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CMS advises Walz Verpackungen on sale to Rondo Ganahl AG of Austria

15/02/2017

Stuttgart – German company Walz Verpackungen e. K. is being sold to Austrian firm Rondo Ganahl AG and will become a subsidiary of the Vorarlberg-based packaging specialist. The sale provides the existing owner, Bernd Walz, with a succession solution. He is also entering into a strategic partnership with Rondo Ganahl AG to jointly develop new markets for specialist packaging, corrugated board and the shipment of hazardous goods. Along with Udo Nachbauer, the CEO of Rondo Ganahl AG, Bernd Walz will become a managing director of the newly formed company, Walz Verpackungen GmbH. The purchase price was not disclosed.

A CMS team headed by lead partner Dr Tobias Schneider advised Walz Verpackungen on all legal aspects of the sale.

Walz Verpackungen is a packaging specialist located in Ittenhausen, Baden-Württemberg. The company produces special corrugated board and cardboard packaging. Applications include the transportation of heavy goods and hazardous materials. With its more than 120 employees, the company generates sales of EUR 22 million.

Rondo Ganahl AG is a family-owned Austrian company. Its core business is the manufacture of corrugated board packaging and case material, as well as collecting paper and packaging. The firm has plants in Frastanz (Vorarlberg), St. Ruprecht/Raab (Styria), Budapest (Hungary), Apahida/Cluj and Târgoviste (Romania) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Rondo Ganahl currently has more than 1,100 full-time employees and generates group sales of EUR 329.2 million.

CMS Hasche Sigle

Dr Tobias Schneider, Lead Partner
Christina Lung, Associate, both M&A
Dr Gerald Gräfe, Partner
Dr Kai-Oliver Giesa, Counsel
Dr David Preisendanz, Senior Associate, all Commercial Law
Dr Oliver Simon, Partner
Dr Maximilian Koschker, Senior Associate, both Employment

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