{"id":26092,"date":"2026-02-23T15:12:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquin.com\/?p=26092"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:15:06","slug":"aquin-advises-ms2-on-the-sale-to-hainzl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquin.com\/en\/aquin-advises-ms2-on-the-sale-to-hainzl\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquin advises MS2 on the sale to HAINZL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1102.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><article class=\"\" data-writing-block=\"\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 &#091;--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)&#093; @w-sm\/main:&#091;--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)&#093; @w-lg\/main:&#091;--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)&#093; px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"&#091;--thread-content-max-width:40rem&#093; @w-lg\/main:&#091;--thread-content-max-width:48rem&#093; mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal &#091;.text-message+&amp;&#093;:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"efaccb61-cdd9-4100-bc3f-5947bb9500d8\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-&#091;1px&#093;\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"215\">Effective December 18, 2025, Hainzl Industriesysteme GmbH announced the acquisition of a majority stake in MS2 Engineering und Anlagenbau GmbH from Martin Sch\u00e4fer and Martin Strohmaier, the Managing Directors and shareholders of MS2.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"418\">MS2 Engineering und Anlagenbau GmbH, founded in 2002 and based in Kirchheim\/Teck, Germany, specializes in the development and commissioning of customized turnkey testing technology systems, primarily for fuel cells and electrolyzers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"663\">HAINZL Industriesysteme GmbH, headquartered in Linz, Austria, positions itself as a technology partner and system developer for customized products, machines, and plants in the fields of automation, drive technology, and control technology.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"742\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Aquin acted as the exclusive M&amp;A advisor to MS2 and its selling shareholders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a class=\"icon-zu-text\" style=\"font-size: 75%;\" href=\"https:\/\/aquin.com\/en\/transactions\/\">Transactions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":26090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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