Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG announces the acquisition of Mikrap AG, a leading Swiss company focusing on the development and the production of Embedded Systems by AEM Technologies Holding AG / Ventizz Capital Fund III, L.P.

Founded in Einsiedeln in 1978, Mikrap AG today is the leading provider for measuring and control design-ins for automation applications in a wide variety of branches and provides its customers with extremely robust products in these areas. Mikrap AG designs the latest developments in microcontrollers into its circuitry and is thus able to provide extremely reliable and robust products for monitoring and controlling automation solutions. Through strong interlocking of the design and the production team, Mikrap reaches unique Design-to-cost and Design-for-Manufacturing levels and thus fastest realisation from the concept to serial production.

Together, AEMtec GmbH, Berlin, ECR AG, Rotkreuz, GS Präzisions AG, Küßnacht and the new acquisition Mikrap AG build a group with more than 350 employees, reaching a significant size in this industry and offer comprehensive solutions in a wide variety of electronic applications. By doing so, the group provides with very valuable contributions in order to solve its customers’ current and future challenges.

Willi Mannheims, Managing Partner of Ventizz, explains: “As customers tend to involve their suppliers more and more into their own product development, Mikrap AG with its excellent know-how in the area of soft- und hardware development represents an ideal fit for the overall group. We therefore see an enormous potential for increased growth both, in Europe as well as outside Europe.”

Harald H. Hanne, CEO of AEM Technologies Holding AG, describes the potential of the group as follows: „The market requires a reliable full service provider for the solution of highly complex challenges in the area of trend-setting electronic applications observing even the highest quality demands. The four companies within this group are highly complementary concerning their individual technological strengths building the basis to cope successfully with customer requirements.

Legal advisors to Ventizz Capital Fund III L.P. were Schoch, Auer & Partner, St. Gallen as well as Franz Rechtsanwälte, Düsseldorf. FCF Fox Corporate Finance, Munich advised on the transaction.

 

About Ventizz Capital Partners:

St. Gallen- and Duesseldorf-based Ventizz Capital Partners was established in 2000 and is advising funds which are investing in buy-outs and growth equity for small and medium sized high-tech companies primarily in German-speaking Europe. The three Partners of Ventizz, Dr. Helmut Vorndran, Reinhard Löchner, and Willi Mannheims, are currently advising four funds with a total capital under management of more than € 650 million. To date, funds advised by Ventizz Capital Partners have invested in 32 companies with a special focus in renewable energy/solar energy, high value add engineering, medical technology, and ICT. In addition to a variety of trade sales, Ventizz funds have achieved three successful IPOs (ErSol, SAF, PV Crystalox). For further information see: www.ventizz.com

 

About AEM Technologies Holding AG:

 Field of activity: Turn-key Solution provider for the development and the production of electronic products

Founding year: 2006

Location: St. Gallen, Am Marktplatz 4, Switzerland

 

Über Mikrap AG:

Field of activity: Development of soft- and hardware for measuring and control equipment

Founding year: 1978

Location: Einsiedeln, Langrütistrasse 33, Schweiz