France, Great Britain, Canada, Poland, Switzerland, and the United States. Olsen was founded on January 1, 1959, and is headquartered in Hamburg, Canada.

Wemas Absperrtechnik

Acquisition in 2011
WEMAS is market leader in Germany for integrated, certified solutions for road shut-off technology. The broad range of products mainly includes shutters, fall arrestors, lights, footplates and traffic cones. The core business is supplemented by other plastic products such as mortar baths, protective devices for the logistics sector, as well as articles for horse sport. The sales are exclusively for customers as well as for the trade. At the headquarters in Gütersloh, more than 120 employees work on the satisfaction of WEMAS customers.

NEC MED PHARMA

Acquisition in 2016
Nec Med Pharma Gmbh sells and markets pharmaceuticals and medical products. It also maintains a large network between manufacturers of pharmaceutical products and pharmacies. Nec Med Pharma Gmbh was founded in 2001 and is based in Höchstadt, Germany.

Jumpers Fitness

Acquisition in 2013
Jumpers Fitness operates fitness gyms and provides affordable fitness training. Since its foundation in 2005, Jumpers Group today has about 26,000 members and ten health clubs, nine of which are located in Bavaria with the remaining one located in Baden-Württemberg. Two new locations in Augsburg and Nuremberg were opened last year.

ZG Zentrum Gesundheit

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
ZG Zentrum Gesundheit GmbH owns and operates eye clinics in Germany. The services include outpatient treatment of inflammation, cataract, glaucoma, diabetic and age-related retinal diseases, and refractive errors. The company also provides ophthalmic surgical care services. ZG Zentrum Gesundheit GmbH was founded in 1997 and is based in Leer, Germany with additional centers in Oldenburg, Westerstede, Leer, Bad Zwischenahn, Meppen, Bremen, Emden, Norden, and Wildeshausen, Germany.

Leobersdorfer Machinenfabrik

Acquisition in 2004
Leobersdorfer Machinenfabrik is an Austrian-based niche manufacturer and distributor of industrial compressors primarily for end applications in the oil & gas industry. The Company is a technological and innovation leader in its niche markets and enjoys strong customer relationships with a well-diversified, largely blue-chip customer base. The Company has been building compressor systems for more than 60 years and its products are used in a large variety of businesses where there is a need for efficient and reliable high-pressure compression of gases for industrial processes. LMF’s products have a long track record of deployment in extreme conditions such as the production of oil & gas under extreme heat and ship mounted systems that are used for the seismic exploration of offshore natural reserves. Leobersdorfer Machinenfabrik is based in Leobersdorf, Niederosterreich, Austria.

Fritz Hiltl Hosenfabrik

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Fritz Hiltl Hosenfabrik is a German company that manufactures trousers. Since 1955, it has been working to tailor men's trousers with a tailor-made cutting-edge system that ensures a perfect fit for every fit and leg length.

Engelmann Sensor

Private Equity Round in 2014
Engelmann Sensor GmbH designs, manufactures, and distributes electronic heat meters, water meters, and metering components for residential applications.

Parador

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Parador GmbH manufactures laminated and engineered wood flooring products. It also offers resilient floor coverings, click-board and panels, and other floors. The company provides its products for indoor and outdoor applications. It offers its products through dealers and catalogues worldwide. The company was founded in 1977 and is based in Coesfeld, Germany. Parador GmbH is a former subsidiary of hülsta-werke Hüls GmbH & Co. KG.

Kleffmann Group

Private Equity Round in 2012
Kleffmann Group is a market research company that provides agricultural market research services for customers. They also provide their clients with key information and insights on multiple agricultural sectors, including agricultural machinery, seed, horticulture, crop protection, and animal health. Kleffmann Group offers a broad portfolio of customized AdHoc research solutions. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Lüdinghausen, Germany.

Paper+Design

Acquisition in 2005
Paper+Design is a graphic design company that manufactures, markets, and sells high-end printed table decoration products. It offers matches, handkerchiefs, toilet paper, coaster, table runners and placemats, slip covers, table covers, banqetrolls, displays, paper cups and plates, napkins, napkin rings, and candles. The company provides its products for various themes, such as maritime, travel, love, baby, wedding, flora, patterns, fauna, food and drink, party, origami napkins, basics, Christmas, Easter, autumn, winter, summer, and spring themes. Paper+Design was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Wolkenstein, Germany.

