Private Equity Firm SüdBG Sells Its Stake in Janoschka AG to Investment Company Blue Cap AG

Deutsch: Orrick berät SüdBG beim Verkauf der Janoschka AG

Private equity firm SüdBG has sold Janoschka AG, market leader in the international prepress sector, to investment company Blue Cap AG, alongside members of the founding family.

Orrick represented SüdBG.

THE COMPANIES

Headquartered in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Janoschka operates as a one-stop provider covering the entire prepress value chain in packaging printing. The company employs around 1,500 people and operates production sites in 12 countries across Europe, Asia, and North America.

Süd Beteiligungen GmbH (SüdBG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), one of the largest banks in Germany. It has been supporting medium-sized companies for more than 50 years with customized equity and equity-related solutions in succession planning, growth financing and shareholder changes.

Blue Cap AG is a listed investment company with more than 20 years of market experience. The Munich-based firm invests in SMEs with a sound core business and clear potential for growth.

THE IMPACT

In 2017, SüdBG joined the Janoschka Group through a capital increase aimed at financing the company's international growth and supporting a simultaneous management buyout. Together with the founding family and the supervisory board, SüdBG accompanied the management in executing a targeted growth strategy. This included automating production processes, increasing the level of digitalization across the value chain, and expanding international production sites to offer customers worldwide comprehensive technical expertise, innovative solutions, and services for both gravure and flexographic printing.

During its partnership with SüdBG, Janoschka successfully expanded its global presence and broadened its range of services.

THE TEAM

Christoph Brenner led the Orrick team which further included Stefan Riedl, Stefan Renner, Maria Teodorescu, Nico Neukam, Sebastian Meul, Martina Pfaffinger, André Zimmermann and Marianna Urban.