E&S Laser Technology
The entrepreneurs
In 2004, trained mechanical engineers Bernd Gotzmann and Rüdiger Petermeier acquired all shares in E&S CNC-Lasertechnik as part of a management buyout. Mr. Petermeier had already been employed by E&S Lasertechnik for several years, and Mr. Gotzmann joined the company as an external MBI candidate. The acquisition of the shares by Mr. Gotzmann and Mr. Petermeier was the logical step toward company succession for both the former shareholders and the two mechanical engineers.
The company
Since its founding in 1989, E&S CNC-Lasertechnik GmbH has been active in the field of sheet metal processing using modern CNC machines. After the two new shareholders joined the company, the machine park was continuously expanded and new customers were acquired. In 2011, CNC-Rohrlasertechnik GmbH was founded, rounding off the group's portfolio.
The project
Mr. Gotzmann and Mr. Petermeier consulted Mr. Peter Schulten back in 2015 to obtain non-binding information about the details of a company sale and to prepare themselves as well as possible. Until 2019, the entrepreneurial duo invested steadily in the company and made it "fit for transaction" before contacting Mr. Schulten again in 2019. There was only one problem...
The process
...the steady growth of the company and the associated tasks could no longer be handled by Mr. Gotzmann and Mr. Petermeier alone. It was necessary to find an additional managing director to support the two entrepreneurs in meeting the challenges ahead.
After the search for another managing director proved largely unsuccessful, the two entrepreneurs turned to Mr. Schulten with the problem, who shared the information about the position they were looking to fill within his network. After numerous discussions, a new managing director was found, who joined E&S Lasertechnik in 2020.
The new managing director's leadership of the company provided the perfect conditions for a sale. Mr. Schulten and his team structured the sales process and found the perfect buyer for the E&S Group in DIH Deutsche Industrie Holding, an investor with a buy-and-build approach.