R&M International GmbH

Acquisition in 2007
R&M International is a industrial service provider for the interior development of ships. The company is active in new construction as well as in conversion and maintenance of ships. R & M is responsible for the entire value-added chain, from engineering and project management through installation and assembly to repair service. In contrast to its competitors, R & M has a production facility for the manufacture of components such as doors, floors, walls and ceilings. The company is active in almost all parts of a ship (eg cabins, public areas, crew areas, engine rooms) and is now focused on the interior construction of cruise ships and ferries, special ships and cargo ships as well as the offshore market.

proSenium

Private Equity Round in 2008
proSenium Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG owns and operates regional nursing homes in Germany. It provides assisted living and special care for residents with dementia as well as outpatient care and daycare at three daycare centers. The company provides long term and short term care facilities. The company is based in Worpswede, Germany. As of March 31, 2015, proSenium Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG operates as a subsidiary of Charleston Holding GmbH.

UNICOR GmbH

Acquisition in 2009
UNICOR GmbH designs, develops, manufactures, and sells machinery for the production of corrugated plastic pipes. UNICOR developments are not in the realm of the impossible! UNICOR is well known to be its time and markets some steps ahead. Patents for the UNICOR Shuttle-Technology e.g. were applied for as early as 1986. Up to now about 50 UNICOR large-sized corrugators have been sold with this technology - all over the world. Their innovative technologies make their machines most suitable for the international markets that in turn put higher and higher demands on new corrugators. In this way, UNICOR assures top quality, based on long-time experience and the essential long-term advance in knowledge.

RUF-Bett International

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
RUF-Bett International manufactures and exports beds, mattresses, springwood frames, fabrics, and accessories. The company offers box-spring bed systems, compact box-spring beds, upholstered beds systems, and compact upholstered beds.

PDV GmbH

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
PDV GmbH provides management software platforms for various public and private projects. The company's products include VIS SUITE for digitization of the administration, VIS ACTS for electronic file management, VIS PROCESSING for digital process support, VIS FOR SHAREPOINT, VIS-MAIL SERVICE for managing the email, VIS ARCHIVE, VIS-SCAN, VIS JUSTICE for maintaining records for judiciary, and VIS MUNICIPALITY to support the municipality services. In addition, the company provides consulting, concept, and training and documentation services. PDV GmbH is headquartered in Erfurt, Germany.

PPS. Imaging

Acquisition in 2017
PPS provides large-format digital printing services from sites in Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Bochum, Dresden, Stuttgart and Munich as well as two international branches in Amsterdam and Hungerford.

JCK Holding

Private Equity Round in 1992
JCK Holding is a German investment and management holding company that operates in clothing, sports and outdoor, promotional items, and emergency equipment businesses.

Uhlig Rohrbogen GmbH

Acquisition in 2010
Uhlig Rohrbogen GmbH manufactures and supplies pipeline components. The company offers pipeline components, including elbow pipes, extrusions and T-pieces, reducers, pipe supports, corrugated flame pipes and pipes, jacket sections, weld cladding, and service components for industrial facilities, such as power stations and petrochemical plants, as well as for the construction of appliances and containers. It also provides weld metal overlay components, which include membrane walls, individual pipes and flanges, etc. for boiler and apparatus construction needs; and designs, produces, and assembles boiler construction parts/pressure elements primarily for waste incineration plants. The company was founded in 1905 and is based in Langelsheim, Germany.

hg medical GmbH/ hg medical LLC

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
hg medical GmbH/ hg medical LLC company represents the combined operations of hg medical GmbH and hg medical LLC in their sale to NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH. hg medical Gmbh engages in manufacturing orthopedic implants for bone surgery. hg medical GmbH is based in Germany. hg medical LLC is based in the United States.

Konzelmann

Acquisition in 2004
Konzelmann develops and produces high-quality plastic injection molding products. It is headquartered in Löchgau between Stuttgart and Heilbronn in southwestern Germany.

Verso Globe

Private Equity Round in 2022
Verso was founded in 2010. The company develops online tools for CSR management and communication. Funding round was arranged for product development and to support international expansion strategy, particularly on the German, UK and US markets.

