ZITEC acquires HEPA WÄLZLAGER

Original German here.

The company HEPA WÄLZLAGER GmbH und Co. KG with its head office in Rostock becomes part of ZITEC Gruppe. For more than 25 years, HEPA WÄLZLAGER has been a successful technical distributor with particular focus on bearings and power transmission and a competent supplier of technical machine components of well-known manufacturers. The HEPA branches in Rostock, Chemnitz, Eisenhüttenstadt, Hamburg and Kiel strengthen ZITEC’s market position in North and East Germany sustainably and extend once again its diversified distribution network throughout the whole of Germany.

“We are very pleased that we have been able to find with ZITEC Gruppe a partner for our branch HEPA WÄLZLAGER GmbH & Co. KG under whose directorship business operations can be continued and expanded considerably. HEPA’s staff members are thus given in very good hands and multiple synergy effects also open them new perspectives,” explains Miodrag Zivic, Managing Director of Max Schön Gruppe. So far HEPA WÄLZLAGER GmbH und Co. KG has been a branch of Max Schön Gruppe Lübeck. Since 1995 Max Schön has been part of the Danish Sanistål Group.

“HEPA WÄLZLAGER will fit perfectly into ZITEC Gruppe, in order to jointly drive forward our activities in the north and east sales areas,“ states Dr. Otto Max Schaefer, CEO of ZITEC Gruppe: “A strong focus on the power transmission segment and HEPA’s powerful regional presence represent an important cornerstone for future growth supported by ZITEC Gruppe. Customers are from now on offered an extended product range and have access to our efficient service network provided by ZITEC Industrietechnik GmbH and KISTENPFENNIG AG.

“Sven Kistenpfennig, responsible for acquisitions and their integration, adds: “After the successful acquisition of the company Howaldt & Söhne in June in Lübeck, the takeover of HEPA WÄLZLAGER now marks the next step of our consistent growth strategy aiming at the extension of our markets in North and East Germany.

“As leading technical distributors with sales of more than 255 million Euros and 880 employees, ZITEC and KISTENPFENNIG now ensure a regional and nationwide supply to all customers from industry, mechanical engineering and maintenance from their 38 branches.

About ZITEC Group GmbH:

ZITEC Gruppe is the central German leading business unit of the European Industrial Parts Holding (IPH). With a common organisation ZITEC Industrietechnik GmbH and KISTENPFENNIG AG take responsibility for the German market of the IPH sales and service network.

The company ZITEC Industrietechnik GmbH with its head office in Plattling/Bavaria together with KISTENPFENNIG AG in Mainz is a modern company in trading, engineering and services. ZITEC provides top-quality products ranging from bearing, power transmission, fluid technology and technical machine components for maintenance and mechanical engineering. ZITEC has consistently developed further from a product-oriented trading company to a technical service provider. Customers from industry and mechanical engineering nowadays require product and service as complete package.

For more information, please visit: www.zitec-gruppe.com

About HEPA WÄLZLAGER GmbH and Co. KG:

Since its foundation in the year 1990 HEPA WÄLZLAGER GmbH und Co. KG has been active in roller bearings and drive technology. With its experience, know-how and future oriented mindset HEPA is a competent service partner at the six branches in Rostock, Chemnitz, Eisenhüttenstadt, Hamburg, Kiel and Luckenwalde. More than 80,000 components and spare parts of well-known manufactures are available from stock.

For more information, please visit: www.hepa-waelzlager.de

About Max Schön Group:

Max Schön is since 1995 part of the Danish Sanistål Group with more than 1,500 employees. With an extensive range of tools and industry products and a wide range of steels Max Schön belongs to the well-established North-German special technical distributors. In addition to two branches in Lübeck Max Schön operates branches in Hamburg, Kiel and Rostock as well.

For more information, please visit: www.max-schoen.de