Press releases

Duisburg, 2 June 2023. Haniel extends its growth capital portfolio by committing to climate tech fund Pale blue dot II, which recently closed at 93M EUR.

Duisburg, 31 March 2023. Haniel looks back on a successful financial year 2022, despite the challenging macroeconomic environment, and achieves further milestones on its way to becoming Europe's…

Duisburg, 22 Dezember 2022. Haniel CFO Florian Funck has informed the Supervisory Board that he will not extend his contract, which runs until August 2024. This way, he early wants to set the course…

Duisburg, 9 May 2022. Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH (“Haniel”) has agreed with Pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital and management on the acquisition of a majority stake in STAXS®…

Duisburg, Hamburg, 16 June 2021. Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH ("Haniel") has agreed on a long-term partnership with Karina and Melf Kruse, the founders and shareholders of KMK Kinderzimmer GmbH ("das…

Duisburg, May 6, 2021 – Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH (“Haniel”) continues with its portfolio transformation and has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Luxembourg-based Aperam S.A. (“Aperam”) to sell…

Duisburg, February 22, 2021. Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH ("Haniel") acquires 100% of the shares of the European market leader for temporary outdoor security solutions BauWatch from Nordian Capital.…

Haniel acquires 50.1% of Europe’s fastest-growing bed-in-a-box brand

Duisburg, April 6th, 2020. On April 3^rd, 2020, Franz B & Cie. GmbH (Haniel) has signed an agreement to acquire 50.1 percent of…

• Focus on profitable growth and sustainability
• Portfolio restructuring underway, new management model established
• Around EUR 1.7 billion available for additional portfolio development following…

Duisburg, 31. March 2020. Haniel, a German family-equity company, becomes a Regional Cornerstone Investor of Gilde Healthcare V. The growth capital fund focuses on medtech, digital health and…

Duisburg, 7 November 2019. EP Global Commerce (EPGC) yesterday acquired around 12.5 per cent of the ordinary shares of METRO AG held by Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH (Haniel). In addition, there is a call…

• Strong Q4 2018/19 with 2.5% like-for-like sales growth and 3.9% total sales growth
• Growth was particularly driven by Eastern Europe (excl. Russia), Western Europe (excl. Germany) and Asia
• FY…