LOHSE Group acquired by K INDUSTRIES

The asset acquisition of the LOHSE Group by Austrian industrial specialist K industries GmbH was structured on August 4, 2026 and closed on September 2, 2026, through an insolvency asset deal following self-administration proceedings initiated in January 2026. The transaction transfers the operational assets of MARTIN LOHSE GmbH, Maschinenbau Lohse GmbH, and Verwaltungs-Lohse GmbH & Co. KG located in Heidenheim an der Brenz. The transaction concludes an international structured sale process managed by M&A advisory firm WINTERGERST, led by project partners Christian Scharfenberger, Simon Ulmer, and Florian König to address commercial headwinds across the manufacturer's core industrial client sectors. Under the leadership of managing director Franz Kreuzer, the acquisition links the buyer's Carinthian mechanical engineering and site installation resources with LOHSE's proprietary product portfolio of stainless steel shut-off, regulating, and reject valves across the pulp, paper, chemicals, and biogas industries. Legal counsel to K industries was provided by GvW Graf von Westphalen through a transaction team led by Felix Wolf for Corporate and M&A, supported by insolvency specialists Dr. Wolfram Desch and Lena Biendl, tax partner Dr. Arne Schmidt, real estate lawyer Hans-Joachim Lagier, IT and data privacy specialist Gudrun Hausner, employment attorneys Christoph J. Hauptvogel and Denise Waelde, and intellectual property counsel Jörg Khöber. The restructuring preserves the manufacturing center in Heidenheim while expanding direct engineering and equipment distribution channels across European industrial sites.