Investments

We are creating value for generations. This ambition shapes the way we structure and manage our portfolio.

Strategic portfolio composition

We are creating value for generations. This ambition shapes the way we structure and manage our portfolio. Our entrepreneurial focus is on majority stakes in leading European providers within the business services sector. Additionally, Haniel holds a diversified portfolio of investments across other high-growth industries and regions.

Transformation out of tradition

Entrepreneurial & farsighted

Haniel has over 265 years of experience in transformation. Throughout our history, we have always courageously adapted our strategy and portfolio to new conditions. We continue to do so today. As a long-term, family-owned investor, we serve as both a capital provider and a sparring partner for our portfolio companies—supporting them in developing new business models and entering new markets. We pursue ambitious goals: to achieve economic success while driving ecological and social progress.

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Portfolio

Our majority shareholdings

BauWatch tower with green light in front of a construction site in the dark

BauWatch

BauWatch is the fast-growing European market leader in outdoor temporary security solutions, offering a tech-enabled end-to-end service proposition. The company's access control, alarm and video systems are currently mainly used on construction sites; other application areas include open storage and recycling areas as well es energy plants; e. g. with solar panels or wind turbines.

Bed, pillows and fabrics at the BekaertDeslee showroom

BekaertDeslee

BekaertDeslee is a globally leading specialist for the development and manufacturing of woven and knitted mattress textiles and ready-made mattress covers. BD‘s products support a good night's sleep and thus the well-being of a wide range of target groups. The company also focuses on using natural resources and pays attention to recyclability.

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CWS Cleanrooms

As a holistic solution provider, CWS Cleanrooms develops modular offers and innovative concepts around the cleanroom tailored to customer needs with comprehensive expertise and great passion. From textiles to cleaning, training, consumables to on-site service – everything from one single source.

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CWS Fire Safety

CWS Fire Safety is a full-service provider of products and services for preventive fire protection and safety technology. The company helps its customers to reliably achieve individual protection goals.

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CWS Hygiene

CWS Hygiene is a leading partner for sustainable and efficient washroom solutions. The company helps its customers tailor washroom equipment and operations to individual requirements. From small washrooms to large sanitary facilities, CWS provides them with full-service solutions for hand, toilet and indoor air hygiene.

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CWS Workwear

CWS Workwear is a leading service provider for workwear. The company’s service includes a wide range of workwear and protective clothing – made from sustainable materials and manufactured in Europe. Collection, washing, repair, maintenance and delivery of the textiles are all part of the service offer, with a circular business model that centers on quality, durability and reuse. Across Europe, more than 1.5 million employees wear CWS Workwear every day.

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Emma

Emma – The Sleep Company is the world’s leading D2C sleep brand, providing bedding products and sleep technologies, such as the smart mattress Emma Motion. Emma stands out with excellent research and development competencies, taking sleep and thus well-being holistically and constantly to a new level.

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das kinderzimmer

KMK kinderzimmer (“das kinderzimmer”) is a dynamically growing German provider of early childhood education with around 600 employees. das kinderzimmer is a trusted partner for cities and municipalities with currently over 4,000 children from a wide range of social backgrounds being taken care of. By providing more children a second home, das kinderzimmer seeks to contribute to the vision of a more equitable society.

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Rovema

ROVEMA is a global leader in the manufacturing of packaging machines and equipment for a wide variety of products and applications. The company develops and builds packaging machines and systems that suit complex circular economy demands.

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TAKKT

TAKKT Group specializes in B2B omnichannel retailing for business equipment. The company's divisions and brands focus on selling durable and price-stable equipment as well as specialty items to corporate customers. The TAKKT companies supply, for example, pallet trucks to German automotive suppliers, computer cabinets to Swiss machine manufacturers, advertising banners for trade fair presentations, shipping cartons to European industrial companies or catering equipment to US commercial kitchens.

