Investment in innovation: the Goldbeck family of entrepreneurs from Bielefeld and partner Björn-Hendrik Robens take over a majority stake in HWP Handwerkspartner AG

Hamburg, Germany, June 12 /PRNewswire/ A strong partnership creates perspectives: the Bielefeld entrepreneurial family Goldbeck, together with partner and investor Björn-Hendrik Robens joined the HWP Handwerkspartner Group, one of the leading full-service construction service providers in Germany, via her investment company Goldbeck Robens Industrial Partners (GRIP). With strong capital, the technological, professional and economic growth of the HWP Handwerkspartner Group is thus further promoted – for impulses in efficiency and sustainability in the crafts sector. In the future, politics and society will build more than ever on the harmony of ecology and economy in housing, business and industry. GRIP takes over the shares of Adiuva Capital from Hamburg, which HWP has supported entrepreneurially since 2019. During this time, HWP Handwerkspartner has almost tripled its total annual output.

The Goldbeck family of entrepreneurs: setting the pace for systematic innovations

Right from the start in 1969, the Goldbeck family of entrepreneurs has been a pioneer in the construction of real estate with systematic processes along the entire life cycle. From turnkey new construction of logistics and industrial halls, office and school buildings to multi-storey car parks and residential buildings. In addition, the largest construction company under German ownership also provides building-related services and revitalizes existing buildings or recycles them. As a recognized technology leader, Goldbeck achieves a total output of more than 5 billion euros with 13 plants, 3 system centers and over 10,000 employees at more than 100 locations throughout Europe.

The leading technological development and manufacturing expertise is the ideal complement to the HWP construction services: Goldbeck Robens Industrial Partners and HWP Handwerkspartner, a German duo that brings movement to the market of preservation. Jan-Hendrik Goldbeck, managing partner of Goldbeck GmbH alongside Jörg-Uwe Goldbeck, explains: “With the new investment company GRIP, we are investing in companies in Germany which, thanks to their differentiated business models, have the potential to attain a leading position in growing markets in which we are active know us very well due to our many years of activity.” A long-term home should be offered for special companies without integrating them or changing the business model. HWP fits this profile ideally, also because it will be over 15 years from now 20 family businesses and gave their employees and customers an innovative and long-term home. Jörg-Uwe Goldbeck emphasizes further: “HWP Handwerkspartner will remain an independent company and continue to focus on its core business, various work steps within a construction process with HWP Handwerkspartner’s own employees to cover We appreciate the employees of HWP Handwerkspartner as a well-rehearsed, large team with comprehensive expert knowledge and many years of experience.”

Björn-Hendrik Robens: Experienced investor for the development of market leaders

With Björn-Hendrik Robens, a partner with great management expertise and significant experience in the investment business is on board. As managing partner, he will manage the investment company Goldbeck Robens Industrial Partners (GRIP) and make his expertise available to HWP Handwerkspartner. Björn-Hendrik Robens on the strategic partnership’s chances of success: “Sustainable refurbishment and renovation and saving energy through the installation of state-of-the-art technology are of enormous importance for the ecological goals of politics and society. With HWP we can make our contribution to this change and together with André Ryschka, Marc Eberhardt, Holger Berszinski and their team, develop HWP into an innovation house in the craft sector.”

HWP and GRIP: German duo on course for growth and innovation

André Ryschka, founding partner and board spokesman of HWP Handwerkspartner, is looking forward to working with Goldbeck and Robens: “This partnership is our absolute dream constellation. The Goldbeck family shapes the construction industry with their pioneering spirit and sets the pace for innovation. Björn-Hendrik Robens, whom I have known and respected since HWP was founded, brings with him profound experience in building market leaders. That is why we are convinced that we have gained the best possible impetus for the further development of our company. With this partnership, we will remain one of the most attractive employers in the skilled trades in the future.”

André Ryschka adds: “We would like to thank Adiuva Capital for the constructive and cooperative partnership over the past four years, which has enabled HWP to take a substantial step in growth. Hauke ​​Lübben, Managing Director of Adiuva Capital, growth investor for German medium-sized companies: “We are very pleased that the founding shareholders of HWP have found the ideal partner for further growth and development in Adiuva in Goldbeck Robens Industrial Partners (GRIP) following a transformative development phase have found the company’s innovation course.”

About the HWP Handwerkspartner Group The HWP Handwerkspartner Group, founded in 2007, is one of the leading nationwide construction service companies in the areas of painting and finishing work, building protection and technical building equipment (TGA) and one of the top career platforms in the construction trade. With currently 15 locations and more than 25 operational units, the HWP Handwerkspartner Group is represented as a full-service provider in Germany and Luxembourg. A good 1,000 of our own competent specialists are in action – throughout Germany and beyond the borders in Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland, France and the Benelux countries. The HWP Handwerkspartner Group currently generates an annual total output of around 130 million euros.

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Press contact HWP Handwerkspartner AG:
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Mail anne.ryschka@handwerkspartner.de
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