We keep the machines running.
A group of leading, independent aftermarket specialists. Looking to solve your succession or grow faster, without giving up your company? We are selectively looking for further majority investments in Europe. Your company stays independent, and you stay invested.
What joining the group gives you
Machine operators need availability. Specialised, OEM-independent suppliers deliver it: fast, reliable and close to the customer. These are the companies we bring together.
Secure your wealth
Part of the capital tied up in your company moves into your private assets, spreading your risk.
Grow faster together
Within a group, value typically rises faster than in a single company. We fund investment, expansion and add-on acquisitions.
Solve succession
If you wish, we build a succession plan together with you, at your pace.
What you gain from the group
- Capital for growth. For investment, expansion and add-on acquisitions.
- Sparring at eye level. Experienced partners for strategy, finance and projects who take work off your plate rather than interfere.
- Shared services on request. Accounting, controlling or IT, only where it helps you.
- Digitalisation and sales. Support with web shops, sales management and new markets.
Every company in the group stays independent – with its own brand, its own management and its own customer relationships.
Sell without letting go
You sell the majority and secure part of your life’s work. With part of the proceeds you remain a shareholder and share in the company’s further development, up to a later sale. How much you keep and which role you take on, we decide together.
- Liquidity now – part of your wealth is secured
- A share in future value growth – you grow with us
- The role you want – managing director, advisory board or shareholder in the background
After more than ten years, I wanted to put DHV in good hands without letting go completely. Through the group, we were able to hand over to my son calmly and with professional support. At the same time, I stayed on as a shareholder and continue to share in the growth.”
Axel GrissmerFounder, DHV MarineWhat owners say about the group
Together we professionalised MAXI-PRESS, made acquisitions in Germany and Australia and grew strongly. In the end, we sold the company together to a strategic buyer. How convinced am I of the model? I personally invested in the companies that joined the group afterwards.”
Tim ZaiserManaging Director, MAXI-PRESS ElastomertechnikSpecialists in their niche
Each company in the group operates independently in its market – with its own brand, its own team and its own customers. What they share is the drive to keep their customers’ machines running.
DHV Marine
Spare and wear parts for marine compressors, overhauled compressors and on-board service. More than 3,000 items in stock, customers worldwide.
Read the full story
Family succession solved, still invested. Over more than ten years, Axel Grissmer built DHV Marine into a global specialist in spare and wear parts for marine compressors. In 2023, DHV joined the Industrial Aftermarket Group. The founder remained a shareholder through a reinvestment. Together, the handover to the next generation was prepared step by step. In 2026, his son Sven Grissmer took over as managing director; Axel Grissmer has supported the company as an adviser since then.
“Being part of the group lets us focus fully on our customers – and gives us a sparring partner when the big decisions come up.”
Sven Grissmer, Managing Director, DHV Marine
Kentek
Filters and spare parts for heavy off-road and on-road equipment, as well as dust, fume and mist extraction solutions for industry. Since 1980.
More about Kentek
Its central warehouse in Vantaa serves customers across Finland. Kentek has been part of the Industrial Aftermarket Group since 2021.
“The group invests in us and gives us the backing to run our operations our way.”
Janne Laakkonen, CEO
MAXI-PRESS Elastomertechnik
Spare and wear parts for industrial laundries. From specialist to a successful sale to a strategic buyer.
Read the full story
MAXI-PRESS supplies industrial laundries with spare and wear parts. AUCTUS invested in 2018, and in 2020 MAXI-PRESS became the nucleus of the Industrial Aftermarket Group. Together with managing director Tim Zaiser, the company was professionalised and expanded through acquisitions in Germany and Australia. After a period of strong growth, MAXI-PRESS was sold to a strategic buyer. Tim Zaiser continues to run the company and has invested in other group companies.
What we look for
Machines and equipment often run for decades. Over that time, the supply of spare and wear parts decides how long they stand still and what they cost to run. That is what the companies we look for specialise in.
- Business model
- Aftermarket – spare and wear parts, consumables, services such as installation and maintenance, and hybrids such as overhaul and retrofit.
- Region
- From local specialists to globally active hidden champions, headquartered in Europe.
- Size
- Sustainable EBIT above EUR 1 million in industries new to us. In our existing industries, a positive EBIT is sufficient.
From first conversation to signing in around 15 weeks
- Week 0Introduction
Non-binding first conversation and NDA
- Week 1Indicative offer
Based on the last three annual financial statements
- Weeks 2–3Letter of intent
Negotiation of key terms and signing of the LOI
- Weeks 4–12Due diligence
Commercial, financial, tax and legal
- Weeks 13–15Signing
Finalisation and signing of the share purchase agreement (SPA)
Timings are indicative. You help set the pace.
What stays
- Name and brand
- Management and team
- Location
- Customer and supplier relationships
What changes
- The group holds the majority
- Regular dialogue and a monthly report
- Key decisions such as budget and larger investments are agreed jointly
- You gain access to capital, sparring and shared services
What owners ask us most
Will I stay on as managing director?
If you wish, yes. If you want to hand over, we build the succession together and manage the transition at your pace.
What role will I have after the sale?
That is up to you. Some owners stay at the helm, others hand over step by step and stay on as advisers – like Axel Grissmer at DHV, who handed the management over to his son.
What happens to my employees, the name and the location?
They stay. We do not integrate for the sake of integrating. You use shared services only where they help you.
Do I have to change my systems, such as the ERP?
No. Your systems stay as long as they work. For the monthly report we use the figures your accounting already produces. We offer shared IT or accounting, but we do not impose them.
Will there be cost cutting after the acquisition?
Our model is built on growth, not on cost-cutting programmes. Decisions about your team remain with local management.
How much of my company do I sell?
The majority. You typically keep a meaningful stake and benefit from the company’s further development.
How does the reinvestment work?
You reinvest part of the purchase price and remain a shareholder. You share proportionally in the further increase in value and in a later sale. Amount, rights and exit are set out transparently in the contract.
How is the purchase price determined?
The indicative offer is based on the last three annual financial statements and sustainable earnings power. After due diligence, it is finalised in the purchase agreement.
How is confidentiality ensured?
We sign an NDA before any documents are exchanged. Employees, customers and suppliers are only approached after agreement with you.
What happens to my company in the long run?
Our shareholder AUCTUS is a financial investor. In due course, the group or an individual company may pass to new owners. Through your retained stake, you share in the increase in value up to that point.
A mandate that fits? Talk to us directly.
We like working with advisers and follow your process.
Teasers to jona.platzer@aftermarket-group.com
- FocusAftermarket business models headquartered in Europe; sustainable EBIT above EUR 1m, lower in our existing industries
- FastFeedback on your teaser within 3 working days, indicative offer after about one week
- ExperiencedAdd-on acquisitions in Germany, Finland and Australia and a sale to a strategic buyer
- DirectOne point of contact from the first email to signing
A strong shareholder behind us
The Industrial Aftermarket Group is backed by AUCTUS Capital Partners AG, an independent, entrepreneur-founded investment firm based in Munich. Since 2001, AUCTUS has completed more than 300 investments and specialises in building groups of companies in the German-speaking Mittelstand.
Let’s talk in confidence.
A first conversation is non-binding and stays between us.
Jona Malte Platzer
I am responsible for developing the group and support our companies and their management teams. If you are thinking about succession or your next growth step, feel free to call me directly.
Aftermarket Group Holding GmbH
c/o AUCTUS Capital Partners AG
Franziskanerstraße 14, 81669 Munich, Germany