Zerbach & Company Corporate Finance GmbH ("Z&C") advised THUN Automotive on the sale of its shares to Munich-based RCP Group GmbH in a competitive process completed in just four months.
Founded in 1908, THUN is a manufacturer of metal components with around 400 employees at four locations in Germany and Hungary. The company produces complex stamped and formed parts for the automotive industry, focusing on chassis and structural components as well as crash and safety parts.
RCP Group is a family-owned Munich-based investment firm specializing in special situations and transformation investments. Among other areas, it focuses on investments in metal processing companies serving the automotive industry and other industrial sectors.
What this means for the sector: Automotive suppliers in transformation increasingly find their buyers among investment companies specialising in special situations. Speed and transparency are decisive; this case shows that a company with 400 employees can be sold competitively within four months. Read more on our sector page M&A advisory for mechanical engineering and metal processing.
