We Strengthen Medium-sized Businesses
SMEs: Driving Growth
Small and medium-sized enterprises are one of the most important pillars of the German economy. Often owner-run, these companies and their staff have a special set of strengths including experience, decisiveness, expertise, and dedication. SMEs are highly successful. They act as a major growth driver with a significant effect on safeguarding, maintaining, and creating new jobs.
Long-term Investment in the Future of the Economy
INDUS makes long-term investments in medium-sized manufacturing companies. It is founded on the acquisition of majority stakes in successful medium-sized companies and their ongoing further development. INDUS acquires only industrial companies, so called hidden champions, which are active on interesting niche markets and occupy a leading position within those markets. We regard ourselves as the leading contact for succession plans. In 2010, around 6,000 employees generated sales of around EUR 971 million and an EBIT (Earnings before Interest and Taxes) of.101 million. The key segments of the investment portfolio were reorganized in 2010 and cover the following sectors: Construction/Infrastructure, Engineering, Automotive Components/Engineering, Metal/Metal Processing, and Medical Engineering/Life Science. In the last two segments in particular, INDUS is aiming for long-term growth. We also see interesting prospects in the areas of energy and environmental technology, automation technology, measuring technology, and control engineering. As an association of hidden champions, we see our future in complementing our portfolio with acquisitions on markets with above-average growth and the potential for sustainability. At the same time, we want to maintain our culture of medium-sized companies ("Mittelstand") and enhance our technical emphasis by adding innovative, forward-looking products and solutions.
Clear Allocation of Tasks Ensures Lean Organizational Structure
The INDUS Group consists of the holding company INDUS Holding AG, based in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and the individual portfolio companies, which are run as independent operating units. Tasks are allocated to the individual firms and the holding company based on a decentralized approach. The subsidiaries operate independently and are responsible for production and sales, marketing and administration, and research and development. Meanwhile, the holding company focuses on classic corporate functions such as finance, controlling, accounting, taxes, and legal affairs.
Long-term and Sustainable
INDUS pursues a long-term, sustainable investment strategy. Its investments are always geared towards continuously further developing the individual shareholdings as part of the overall portfolio. The aim is to establish a portfolio with a balanced profile of opportunities and risks. INDUS consistently excludes start-ups and companies undergoing restructuring from its portfolio. Exit strategies are not part of our corporate strategy.
