ARRI Rental acquired by H2 Equity Partners

H2 Equity Partners signed a binding agreement in October 2026 to carve ARRI Rental out of ARRI Cine Technik, its German parent, investing alongside the management team led by chief executive Dana Harrison. H2EP Fund VI took full ownership, and the business was to operate independently after completion, which remained subject to customary conditions. Barings provided the acquisition financing. Founded in 1955, ARRI Rental hires out the equipment used to shoot films and television. Its inventory covers cameras, lenses, lighting and grip gear, the rigs and mounts that position and move a camera on set, supplied for the duration of a production together with the technical support that goes with it. Its customers are the production companies and cinematographers behind feature films, high-end television, commercials and live events, served from bases across the United Kingdom, continental Europe and North America. The business depends on the quality of its inventory and on relationships built with directors of photography, who specify the equipment they want for a given production. The carve-out separated the rental business from the manufacturer that had owned it. ARRI Cine Technik designs and builds cameras and lighting systems, a different business with its own capital requirements, and the two had limited operational overlap: a rental house buys equipment from several manufacturers and competes on service and availability rather than on the hardware it sells. H2 Equity Partners specialises in corporate carve-outs, taking businesses that their owners consider non-core and establishing them as standalone companies. ARRI Rental was its eleventh investment from Fund VI and its fourth new platform of 2026. Dana Harrison continued to lead the company alongside the firm.