KPMG Deal Advisory, Corporate Finance acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Salzgitter AG on the successful sale of DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbH to NMP Germany GmbH

KPMG Deal Advisory, Corporate Finance (“KPMG”) proudly acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Salzgitter AG on the successful sale of DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbH, a global market leader in machines and systems for industrial shoe manufacturing, to NMP Germany GmbH, part of the Franco-German industrial group Name & Mawi Partners SAS (“NMP”).

This transaction is another step taken by Salzgitter AG in the context of its active portfolio management. The strategic acquisition by NMP unlocks new opportunities for DESMA to further develop its strong market position, expand production capacities, and continue its successful business operations under new ownership.

About DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbH

DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbH, headquartered in Achim near Bremen, is part of the Salzgitter Group’s Technology business unit. The company has been manufacturing machines for direct shoe soling since 1946. Today, DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbH, with its 220 employees, is the technology and world market leader for systems, machines, automation solutions, and molds for industrial shoe manufacturing. Approximately half of all direct soling machines in use worldwide originate from DESMA.

About Salzgitter AG

Salzgitter AG, headquartered in Salzgitter, Germany, is one of Europe’s leading steel and technology groups. With around 25,000 employees in over 130 subsidiaries and associated companies worldwide, the group operates in the business units steel production, steel processing, trading, and technology. The company’s product portfolio ranges from high-quality flat and long steel products to tubes, machinery, and plant engineering solutions. Salzgitter AG is a pioneer in low-CO₂ steel production and is actively driving forward the transformation of the steel industry through its SALCOS® – Salzgitter Low CO₂ Steelmaking program. In the 2024 fiscal year, Salzgitter AG generated external sales of approximately €10 billion, based on a crude steel capacity of 6.4 million tons.

About NMP Germany GmbH

NMP is a German-French industrial group with two headquarters in Weil der Stadt, near Stuttgart, and Strasbourg in France. NMP comprises a total of 9 companies with 250 employees active in four countries (Germany, France, Switzerland and Slovakia). The NMP Group is the world market leader in splitting, sciving and cutting technologies for “soft materials“. Since 1903, the company has been manufacturing the respective machines for various sectors, especially for the leather, footwear and packaging industries.

About KPMG Deal Advisory

With more than 2,300 professionals in over 80 countries and with offices in major financial hubs such as Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Zurich, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo and Sydney, KPMG’s M&A network includes more corporate finance experts than any other global investment banking network. It also covers the largest number of countries, enabling extensive industry reach and C-Suite access. With over 3,000 deals closed since 2014, KPMG is one of the leading and most active international MidCap M&A advisors and consistently ranks top 3 by number of deals globally.