M & A advisors axanta AG successfully provides solar thermal company Oldenburg January 2013: the axanta AG could close the year 2012 with a further successful business negotiation. The M & A Advisor has found a new buyer for the solar thermal operating Sonnergie GmbH, rangendingen, near Tubingen. As was the succession, the previous owner of the Sonnergie GmbH, the spouses of Ute and Matthias Bartholoma, decided to hire an external consultant: the axanta AG. Thanks to the support by the Oldenburg M & A advisors the sale could be completed after 5 months. Also the tip couple Bartholoma, with Thomas Preuhs holding GmbH in contact to the future buyer has contributed to this.

Emerged from the talks mediated by the axanta that the Thomas Preuhs holding GmbH originally had a very different idea of the field of activity of Sonnergie GmbH. Within the framework of the consultation, owner Mr Preuhs however came to the conclusion, that the solar thermal operating very well to the philosophy of own company fits. “This Udo Goetz, the axanta Executive Board: this example shows how important it is to turn an experienced corporate intermediary as facilitator for the talks with the prospective”. The axanta AG provides, also additional information about the transaction. axanta AG provides the Sonnergie GmbH before the Sonnergie GmbH was founded in mid-1990s and enjoys an excellent reputation in Baden-Wurttemberg. The focus is on the sale of alternative heating systems. The product portfolio includes also heat pumps and home furnaces as well as solar and wood heating systems (complete systems including storage technology and all components).

The Sonnergie GmbH made a turnover of more than one million euros in 2011. Overall, the Sonnergie GmbH has over 200 customers in the heating industry, which regularly take advantage of the services of the company. The eight-member team created offers for new construction as well as for renovation and addition projects and offers extensive expertise in professional advice. The axanta provides companies with the best prospects of solar thermal is a red-hot topic. The conversion of solar energy into usable thermal energy is increasingly on the rise due to the European framework. Best future prospects so for Sonnergie GmbH also the product range can be extended at any time by other makes. The axanta AG is pleased about a more successful business mediation. The Sonnergie GmbH in the Thomas Preuhs holding GmbH was incorporated in December 2012. All employees were taken over, and also the company name is retained. About axanta AG the founded in 2006 axanta AG belongs in Germany the market leader among the independent consulting companies in the M & A business. Her focus is on consulting and support small and medium-sized companies in the purchase and sale of companies, succession and quiet and active participations. In the focus are small and medium-sized enterprises of all sectors of the economy, which the axanta AG about all phases of comprehensive support. A large funding advice for entrepreneurs is new.