Portfolio stories

How we create value

BekaertDeslee

Driving international expansion

Haniel acquired the Belgian company Bekaert Textiles in 2015 and supported the 2016 merger with DesleeClama, forming BekaertDeslee. Since then, Haniel has advanced the company's international expansion, both organically and inorganically. BekaertDeslee has globally extended its manufacturing capacity with new facilities and expansions in Turkey, Brazil and China, conducted various bolt-on acquisitions and recently entered the Indian market. Steps that have made our portfolio company the undisputed global leader in fabrics for the mattress industry.

People sleeping in a world map made of mattress fabrics
BauWatch Scout on a construction site

BauWatch

Promoting product innovation

BauWatch, Europe's leading provider of mobile video surveillance for construction sites, critical infrastructure, solar and wind parks and other properties worth protecting, has been part of the Haniel portfolio since 2021. The company is setting new standards in the security industry with its innovative products and services. One highlight is the BauWatch Scout, a compact, modular and solar-powered solution that perfectly suits the targeted monitoring of valuable materials or equipment in environments that demand adaptability. Moreover – in the age of sustainability – the BauWatch Solar has developed from a former niche product for properties without a power connection into a real customer favorite. The established BauWatch GreenLight solution and the MyBauWatch app are meanwhile also being continuously optimized to meet the highest customer demands.

CWS Fire Safety

Accelerating inorganic growth

CWS Fire Safety is a market leader in preventive fire safety and electronic security, active in Germany and the Netherlands. Haniel created the company under the CWS umbrella in 2016 through a buy & build strategy. With the combination of craftsmanship from every single acquisition and the power of the larger platform, CWS Fire Safety is uniquely positioned to unleash the potential for further profitable growth. Today, the company offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services, expert networks for more complex trades, its own training center for employees and an internal process system to ensure high quality throughout.

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Investments

Team

Vita

Joined in 2010

Previously: Ørsted, UBS, Deutsche Bank

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Philipp Göhre

Partner Multi-Asset

Philipp Göhre

Partner Multi-Asset

Vita

Joined in 2010

Previously: Ørsted, UBS, Deutsche Bank

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Photo of Lukas Droege
Vita

Joined in 2025

Previously: Bain & Company, Vodafone, Audi China

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Union Graduate College

Lukas Droege

Operating Partner

Lukas Droege

Operating Partner

Vita

Joined in 2025

Previously: Bain & Company, Vodafone, Audi China

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Union Graduate College

Vita

Joined in 2022

Previously: Bayer M&A, Deutsche Bank, Leonardo & Co.

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Trinity College Dublin, Jacobs University Bremen

Katharina Rosenbohm

Head of Mergers & Acquisitions

Katharina Rosenbohm

Head of Mergers & Acquisitions

Vita

Joined in 2022

Previously: Bayer M&A, Deutsche Bank, Leonardo & Co.

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Trinity College Dublin, Jacobs University Bremen

Vita

Joined in 2021

Previously: HSBC, Macquarie Capital

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University of Technology Sydney

Philipp Krüger

Senior Investment Manager

Philipp Krüger

Senior Investment Manager

Vita

Joined in 2021

Previously: HSBC, Macquarie Capital

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University of Technology Sydney

Vita

Joined in 2018

University of Cologne, Goethe University Frankfurt, BI Norwegian Business School

Michael Olschewski

Senior Investment Manager

Michael Olschewski

Senior Investment Manager

Vita

Joined in 2018

University of Cologne, Goethe University Frankfurt, BI Norwegian Business School

Vita

Joined in 2022

Previously: HSBC, NRW.BANK

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Rotman School of Management, Monash University

Julia Wautmann

Senior Investment Manager

Julia Wautmann

Senior Investment Manager

Vita

Joined in 2022

Previously: HSBC, NRW.BANK

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Rotman School of Management, Monash University

Vita

Joined in 2024

Previously: Siemens AG, Lincoln International

Católica University Lisbon, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University

Richard Krieg

Investment Manager

Richard Krieg

Investment Manager

Vita

Joined in 2024

Previously: Siemens AG, Lincoln International

Católica University Lisbon, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University