DUKTUS TIROLER ROHRSYSTEME GMBH, HALL (A) AND DUKTUS ROHRSYSTEME WETZLAR GMBH (GER)

The Company

• European market leader for special pipes for fresh water systems, pipes for snow making equipment and foundation piles.
• Quality leader and current number 2 in the European cast iron pipe business.
• More than 500 employees.
• Manufacturing facilities at Hall in Tirol (A) and Wetzlar (GER)
• Total sales in 2009: EUR 142 million.

Market potential

• Market opportunities for standard and special pipes.
• Growth strategy to expand the market leadership.

Outlook

• Align with previous successes.
• Further expand the market position.
• Take advantage of additional market opportunities.
• Public offering in the near future of the business group.

Transaction

• Together with co-Investors Buy-Out acquired 100% of the cast iron pipe division of Duktus Tiroler Rohrsysteme GmbH (former Tiroler Röhren- und Metallwerke AG)/Duktus Rohrsysteme Wetzlar GmbH (former Buderus Gießerei Wetzlar GmbH) in December 2007.
• Holding ca. 50 %.