HALDER takes majority stake in CPM GROUP

Halder acquired a majority stake in CPM Group, the German contract manufacturer of dental and medical implants, in a transaction announced in April 2022. Founder Claus-Peter Maier sold his shares and left the company after twenty-two years, while the existing management team stayed in place under chief executive Christian Kick, who had led the business for many years. Managing partner Christian Muschalik led the investment for Halder. It was a succession deal, of the kind that forms the core of Halder’s activity: the firm had completed 24 of them among the 45 companies it had backed since 1991, and held eight investments at the time. Halder planned to widen the company’s range of products and services and to grow it through add-on acquisitions, in a market where demand for medical devices continues to rise and where regulatory requirements have become more demanding, favouring manufacturers able to handle development, production and certification for their customers. Christian Kick said the goals set with Halder had convinced the team from the outset, and Christian Muschalik pointed to the combination of a motivated management team and deep manufacturing and medical technology expertise.