Certina Holding
Certina Holding (branded CERTINA GROUP) is a Munich-area family industrial holding founded in 1997 by Dr. Hans Wehrmann and headquartered in Gruenwald. It invests off its own balance sheet as an evergreen holding, acquiring niche manufacturers and specialist businesses in special situations, carve-outs, turnarounds and restructurings, typically taking majority control of companies with 50 to 500 million euros of revenue. The group holds around 20 operating companies across industrials, packaging, automotive, consumer goods and services and software, generating over 750 million euros of sales with more than 3,000 employees, and has completed over 65 transactions in 25-plus years.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 24 portfolio companies (22 active · 2 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Certina Holding has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Certina Holding (Evergreen Balance Sheet)Evergreen1997 · 29yr€750M22 active · 2 realized
Unrealized
22 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFT | Industrials | Germany | 2007 |
| COI | Software | Germany | 2004 |
| DEMM | Industrials | Italy | 2018 |
| Enorise | Industrials | United States | 2024 |
| Hannemann | Industrials | Germany | 1999 |
| Hermann Koch | Industrials | Germany | 2015 |
| Hornglass | Industrials | Germany | 2000 |
| ISOLITE | Industrials | Germany | 2023 |
| Meta System | Industrials | Italy | 2025 |
| MOBOTIX | Software | Germany | 2025 |
| Moralt Tischlerplatten | Industrials | Germany | 2003 |
| PAL Wiping Systems | Industrials | Czechia | 2020 |
| Pruss Armaturen | Industrials | Germany | 1997 |
| Qualiform | Industrials | France | 2015 |
| Rebhan | Industrials | Germany | 2012 |
| SCV | Industrials | Italy | 2012 |
| Shieldtec | Industrials | Switzerland | 2024 |
| Trassl Polymer Solutions | Industrials | Germany | 2020 |
| United Salon Technologies | Consumer | Germany | 2021 |
| VielfaltMenue | Business Services | Germany | 2021 |
| Wegener + Stapel | Industrials | Germany | 2019 |
| WPS Parking Solutions | Software | Netherlands | 2023 |
Realized
2 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pibiviesse | Industrials | Italy | 2019 | 2023 | Trade Sale | – | |
| ThyssenKrupp Stahlbau | Industrials | Germany | 2005 | 2007 | Trade Sale | – |
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Senior partners. Hand-checked from public filings and the firm's own site.
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