- Investment overview
Headquarter: Zug, Switzerland
Seller: Private
Year of acquisition: 2020
Service offering: Management consulting services & employee qualification
Industry focus: Manufacturing, MedTech, construction and healthcare
Homepage: www.leancom.ch - About Leancom
LEANCOM is dedicated to developing innovative solutions that enhance lives and foster sustainable futures. As one of Switzerland’s premier Lean experts, LEANCOM specializes in optimizing processes, empowering employees, and building tailored Lean competencies for businesses. Their team of seasoned professionals brings a wealth of experience and a passion for excellence, ensuring that every Lean project is executed with precision and flexibility.
LEANCOM’s mission is to deliver high-quality, user-friendly products and programs that meet and exceed the expectations of their clients. They achieve this through the use of cutting-edge technology and a dedicated team committed to continuous improvement and innovation.
The management team brings extensive expertise across various industries. Since 2017, LEANCOM has organized the Swiss Lean Congress, the largest Lean Management event in Switzerland, fostering community exchange and knowledge growth. Additionally, LEANCOM runs the prestigious Swiss Lean Award, the only national award in Switzerland recognizing excellence in Lean Management, celebrating outstanding companies in this field.
Founded in 2011, LEANCOM advises SMEs and large enterprises across industries such as healthcare, construction, and life sciences, driving process optimization and company development. Lean principles are applied across diverse sectors, ensuring that businesses achieve their desired growth and efficiency.
- Investment situation
Leancom has established a very good position as an innovation leader in the field of lean management. In addition to its wide range of consulting and training services, Leancom also presents the Swiss Lean Award. “Our customers’ issues relating to operations topics are becoming increasingly complex and multi-layered. They require industry specific know-how and global solutions,” says Daniel Odermatt from Leancom. In order to be able to successfully support Leancom’s customers with new challenges, the range of consulting services is being significantly expanded. “We were looking for a strong partner to further strengthen our core and add new, innovative services”. EMVIS will support the further expansion and offers the opportunity to rely on EMVIS experts and their know-how.
- Our value contribution
In addition to capital, we contributed in particular know-how, manpower and our network for the turnaround and integration phases as well as for the strategic realignment.
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Entrepreneurs by heart, investors by profession.
We regard ourselves as active partners rather than just investors or board members. We believe in supporting our team members in our portfolio companies and our investment partners with tailor made solutions depending to the strengths and needs of each company and team.
Entrepreneurial capital for building industrial future.
EMVIS Equity Partners is investing in industrial companies in turnaround situations and give them a long-term perspective. We are industry insiders, turnaround experts and investment professionals. As an active investor, our main goal is the sustainably profitable development of our portfolio companies. To this end, we provide holistic support – strategic as well as operational – and we commit the full expertise and our entire network.
We see ourselves as part of the industry. and thus as a reliable, long-term partner of choice for all stakeholders.
A Collaborative Approach to Investment Decisions
During the acquisition phase, we always bring our comprehensive transaction, restructuring, strategy and industry know-how to the table. Together with the management teams of the respective companies, we always develop a sustainable acquisition concept as the basis for our investment decision.
Implementing Strategies for Sustainable Technological Leadership
Immediately after completing the acquisition, we start implementing our takeover concept, using measures developed by our own experts and our wider Group networks. And the goal is always the same: to develop competitive and sustainably positioned technology and innovation leaders in industry and tech.
Immediate Transformative Measures for Long-Term Success
We create a long-term roadmap for the portfolio company driven by immediate transformative measures.
Swift Actions for Sustainable and Profitable Growth
Our goal is to deal with the special situation of the target company as quickly and efficiently as possible. Thus, we create in order to establish the basis for a sustainable profitable company development.
Sustainable Financing for Long-term Liquidity and Growth
The sustainable financing concept with the right debt-to-equity ratio secures the long-term liquidity of the company during restructuring and the subsequent growth phase.
Collaborative Liquidity Management
Ensuring that sufficient short-term liquidity is available usually happens in close collaboration with all key stakeholders (customers, suppliers, financing partners, employees, etc.):
- We build towards a successful turnaround to provide the basis for future growth
- Our approach is always proactive and based on partnership
Securing Competitiveness with Optimization & Qualification
To secure sustainable cost competitiveness, we always implement a program of operational excellence focused on:
- Optimization of structures, processes, and procedure
Realization of necessary investments
- Ensuring employees have the required qualification
Shaping Future Leaders
We ensure our portfolio companies become long-term technology and innovation leaders by implementing the following measures:
- Definition and implementation of a future-proof range of services
- Identification and scoping of new markets
- Definition and implementation of a sustainable market positioning
Entrepreneurship, Partnership, Ownership.
We are entrepreneurs and actively contribute our expertise and experience in all our portfolio companies.
We are reliable partners and do keep our promises.
We are independent and make all investment decisions in-house.
We are active owners and support management at all times, whenever needed.