Circlon Group

Acquisition in 2006
Circlon Group is a privately held company that provides mobile information technology solutions for transportation, logistics, retail, production, and field service sectors.

Röhlig Logistics

Private Equity Round in 1994
Röhlig Logistics GmbH & Co. KG provides air and sea freight forwarding services internationally. Its services include contract logistics, digital solutions, rail solutions, home solutions, industry solutions, project logistics, customs, transport insurance, and info center solutions. Röhlig Logistics GmbH & Co. KG was formerly known as Röhlig Holding GmbH & Co. KG and changed its name to Röhlig Logistics GmbH & Co. KG in January 2015. The company was founded in 1852 and is based in Bremen, Germany. The company has additional offices worldwide.

Rhodius

Acquisition in 2006
Rhodius is a Bavarian mechanical components manufacturer. RHODIUS Safety and Environmental Solutions In recent years the RHODIUS-Group has developed into a market leader in the production of mechanical components and modules for the airbag industry in Europe and the rest of the world. airbagbaugruppe Within the fields of Environmental and Process Engineering as well as Indus- trial and Safety Engineering RHODIUS is a leading provider of filter products and modules. In a new expanding sales area RHODIUS produces complete assembled units and system solutions within the fields of Automotive and Industrial Engineering. What originally began with knitted wire mesh products at one location has turned into a multi-location enterprise with activities worldwide.

LP Beteiligungs & Management GmbH

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
LP Beteiligungs & Management GmbH manufactures polyolefin and fluoropolymer products. The company operates through four divisions: Thermoplastic, Polytetrafluoroethylene, Filaments, and Acrylic Fibers and Carbon Precursor. The Thermoplastic division offers films, fabrics, tapes, and multi-layer foil laminates for applications, such as jacketing and cladding, artificial turf, cable industry, packaging, fiber bale packaging, barrier laminates, special fabrics, roof underlining, insulation facings, and automotives. The Polytetrafluoroethylene division provides yarns, fibers, and films for technical applications, including cable industry, compression packings, special applications, filtration, architectural textiles, sewing thread, and fishing lines; and medical and textile applications, such as functional textiles, yarns for implants, surgical sutures, medical fibers, and dental floss. The Filaments division offers products in the fields of dental care, monofilaments, and bristles and abrasives. The Acrylic Fibers and Carbon Precursor division offers special polyacrylonitrile fibers and acrylic fibers for outdoor applications, including sun shades, awnings, cover fabrics for outdoor furniture, and tops for convertibles and boats; and temperature friction applications in the industry, filtration and fiber-reinforced composite for the construction industry, the precursor to the production of carbon fibers, and in the reinforcement of thermoplastics. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Lenzing, Austria with additional offices and locations in Kelheim, Germany; Paris, France; and Wuxi, China.

KiKxxl

Acquisition in 2010
KiKxxl is a medium-sized company that operates call centers in North West Germany. Since its foundation in 1999, KiKxxl has employed more than 1,800 communication talents in Osnabrück, Bremen, Dortmund, and Bochum.

RUF-Bett International

Acquisition in 2016
RUF-Bett International manufactures and exports beds, mattresses, springwood frames, fabrics, and accessories. The company offers box-spring bed systems, compact box-spring beds, upholstered beds systems, and compact upholstered beds.

riha WeserGold Getränke GmbH & Co. KG

Private Equity Round in 2004
riha WeserGold Getränke GmbH & Co. KG produces and distributes fruit juices and drinks.

Preh GmbH

Acquisition in 2004
Preh GmbH is a globally operating group of companies with more than nine decades of experience.

Heytex Bramsche

Acquisition in 2007
Heytex Bramsche is a manufacturer of print media and technical textiles.

CD Design GmbH

Acquisition in 2002
CCL DESIGN is a developer and manufacture of design products, innovative labels and durable industrial products.

NEC MED PHARMA

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Nec Med Pharma Gmbh sells and markets pharmaceuticals and medical products. It also maintains a large network between manufacturers of pharmaceutical products and pharmacies. Nec Med Pharma Gmbh was founded in 2001 and is based in Höchstadt, Germany.

