FGvW advises Endress+Hauser on strategic partnership with SICK AG

FGvW has advised the Endress+Hauser Gruppe on its strategic partnership with SICK AG.

SICK and Endress+Hauser are bringing their strategic partnership in process automation to life: SICK’s advanced gas analysis and flow measurement technology is now an integral part of Endress+Hauser’s comprehensive instrumentation portfolio. The collaboration is designed to offer customers in the process industry enhanced support in increasing plant efficiency, protecting the environment and reducing carbon footprint.

As a result of the strategic partnership, around 800 sales and service employees from SICK will transfer to Endress+Hauser across 42 countries. The collaboration in process automation will allow customers to access a broader range of products from a single source and benefit from enhanced expertise in gas measurement technology. With its global sales network, Endress+Hauser will access new customers, reach additional industries and tap into further application areas.

The production and further development of the gas analyzers and flowmeters were brought together under the umbrella of Endress+Hauser SICK GmbH+Co. KG. SICK and Endress+Hauser will each hold 50 percent of the joint venture as of 1 March 2025. The company employs around 730 people at several German sites and will collaborate closely with Endress+Hauser’s product centers to drive product innovation and meet evolving market demand. The European Commission and several countries have approved the transaction under both merger control and foreign direct investment control rules.

SICK is one of the world’s leading solutions providers for sensor-based applications in the industrial sector. Founded in 1946 by Dr.-Ing. e. h. Erwin Sick, the company with headquarters in Waldkirch im Breisgau near Freiburg ranks among the technological market leaders. With 60 subsidiaries and equity investments as well as numerous agencies, SICK maintains a presence around the globe. SICK has more than 12,000 employees worldwide and generated a group revenue of EUR 2.3 billion in the 2023 fiscal year.

Endress+Hauser is a global leader in measurement and automation technology for process and laboratory applications. The family company, headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland, achieved net sales of more than 3.7 billion euros in 2023 with a total workforce of almost 17,000. Endress+Hauser devices, solutions and services are at home in many industries. Customers thus use them to gain valuable knowledge from their applications. This enables them to improve their products, work economically and at the same time protect people and the environment. Its own sales companies in more than 50 countries as well as representatives in another 70 countries ensure competent support. Production facilities on four continents manufacture quickly and flexibly to the highest quality standards. Endress+Hauser was founded in 1953 by Georg H Endress and Ludwig Hauser. Ever since, the company has been pushing ahead with the development and use of innovative technologies, now helping to shape the industry’s digital transformation. 8,900 patents and applications protect the Group’s intellectual property.

The Endress+Hauser Group was legally advised on the strategic partnership by an M&A team from Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner in Freiburg under the lead of Dr Hendrik Thies and Dr Stephanie von Riegen.

Advisors of Endress+Hauser Gruppe:

Dr Hendrik Thies, Partner (Lead, M&A, Corporate)
Dr Stephanie von Riegen, Local Partner (Lead, Antitrust Law, Merger Control, Foreign Direct Investment Control)
Dr Jan Henning Martens, Partner (M&A, Corporate, Foreign Direct Investment Control)
Dr Till Böttcher, Partner (Real Estate, Tenancy Law)
Dr Lukas Kalkbrenner, Partner (Intellectual Property, Data Protection)
Dr Anne Bongers-Gehlert, Local Partner (Merger Control)
Dr Hans Christian Wilms, Associate (Administrative Law)
Dr Andreas Schubert, Associate (Employment Law)
Dr Stephan Fischer, Associate (Foreign Direct Investment Control)
Jonas Doser, Associate (Corporate, M&A)
Miriam Kluge, Associate (Real Estate, Tenancy Law)

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