We invest our own money, to have have skin in the game, and therefore we act accordingly.
We believe in the future of industry and tech companies, since we are aware of the individual betterment potential.
Industrial companies with value potential.
Sectors
Industry & Tech
Target regions
Registered office or substantial activities in Germany, Austria or Switzerland
Company size
SMEs with a turnover of €5 – €50 million
Company situations
Companies with weak earnings (EBITDA < 5%), insolvencies, corporate carve-outs, fiduciary restructuring, succession planning
Investment type
Majority shareholdings (on a case-by-case basis also qualified minority shareholdings with substantial rights)
Investment volumes
All our equity transactions are looked at on a case by case basis, depending on the situation.
Our industry investments.
LeancomLean consulting firm Leancom based in Zug, Switzerland 2021
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PULSGETRIEBE Gear SystemsA specialist in the development of innovative and high-quality gearboxes in Karlsruhe, Germany 2023 Headquarter: Karlsruhe, Germany Founded in 1926 by Erich Friedrich Puls in Eisenach, PULSGETRIEBE has a long-standing mission to develop innovative and high-quality gear systems that meet the evolving needs of their customers. Since the late 1950s, the company has been based in Karlsruhe, where it continues to uphold its commitment to continuous innovation, flexibility, and maintaining the highest standards of product and service quality. PGS achieves its mission through the dedicated efforts of its team, who design, manufacture, and assemble gear systems in their own facility in Karlsruhe. The company’s deep roots in the Karlsruhe technology region, known for its rich tradition in mechanical engineering, enable it to source most components and services locally. This regional integration ensures close, long-term partnerships with suppliers and customers. PULSGETRIEBE offers a range of innovative and high-quality gear systems, characterized by constant innovation and flexibility. As a family-owned business now in its third generation under Dr. Christoph Puls, the company prides itself on its strong heritage and commitment to excellence. Its strategic location in Europe, with excellent connections to the European highway and rail networks and several international airports nearby, allows PGS to build and maintain long-term, intensive partnerships with international clients. In February 2023, EMVIS acquires a majority stake in Pulsgetriebe Gear Systems, a specialist in the development of innovative and high-quality gearboxes. EMVIS intends to further consolidate Pulsgetriebe’s position as a niche player in the development and production of highly complex gearboxes and open up new sales markets in Germany and abroad. “We want to help Pulsgetriebe realize its full potential, develop pioneering sustainable gearbox solutions and open up new markets. With its expertise in transmission technology, its high level of vertical integration and its innovative strength, Pulsgetriebe is a perfect fit for us. We value the location in Germany as well as the knowledge and experience of the employees. Our experienced operational experts will support the management in developing the company and achieving the long-term growth plans,” says Alexander von Jarzebowski, Managing Partner, EMVIS In addition to capital, we contributed in particular know-how, manpower and our network for the turnaround and integration phases as well as for the strategic realignment. |
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Partners relying on us in challenging situations.
 | We are entrepreneurs first and foremost – we provide entrepreneurial capital and always play an active part in our portfolio companies. Our investment approach is sustainable and long-term: we only invest in companies if we have complete confidence in their future. Whether as majority, co-investments, or minority shareholders, we always take a collaborative approach on an equal footing with existing shareholders. Our expertise and implementation capability in combination with our industry network, enable us to develop tailor-made solutions for each special situation and then implement them using our own resources. |
| We are entrepreneurs first and foremost – we provide entrepreneurial capital and always play an active part in our portfolio companies. Our investment approach is sustainable and long-term: we only invest in companies if we have complete confidence in their future. Whether as majority, co-investments, or minority shareholders, we always take a collaborative approach on an equal footing with existing shareholders. Our expertise and implementation capability in combination with our industry network, enable us to develop tailor-made solutions for each special situation and then implement them using our own resources. |
 | Using our sustainable takeover concept, we ensure a smooth, rapid takeover process that involves all stakeholders. We bring with us expertise, implementation resources and capital strength, even for highly complex carve-out situations. Our recipe for success is always a cooperative approach geared towards long-term, enduring relationships. We also work jointly with corporate buyers on target businesses in special situations. We may take management control for a defined period of time and assume responsibility for the restructuring, reorientation or post-merger integration of the company. We are happy to be a partner for a pre-defined time frame and only withdraw after a successful conclusion of jointly defined tasks. |
 | We understand special situations – and as an owner-managed, independent company we can react flexibly to them. Together with the expertise and implementation resources at EMVIS and our industry network, we can guarantee a fast and collaborative deal execution. We see the early involvement of all significant stakeholders as the key to success in finding prompt solutions for the transaction as well as for the implementation phase that follows. We are different because we only engage with companies in special situations if we have confidence in their prospects in industry and tech based on our long-standing market expertise. That informed confidence is the basis on which we secure sustainable success for all stakeholders. |
We are EMVIS equity partners.
Shaping Future Leaders
