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><\/td>\nEffective December 18, 2025, Hainzl Industriesysteme GmbH (\u00bbHAINZL\u00ab) announced the acquisition of a majority stake in MS2 Engineering und Anlagenbau GmbH (\u00bbMS2\u00ab) from Martin Sch\u00e4fer and Manfred Strohmaier, Managing Directors and owners of MS2.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
><\/td>\nAquin acted as the sole M&A advisor to MS2 and its selling shareholders.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Strategic Logic<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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><\/td>\nFor MS2, the acquisition not only ensures the long-term succession of the company but also creates significant synergies, shared resources, and new technological opportunities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
><\/td>\nHAINZL strengthens its presence in a strategically important market by expanding the service portfolio of its Systems Engineering business unit to include specialized solutions in test bench technology and testing systems for gaseous media.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
><\/td>\nMS2 will continue to operate independently within the HAINZL Group as a competence center for testing technology, particularly for hydrogen applications, with a focus on fuel cells and electrolyzers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>
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MS2
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><\/td>\nMS2 Engineering und Anlagenbau GmbH, founded in 2002, specializes in the development and commissioning of customized turnkey testing technology systems, primarily for fuel cells and electrolyzers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
><\/td>\nTest systems have been delivered for various applications such as fuel cells and fuel cell systems, electrolyzers, gas metering valves, pumps of all kinds, couplings (eCS), H2 tank systems, humidifiers, metal hybrid storage systems, cooling systems, media valves, air modules, compressors, sensors, and heating systems.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
><\/td>\nMS2 is headquartered in Kirchheim\/Teck, Germany, and employs 50 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>
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HAINZL<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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><\/td>\nHAINZL Industriesysteme GmbH, headquartered in Linz, Austria, positions itself as a technology partner and system developer for customized products, machines, and plants in automation, drive technology, and control technology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
><\/td>\nFounded in 1965, HAINZL serves customers across machinery and plant engineering, metal processing, special vehicle construction, energy as well as building\/electrical engineering and operates within a group with multiple European locations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
><\/td>\nIn 2024, the family-owned group generated revenues of EUR 204 million and employs more than 1,000 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":26073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,215,141,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronics-and-automation","category-greentech-en","category-highlight-elektronics-and-automation-en","category-transactions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSale of MS2 to HAINZL - Aquin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aquin.com\/en\/sale-of-ms2-to-hainzl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sale of MS2 to HAINZL - 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