Deloitte Corporate Finance Advisory acted as exclusive financial sell-side advisor on the sale of manroland sheetfed GmbH’s lifecycle business and its global sales and service companies to Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
About the transaction
As part of the planned transaction, HEIDELBERG will acquire manroland’s global service and spare parts business, including associated intellectual property, market organisations in approximately 35 countries, selected assets, and around 600 employees.
In addition, HEIDELBERG will secure the intellectual property related to the Roland 900 / Cartonmaster large-format press.
“With this transaction, we are ensuring that the acquired manroland business can continue to operate reliably. The combination of manroland sheetfed’s service and spare parts business and its sales subsidiaries with HEIDELBERG strengthens our global role as a systems integrator and enables us to seamlessly ensure the supply of manroland users worldwide. Together with our strong service and logistics network, we offer our customers a global range of service and spare parts,” says Jürgen Otto, CEO of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.
The Deloitte Corporate Finance Advisory team—led by Reiner Schwenk (Managing Director) and comprising Lutz Illichmann (Director), Jan Morawietz (Assistant Director), Dr. Andreas Pargner (Senior Manager and industry expert), and Jan Rieker (Analyst)—acted as lead financial advisor. Christian Rhode (Partner) and Florian Gottermeier (Director) provided dedicated carve-out expertise.
Together, Deloitte successfully delivered the transaction in a structurally complex and highly time‑constrained environment, ensuring focused and efficient execution with a high degree of transaction certainty.
About manroland sheetfed GmbH
manroland sheetfed GmbH is a leading manufacturer of offset printing presses and related technologies for commercial, packaging, and publishing applications.
Built on a long tradition of German engineering excellence since its founding in 1871, the company is globally recognized for innovation, quality and supreme reliability.
About HEIDELBERG
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) is a leading technology company and global systems provider to the print and packaging industry. With a heritage of more than 175 years, HEIDELBERG stands for innovation, quality, and reliability in printing technology, software, service, consumables, and lifecycle solutions.
The company supports customers worldwide through one of the industry’s largest sales and service networks, with a strong focus on packaging, digital printing, workflow solutions, and the long-term productivity and efficiency of its customers’ operations.
About Deloitte Corporate Finance Advisory
As a leading independent M&A advisor, we provide M&A deal execution and financial advisory services to large and mid-market corporations, as well as to private equity firms globally. We offer financial advice and insight at every stage of a transaction – from consideration of strategic options to transaction execution and successful Signing & Closing, be it an acquisition or divestment or debt restructuring. We pride ourselves in our independent advice to our clients.