Martin Beck

MEC Holding GmbH acts as a holding company with interests in manufacturing machinery for welding, cutting, and producing diagnostic instruments. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany.

Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH enagages in the production and development of powder metallurgy-based automotive pump and engine components. Its product spectrum encompasses oil pump components, aluminum helical gears, belts and chain sprockets, synchronizer hubs and sintered aluminum components. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Aalen, Germany.

Nordwind Capital GmbH (Nordwind Capital) is a German private equity firm which was founded by Dr. Hans Albrecht in 2003. Headquartered in Munich, Nordwind Capital manages the NCP I fund, backed by investors including the endowments of leading American universities and a select number of European family offices and international institutional investors.

Granville Baird GmbH (GB) is an independent management-owned private equity firm based in Hamburg. The firm originated in 1999 and was previously known as Granville Baird Capital Partners. The current structure was established in 2007. GB specializes in buyouts in the German Mittelstand. Through Baird Capital Partners Europe, GB operates a strategic partnership with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, a U.S., employee-owned firm founded in 1919 specializing in wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management. They are headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with affiliates in Europe and Asia. Through the U.S. firm, GB draws on relevant international contacts, research and advisory services for their operations in Germany.

Nordwind Capital Erste Industriebeteiligungen GmbH engages in the acquisition and holding of investments, as well as the provision of services to affiliated companies, in particular to newly acquired companies and sister companies in German-speaking Europe. Its services may include management, mediation, marketing, consulting, and financial services. The company was founded on December 15, 2003 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.