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The Corporate Finance/ M&A team is pleased to announce the sale of UIKER Antriebstechnik AG (“UIKER”) to Gebrüder Meier Holding AG (“Gebrüder Meier”). PwC supported UIKER as lead financial advisor and provided financial vendor assistance as well as data & analytics support on the transaction.
With this transaction, Michele Corrieri, owner of UIKER in the third generation, is able to solve his succession planning and hand over the very successful company to a new ownership.
Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Freienbach (SZ), UIKER is one of Switzerland’s largest system provider for technical components with an impeccable reputation in the industry. UIKER offers a diversified product portfolio of more than 180’000 technical components with focus on power transmissions and bearings mainly used by OEM and MRO companies located in Switzerland. UIKER’s integrated business model of complementing the distribution business of premium brands with inhouse production capabilities and engineering services enables the offering of customised high-quality solutions. UIKER operates eight locations throughout Switzerland, including two production facilities in Freienbach (SZ) and Landquart (GR). With its 130 employees, UIKER serves more than 5’000 active customers every year.
Gebrüder Meier, founded in 1918 and headquartered in Regensdorf (ZH), is a leading Swiss provider of services for electric motors and generators as well as other electrical and mechanical solutions with around 170 employees in its four locations in Switzerland. The company also operates mechanical production for the manufacture of complex individual parts, small series or prototypes.
The transaction was signed on June 8, 2023 and closed on June 30, 2023.
For further questions, please reach out to Marco Tremonte.
The PwC team
Corporate Finance / M&A team
- Sascha Beer (Partner, CF Leader Switzerland)
- Marco Tremonte (Managing Director, Engagement Leader)
- Alessandro Rossi (Manager)
- Raffael Waldmeier (Senior Associate)
- Kay Probst (Associate)
Financial vendor assistance team
- Nico Psarras (Partner)
- Steven Wendebaum (Manager)
- Jonas Leinss (Associate)
Deals data & analytics
- Simon Malin (Partner)
- Verena Diestelkaemper (Senior Manager)
- Mohammed Al-Sheikh (Senior Manager)
- Balazs Vaghy (Associate)
