- Leadec is the world’s leading service specialist for the entire life cycle of a factory and the related infrastructure. For more than 60 years now, we have been supporting customers in the manufacturing industries: from planning, installation, and automation to operation of the factories and buildings
- The Company's "Glo-cal" model combines the global reach and expertise of a global conglomerate with the customer service and personnel support of regional providers to strategically deliver customized, local services to the customer
- Leadec, a well capitalized and private-equity backed organization, is a proven acquirer seeking companies with stable, long-term growth prospects which are built to weather multiple business cycles
- The Company is eager to continue to expand its significant operational footprint beyond its core strength in the auto sector while adding capabilities and services to its’ portfolio
Leadec is pursuing an active buy-and-build-strategy and is permanently looking for attractive acquisition opportunities.
Leading service specialist actively seeking acquisitions
Facts & figures
Core acquisition criteria
Technical competencies
Leadec is targeting a host of companies across the following service spectrum:
- Installation, maintenance, and repair services (MRO) for production equipment; relocation services for production equipment
- Technical cleaning of production equipment
- Logistic services: e.g., empties management; intra-logistics; services in parcel distribution facilities as well as other on-site services in the logistics area
- Technical Facility Management (TFM): e.g., installation, maintenance, and repair services in the area's electrics, heating, and air-conditioning; energy management
- Refrigeration & Air Conditioning services for TFM and other applications such as in the food & beverage industry or in the clean-room sector
- Electrical & Fire Alarm Systems: installation and maintenance
- Fluid management services: (predictive) fluid condition monitoring
- Automation & Engineering: esp. with focus on factory, production and logistics planning
- Software / IoT: predictive maintenance, smart condition monitoring, digital equipment capture, automated guided vehicle systems
Market base
Leadec is targeting companies that provide services in production-related industries with discrete manufacturing (i.e., typically no process industry such as oil, gas, energy).
Focus industries include:
- Automotive (Passenger cars & vans, heavy trucks and buses, automotive suppliers)
- Aerospace
- Food & beverage and other fast-moving consumer goods
- Consumer goods
- White goods and other slow-moving consumer goods such as electronics and electrical equipment
- Tire producers
- Line- and machine building
- Off-Highway (e.g., construction and agricultural machinery)
- (Parcel) Distribution centers
- Production logistics
Financial characteristics
In order of preference, Leadec targets the following:
- Share of recurring revenue as high as possible
- EBIT Margins: in line with industry standards, no restructuring cases
- Revenue:
- from approx. EUR 5 million in service segments and countries in which we are already active
- approx. EUR 20-150 million for acquisitions in new service segments and/or countries in which we are not yet active
Location and management
Western & Eastern Europe as well as Americas region with special focus on:
- Austria
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- North America
- Poland
- Scandinavia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- UK
Management with experience and expertise in the business available, at least for a transitional period.
Benefits of working with Leadec
Commitment of a strategic acquirer
International reach of a global organization
Decentralized organizational structure that supports entrepreneurship
Access to growth capital and resources