Herzog Dichtungen AG was sold on age grounds and the sale will be realised in the context of a sustainable succession plan. Owner Walter Herzog is happy that he has found a buyer in the poesia group that specializes in seals and seal technology. The Aargau-based company has been optimally established on the market for years and its production is based in Switzerland. Selling to the poesia group enables many synergies and a promising future.

 

Since its founding in 1997, the poesia group has grown gradually, and over recent years has been actively looking for other interesting companies that it could take over in pursuit of its growth strategy. For Emil Brändli, Chairman of the Executive Board at poesia holding ag, the purchase of Hertzog Dichtungen AG makes sense for several reasons: “Thanks to our seals, we are very well anchored in the construction sector. The inflatable seals, profiles, moulded rubber parts and specialities produced by Herzog Dichtungen AG will complement our product range and enable us to create new sales channels in the industrial sector, which means we can advise and support a new customer group with absolute specialists. Furthermore, there is attractive synergy potential in purchasing, production and finishing, and we can offer our customers another quality product and an attractive full product range.”

The poesia® specialists can also support customers in the areas of technical customer advice and engineering with new and further developments or product optimisations.

 

Customers for inflatable seals include companies from the investment sector that manufacture highly sophisticated products in a wide variety of areas. These include production systems for clean rooms, pharmaceutical production, active ingredient production, filling systems, food production, support in the manufacture and promotion of semi-finished products for all areas, dust removal, noise reduction, levelling, ejecting, round filler necks, monitoring flaps and food additives, as well as systems for use in autoclaves, evaporators or blood processing.

Inflatable seals with the brand name InflaSeal^® are a certified in-house Herzog Dichtungen AG development and are used wherever large gaps need bridging. They cover temperatures ranging from -60°C to +300°C. The traceability and required standards of the food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries are certified to order. Inflaseal^® products made to the Herzog Dichtungen AG specification are manufactured from scratch in Urdorf.

 

Walter Herzog will personally support Michael Brändli, Managing director of poesia holding ag, to guarantee a seamless takeover. He will subsequently remain available as needed. The long-serving employees of Herzog Dichtungen AG will be taken on by the poesia group, which in the eyes of Michael Brändli will result in a win-win situation for all involved: “The jobs will be saved and the know-how and customer relationships of Herzog employees will ensure continuity and that existing business relationships are maintained.”

 

The poesia group is made up of five companies: mk dichtungs ag, pbc polymer ag, bk brändli ag and stuck ag, all under the operative aegis of poesia holding ag. Herzog Dichtungen AG will join the group on 1 March 2020. The group manufactures seals, profiles and components. They are used in construction, industry, rolling stock construction, vehicle construction, power plants and aviation. The company is headquartered in Unterkulm (AG).

 

 

 

From left to right: Michael Brändli new Managing Director Herzog Dichtungen AG, Walter Herzog former Managing Director, Emil Brändli Chairman of the Board