Successes
In various situations, we have met the challenges of tomorrow for a long time.
Once your company is in a special situation, this unfamiliar tasking becomes a serious matter for the decision-makers. With many years of experience in acquiring and transforming companies, the experienced Owlton team supports you promptly and flexibly to ensure the going concern of the company.
Transaction & transformation are part of our DNA - this is how we have been able to demonstrate our reliability and implementation strength in a large number of projects. Our partners benefit from our professional attitude, high transaction security and the flexibility of an owner-managed investment company, which can quickly handle complex m&a situations. There are numerous successful transactions and projects that the Owlton team has completed and managed in recent years. We will be happy to present them to you.
Projects
Intellectual properties are not winning the competition, but ingenious solutions are.
Carve-Out of an aluminum rolling mill
Complete independence of the production facility was achieved by applying the innovative and streamlined transformation of production planning and MES systems, which previously had been operated on the centralized ERP of the seller. The company achieved complete independence in a very short time and relieved the seller of TSA and operational tasks.
Industry: Aluminium
Location: Italy
Employees: 400+ FTE
Acquisition and pivoting up of an IT field service provider
The necessary strategic realignment was implemented through the establishment of an independent sales organization and product innovations.
Industry: IT Services
Loation: Spain
Employees: 600+ FTE
Design and implementation of a digital strategy for a medium-sized retailer
The end-to-end digitalization of the value-added chain was achieved within a short time frame by means of a new enterprise architecture extending into all departments.
Industry: Retail
Location: Germany
Employees: 18.000 FTE
Transformation of an IT service provider in the healthcare sector
Addressing imminent liquidity problems, restrictive cost management, as well as the development of a new controlling system, fostered by investments in sales, portfolio and processes, put the company back on a profitable track.
Industry: Healthcare
Location: Germany
Employees: 500+ FTE
Pivoting of a multimedia agency
The company's below-average profitability was improved to the top of the peer group thanks to a strategic and operational realignment. This was achieved by a more focused offering within the value chain and the establishment of digital distribution.
Industry: Multimedia
Location: Germany
Employees: 80+ FTE
Acquisition and repositioning of a satellite communication equipment system manufacturer
In the shortest possible time after the purchase, the company was carved out of an complex aerospace group and provided with independent organizational and process structures appropriate to medium-sized businesses. In addition to a professionalization of the existing system integration business (SNGs, ATC, Government & Defense Networks), the introduction of agile development methods allowed product renewal and the market launch of new hardware and software solutions in the area of mesh topology.
Industry: Telecommunications
Location: Germany, UAE and China
Employees: 350+ FTE
Transformation of a brand-name consumer goods manufacturer into a white label producer
After the acquisition, the plant for liquid detergents and cosmetics was quickly transformed and outfitted with an independent production planning and ERP system. At the same time, the development of white label brands boosted demand and more than doubled plant capacity utilization.
Industry: Consumer goods
Location: France
Employees: 120+ FTE
Rejuvenation of a cardboard packaging plant
Following the acquisition, the company repositioned itself on the market by changing its sales strategy and structure. The intelligent commercialization of by-products (energy and residual materials) enabled us to immediately bolster the profitability of the plant and safeguard jobs in the long term.
Industry: Cardboard Packaging
Location: Spain
Employees: 200+ FTE