CDA

Acquisition in 2011
CDA GmbH is one of the largest independent manufacturers of optical storage media in Europe. The beginning of CDA's history was the production of compact discs. Since 1994, the CDA Impressing Solutions has been shaping the future of data replication on optical storage media. Today we are one of the largest independent producers of CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Europe. Since 2005, we have also been using our know-how to flash data to formats like SD card, microSD card or SSD. For example, the CDA Flash Media Solutions division supplies well-known automotive manufacturers with storage media for navigation devices. At present, we are able to manufacture up to 4 million parts per year.
Goebel Schneid- und Wickelsysteme designs, manufactures, and supplies slitter rewinders, inspection, and spooling machines.

KADI

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
KADI produces frozen food products, including SUPER CRISP, KADI terrior, French fries, rosti, potato specialties chilled and refrigerated, fish specialties, spring rolls, international specialties, and omelets. The company also provides recipes to prepare its products in different ways and equipment rental services for events. KADI was acquired by Paragon Partners in June 2013. KADI was founded in 1951.

Human Solutions

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Human Solutions Group (HSG) is a software solution provider addressing product development applications in the fashion and automotive industry. The core competencies of HSG include anthropometry (measurement of the human body), ergonomics, body scanning, and 3D human simulation. For the fashion industry, the company enables digital clothing line development and facilitates significant cost reduction and faster time-to-market. For the automotive industry, HSG offers software optimization tools for vehicle cockpits via a 3D human model for testing the reachability of control elements and crash behavior.

Vivanco Gruppe AG

Acquisition in 2001
Vivanco Gruppe AG providers of equipment and connecting accessories.

PERRIN GmbH

Acquisition in 2003
Perrin GmbH specialises in the production of standard and special ball valves for industrial use.

Teupen Maschinenbau

Acquisition in 2008
Teupen Maschinenbau GmbH develops and manufactures aerial work platforms and rubber track chassis. It also aerial access technology such as crawler-mounted access platforms, truck-mounted access platforms, trailer-mounted access platforms. The company goal is to solve our customer’s height access challenges and help them to create sustainable cost and competitive advantages by using their products.Teupen was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Gronau, Germany.

Fritz Hiltl Hosenfabrik

Acquisition in 2015
Fritz Hiltl Hosenfabrik is a German company that manufactures trousers. Since 1955, it has been working to tailor men's trousers with a tailor-made cutting-edge system that ensures a perfect fit for every fit and leg length.

PDV GmbH

Private Equity Round in 2015
PDV GmbH provides management software platforms for various public and private projects. The company's products include VIS SUITE for digitization of the administration, VIS ACTS for electronic file management, VIS PROCESSING for digital process support, VIS FOR SHAREPOINT, VIS-MAIL SERVICE for managing the email, VIS ARCHIVE, VIS-SCAN, VIS JUSTICE for maintaining records for judiciary, and VIS MUNICIPALITY to support the municipality services. In addition, the company provides consulting, concept, and training and documentation services. PDV GmbH is headquartered in Erfurt, Germany.

HG Medical

Acquisition in 2020
hg medical Gmbh engages in manufacturing orthopedic implants for bone surgery. It offers bone plates; screws; and implants for foot surgery, spine fixators, and PEEK spinal fusion implants or hip implants for bone surgeries. The company also offers dental implants; and product solutions for bone surgery treatment of dogs, horses, and other animals. hg medical Gmbh was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Raisting, Germany with an additional office in Huntington, West Virginia.

Wolff & Olsen Fashion GmbH & Co. KG

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Wolff & Olsen Fashion GmbH & Co. KG designs and sells apparel for women. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Hamburg, Germany. As of November 30, 2014, Wolff & Olsen Fashion GmbH & Co. KG operates as a subsidiary of Veldhoven Clothing Holding AG.

Transnorm Beteiligungen GmbH

Acquisition in 2004
Transnorm is a global leader in high-performance modules for distribution, parcel and airport baggage conveying systems. Our products are also installed by many well-known, global, end users in a wide variety of industries. Transnorm is the global market leader in conveyor belt curve engineering and manufacturing. The Company has a global footprint for engineering, manufacturing, and customer support.

Avista Oil

Private Equity Round in 2010
Avista Oil AG engages in the recycling of used oil.

Aerolux GmbH

Acquisition in 2005
AEROLUX GmbH develops, produces and sells components, supports and fastening elements for solar and privacy systems.

