Industry focus

Clients include medium-sized and large industrial companies as well as private equity firms in the German and international markets. Successful projects have been carried out in many sectors, mainly steel, metal, mechanical and plant engineering, automotive supply, chemicals and industrial services.

VM team members have carried out successful projects for the following companies, among others:

    Selected customers:

  • klöckner & co
  • Tata Steel
  • Posco
  • Europipe
  • German stainless steel works

    Selected projects:

  • Market analysis in the energy segment including trends, growth rates and market volumes
  • Market analysis and detailed sales strategy with implementation plan in sub-segments
  • Offshore steel demand assessment with customer, competitor and supplier interviews
  • Steel tube optimization program
  • Analysis, program design, implementation plan and realization of a cost reduction project
  • M&A support

    Selected customers:

  • ThyssenKrupp Technologies
  • ThyssenKrupp Uhde
  • Siemens Transportation
  • C. Bechstein
  • A. Lange & Söhne (Richemont)
  • Klöckner Pentaplast
  • SGB – SMI Transformers (BC Partners)
  • Ismet transformers
  • ZTR transformers
  • ThyssenKrupp Automotive
  • Peguform
  • Magnetto Automotive
  • Man + Bumblebee
  • Honsel
  • KSM Castings
  • Nemak

    Selected projects:

  • Holistic optimization of the value chain/supply chain
  • Order-to-cash cycle reduction by 15%, i.e. by 30 days with 15% reduction in working capital
  • Optimization of the European production footprint
  • Improved efficiency of the production and supply chain, i.e. 10% more output in 6 months with the same fixed costs
  • Quality improvement of the quotation process in plant engineering to meet cost and time budgets
  • Strategic M&A support
  • Alternative search for selected targets
  • M&A sell-side and buy-side support
  • Introduction and implementation of lean management
  • Production optimization including Six Sigma training
  • Supply chain optimization through the integration of purchasing, production and sales
  • Quality improvement in the area of rejects and delivery reliability
  • M&A buy-side including pre-merger analysis
  • M&A Sell-side commercial due diligence

    Selected customers:

  • Lanxess
  • Degussa
  • OMV
  • Mäurer & Wirtz
  • Celanese

    Selected projects:

  • Restructuring of a foreign subsidiary to secure the location
  • Concept and implementation of a program to sustainably reduce maintenance costs
  • Market analysis and development of growth options
  • Strategic, operational and financial analysis of potential acquisition targets
  • M&A Buy-side operational / commercial due diligence

    Selected customers:

  • ThyssenKrupp Materials & Services
  • Lufthansa
  • Deutsche Bahn
  • German Post
  • Schulte
  • Cleanaway

    Selected projects:

  • Concept and implementation of a value-based management system including financial, operational and strategic KPIs
  • Introduction of activity-based costing at store level
  • Fixed cost reduction of a regional organization
  • M&A option analyses for group subsidiary
  • M&A search for investor for group subsidiary
  • M&A target search for group subsidiary
  • M&A buy-side support

    Selected customers:

  • The Blackstone Group
  • BC Partners
  • Cerberus
  • One Equity Partners
  • Lehman Brothers
  • KKR
  • Quadriga Capital
  • Permira
  • Cinven
  • Cognetas

    Selected projects:

  • Performance improvement programs for investments
  • Development of growth options for investments
  • Neutral approach to target companies
  • M&A Sell-side commercial due diligence
  • Systematic, industry-related M&A target search
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