Als Ergebnis dieser Transaktion wird Artum mit 15 operativen Gesellschaften und 490 Mitarbeitern als Tochtergesellschaft von Storskogen Schweiz Teil der Storskogen Gruppe werden. Der Rahmen dieser neuen Partnerschaft wird die Ambition, zu wachsen und zu den langfristigen Eigentümern von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen in der Schweiz und in Deutschland zu gehören, verbinden und weiter stärken.
Team von Baker McKenzie
Das Baker McKenzie-Team, das Artum beraten hat, wurde auf Schweizer Seite von Martin Frey (Partner, Transaktionen/M&A) geleitet und bestand aus Kevin Ardüser (Associate, Transaktionen/M&A) und Estelle Mathis (Junior Lawyer, Transaktionen) sowie Anna Orlander (Partner, Transaktionen/M&A) auf schwedischer Seite.
Information von Artum über Transaktion
Artum informiert wie folgt über die Transaktion:
«Artum AG, with headquarters in Zurich, has a portfolio of 15 operating companies with 490 employees split into eight business units with generated sales of CHF 179m in 2020. Most of the companies are active in the industrial segment. Artum, founded in 2011, is managed by a team of nine employees and headed by the two founders Roger Kollbrunner and Thomas Werner. The combination has the effect that Artum becomes a part of the Storskogen group as a subsidiary of Storskogen Schweiz AG. The whole Artum team will remain as part of Storskogen after the transaction. Co-founder and Group CEO of Storskogen, Daniel Kaplan, sees the addition of Artum and its management team as a significant step towards fulfilling Storskogen’s ambitions in the DACH region. ”I am very excited to welcome the Artum team and its group of companies to Storskogen. The addition of a highly experienced management team to Storskogen will have a substantial impact on our operations in the DACH region – in both our abilities to grow as well as fulfilling our vision of being the best possible owner of small and medium sized companies going forward,” says Daniel Kaplan, CEO at Storskogen. Mikael Neglén, Head of the DACH-region for Storskogen, views the transaction as a milestone for Storskogen. ”With the addition of the reputable team at Artum, Storskogen has in one step become one of the main SME investors in the DACH region and I am very enthusiastic about our future endeavors,” says Mikael Neglén, Head of DACH at Storskogen. Thomas Werner and Roger Kollbrunner, co-founders of Artum recognize the similarity between the two groups as a long-term entrepreneurial owner as a key driver for combining forces with Storskogen. “We are excited to become part of the Storskogen family, and we see the combination with Storskogen as a natural next step in Artum’s evolvement. Belonging to Storskogen will give us access to both additional capital and industrial know-how, which will allow us to further grow and support our companies”. Walter Lüthi, Chairman of Artum further adds “With Storskogen, we found a merger partner, who allows us to continue our strategy of long-term entrepreneurial development”.»