Delticom AG

Private Equity Round in 2004
Delticom, Europe's online tyre retailer, was founded in Hanover in 1999. With 128 online shops in 42 countries, the company offers its private and business customers an unequalled assortment of excellently priced car tyres, motorcycle tyres, truck tyres, bus tyres, special tyres, tyres for electric vehicles, tyres for old timers (vintage tyres) and other “tyre specialities”, bicycle tyres, rims, complete wheels (pre-mounted tyres on rims), selected replacement car parts and accessories, motor oil and batteries.

A. Berger GmbH

Private Equity Round in 2013
A. Berger specializes in digitally printable textiles, stage and event fabrics with matching accessories.

Ewerk

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
EWERK VC GmbH provides information technology (IT) consulting services to energy, mobility, healthcare, and education sectors. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Leipzig, Germany.

MacGregor Hatlapa

Private Equity Round in 2003
MacGregor Hatlapa GmbH & Co. KG manufactures marine equipment for merchant shipping and offshore industries in Germany and internationally. It offers deck machinery, offshore power equipment, compressors, and steering gear. The company also provides fleet support services, such as maintenance, spare parts, repairs, conversions, and rental; compressor management packaging; hydro check for steering gear; mooring services for electrical and hydraulic winches; filtration technology, including coalescers and elements for oily-water separators, lube oil, and fuel filtration; computer based training for individual customer needs; and customer survey. It offers its products through representatives.

Dr. Födisch Umweltmesstechnik

Merger/Acquisition in 2020
Dr. Födisch Umweltmesstechnik AG manufactures and develops environmental measuring devices for the determination of exhaust gas parameters, dust, and flow. Its product portfolio includes simple filter controllers, dust concentration measuring devices, gas analyzers, and flow measuring devices; and engineering and maintenance services. The company designs and supplies measuring systems for process and official monitoring of air pollutants. Its products are used in power plants and waste incinerators. The company sells its products through distributors in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Dr. Födisch Umweltmesstechnik AG was founded in 1991 and is based in Markranstädt, Germany with additional offices in Kriftel, Lappersdorf, Herne, Mülheim, and Lübeck, Germany; and China.

RADEMACHER Geräte-Elektronik

Acquisition in 2007
RADEMACHER is a manufacturer of proprietary radio-based home automation systems. With RADEMACHER products, shutters, blinds, awnings, lights, and other electrical devices can be operated from anywhere in the world via the internet using a smartphone or tablet computer. In addition to its HomePilot home automation systems, the company's product range includes innovative belt winders, tubular motors, control mechanisms, actuators, and garage door openers. RADEMACHER products meet its customers' needs thanks to their excellent design and high level of functionality. They are also quick and easy to install.

Parador

Acquisition in 2016
Parador GmbH manufactures laminated and engineered wood flooring products. It also offers resilient floor coverings, click-board and panels, and other floors. The company provides its products for indoor and outdoor applications. It offers its products through dealers and catalogues worldwide. The company was founded in 1977 and is based in Coesfeld, Germany. Parador GmbH is a former subsidiary of hülsta-werke Hüls GmbH & Co. KG.

PDS Development and Service GmbH

Acquisition in 2006
PDS Development and Service GmbH sells mobile terminals together with software and individual service concepts to clients in the transportation and logistics, retail and manufacturing sectors.

RIEMSER Pharma

Private Equity Round in 2005
RIEMSER Pharma GmbH, formerly RIEMSER Arzneimittel AG, are an international specialty pharmaceutical company based in Greifswald, and a long-standing SME culture and history. They focus primarily on the distribution and life cycle management of pharmaceuticals in therapeutic niche areas with high unmet medical needs. Their core competencies lie in the areas of oncology, anti-infectives and dermatology.

HPF

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
HPF s.r.l. engages in the production of hot forged thermally treated and mechanically processed metal components. It engages in hot forging, heat treatments, surface finishing, laboratory testing, and machining of special metals, such as titanium alloys, cobalt based alloys, stainless steel, hardening by precipitation steel (PH), and aluminum alloys. The company manufactures products for medical sector, such as frese acetabular, screw set, plan cutter, flexible screwdriver, handle for rasp, flexible mandrel, forged parts, and rasp; automotive sector, such as impellers, piston rod, and various mechanical components; power generation sector, such as turbine blades; and aerospace market, such as forged ring and cylinder. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Fagagna, Italy.