Royal Reesink has sold Motrac Industries to Anders Invest
July 2024 — Royal Reesink and Anders Invest have completed the sale of Motrac Industries, a specialist in hydraulic and electrical engineering.
Motrac Industries, with its locations in Zutphen and Papendrecht, the Netherlands, and Willich, Germany, employs 110 staff and has nearly 70 years of experience in hydraulic engineering. In recent years, the company has successfully expanded into electric drive systems. Motrac Industries is the distributor for Linde Hydraulics in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland, and maintains supplier relationships with leading parties. This forms the basis for the successful development, construction, delivery and repair of hydraulic and/or electric drive systems. In addition, hydraulic manifolds are produced at the Willich site under the name IMAV Hydraulik and specific solutions for inland navigation are supplied and maintained from Papendrecht under the name Hydromarine. Motrac Industries’ systems are used worldwide across the agricultural, maritime, mobile and industrial sectors.
Motrac Industries has been acquired by Anders Invest, a Dutch-based private equity firm focused on investing in and partnering with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Dutch manufacturing and technical sectors.
The transaction is expected to bring substantial benefits. Motrac Industries aims to fulfill its full potential with Anders Invest as the new shareholder, while for Royal Reesink this is a step that aligns with their strategic focus on core activities.
Our role in the transaction
Oaklins’ team in the Netherlands acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Royal Reesink, the shareholder of Motrac Industries. Leveraging our track record and expertise in the manufacturing and technical sectors, we optimally positioned Motrac Industries and conducted a competitive process to identify the right partner. This transaction furthermore underlines our extensive experience in corporate carveout transactions.
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