Montana Tech Components

Montana Tech Components AG is a Swiss industrial group headquartered in Reinach, Aargau. It was founded in 2007 in St. Gallen by Michael Tojner and his Austrian private-equity firm Global Equity Partners, with the explicit goal of building an industrial conglomerate through targeted acquisitions. The group grew out of several overlapping takeovers, most importantly the Varta Microbattery acquisition announced in October 2006 and completed in February 2007, the majority stake in the Alu Menziken Group in July 2007, and the MNI Group in October 2007. After the Alu Menziken deal the company moved its seat from St. Gallen to Menziken. The group is organized into independent divisions, each with its own brand identity. Montana Aerospace Components develops and produces aluminium profiles for the aviation industry and other industrial sectors and describes itself as the world market leader in aluminium profiles for aerospace. Montana Energy Storage specializes in the development, production and distribution of batteries, button cells and hearing-aid batteries, and is expanding into e-mobility and energy storage through Varta Storage; it includes the subsidiary Varta AG. Montana Metal Tech, which emerged from the MNI Group, produces special machinery for metallurgy and aluminium wheel production and includes Alpine Metal Tech. Montana Industrial Components is the youngest division, comprising the copper-wire producer ASTA and the packaging manufacturer Aluflexpack. By the end of 2018 the group employed 7,781 people and operated 52 locations in 21 countries. In 2018 total revenue rose to EUR 1.22 billion with an operating profit of EUR 83.5 million. The company is a privately held Aktiengesellschaft; a planned stock-market listing was cancelled and never rescheduled. Michael Tojner took over operational leadership of the group in July 2011 from his predecessor Klaus Sernetz. The group's stated vision emphasizes innovation, technical progress and sustainable technologies, and its divisions position themselves as market, technology and innovation leaders in their fields.

Montana Tech Components emerged in 2007 in St. Gallen. It was founded from the environment of the Austrian private-equity firm Global Equity Partners around Michael Tojner, with the aim of building an industrial conglomerate through targeted acquisitions. The creation of today's four-division group took place within a few months in several overlapping steps. The basis was the acquisition of Varta Microbattery from Varta AG by Global Equity Partners, announced in October 2006 and completed in February 2007. With the takeover came the announcement of the intention to build up long-term industrial holdings and to present a corresponding structure and concept in the following months. Varta Microbattery GmbH initially remained owned by Global Equity Partners but was assigned to the emerging Montana Tech Components group from mid-2007, and passed into the ownership of Montana Tech Components at the end of 2007. The industrial group took concrete shape in early July 2007 with the acquisition of a majority stake in the Alu Menziken Group directly by Montana Tech Components, followed shortly afterwards by the relocation of its seat from St. Gallen to Menziken. With this acquisition the company's revenue doubled and the number of employees rose to 2,580. The newly created group also included the MNI Group, which had emerged in 2004 from the merger of Danish Magnemag A/S and Austrian Numtec-Interstahl GmbH and in which Global Equity Partners had held a stake since 2004; the MNI Group passed into the ownership of Montana Tech Components in October 2007. By 2010 Montana Tech Components consisted of three operating segments: "Aerospace & Industrial Components" (manufacture of aluminium parts), "Metal Tech" (metallurgy) and "Varta Micro Power" (microbatteries). A planned stock-market listing of Montana Tech Components was cancelled and never rescheduled. In July 2011 Michael Tojner took over operational leadership of the group from his predecessor Klaus Sernetz. In the same year a capital increase of CHF 62 million was carried out at the stock corporation, which met with opposition from some minority shareholders. In 2011 Montana Tech Components bought Varta AG, and in 2012 it bundled the battery activities under Varta Holding AG. The new holding united the Montana subsidiary Varta Microbattery with two manufacturers of special batteries, Varta Storage and Varta Microbattery Forschungsgesellschaft. Also in 2012 Montana Tech Components bought the Croatian packaging manufacturer Aluflexpack, previously a subsidiary of the Carinthian bank Hypo Alpe Adria. Global Equity Partners acquired the Lower Austrian Asta Group, a copper-wire manufacturer, for Montana Tech. As a result of the Aluflexpack acquisition, company revenue rose in 2012 to a record EUR 440.7 million. In 2013 Montana Tech took over the Austrian holding company EK Fin, thereby acquiring holdings in the auto-parts trade and in mechanical engineering. In 2013 Montana Tech bought the company Knorr, the "world market leader for rail inspection technology," and integrated the Austrian company into the Alpine Metal Tech division. In the same year Montana Tech acquired a majority stake in the Swiss company Process Point Service, a manufacturer of pet-food packaging, and integrated the acquisition into Aluflexpack. In 2014 followed the Frankfurt Gega Group, a manufacturer of flame-cutting machines, and the steel-construction company Koch H&K Industrieanlagen from Dillingen/Saar, both of which were integrated into Alpine Metal Tech. In 2016 the Gega site in Wallau was closed, justified by the steel crisis. At the end of 2014 Montana Tech expanded Alu Menziken's range by acquiring the company Euromotive from Salzburger Aluminium AG, which specialized in lightweight structures for the aviation and automotive industries. Company revenue rose in 2014 to EUR 591 million. In 2015 Montana Tech acquired the French manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging Eliop... By the end of 2018 the group employed 7,781 people and operated 52 locations in 21 countries. In 2018 total revenue rose to EUR 1.22 billion with an operating profit of EUR 83.5 million. As of 2019 the group was divided into four independent business areas, each with its own brand identity.

• 2018

  Group employs 7,781 people at 52 locations in 21 countries; revenue rises to EUR 1.22 billion with operating profit of EUR 83.5 million.

• 2016

  Gega site in Wallau closed, justified by the steel crisis.

• 2015

  French pharmaceutical packaging manufacturer Eliop acquired.

• 2014

  Gega Group and Koch H&K Industrieanlagen acquired and integrated into Alpine Metal Tech; Euromotive acquired from Salzburger Aluminium AG; revenue rises to EUR 591 million.

• 2013

  Austrian holding company EK Fin acquired; Knorr (rail inspection technology) acquired and integrated into Alpine Metal Tech; majority stake in Process Point Service acquired and integrated into Aluflexpack.

• 2012

  Battery activities bundled under Varta Holding AG; Croatian packaging manufacturer Aluflexpack acquired; revenue reaches record EUR 440.7 million.

• 2011

  Michael Tojner takes over operational leadership from Klaus Sernetz in July; capital increase of CHF 62 million; Varta AG acquired.

• 2010

  Group consists of three operating segments: Aerospace & Industrial Components, Metal Tech and Varta Micro Power.

• 2007

  Varta Microbattery acquisition completed in February; Montana Tech Components founded in St. Gallen; majority stake in Alu Menziken Group acquired in July and seat moved to Menziken; MNI Group acquired in October.

• 2006

  Acquisition of Varta Microbattery from Varta AG by Global Equity Partners announced in October.

A globally active industrial group focused on selected key technologies in aerospace, e-mobility, energy and packaging, whose divisions position themselves as market, technology and innovation leaders.

• Aluminium profiles for aerospace

• Batteries, button cells and hearing-aid batteries

• Energy storage systems (Varta Storage)

• Special machinery for metallurgy and aluminium wheel production

• Copper wire

• Packaging (pharma, pet food)

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