Give or treat yourself to a subscription to Boats in Motion print + digital and for only 39 euros a year you get the magazine at home plus read it on your PC, smartphone and tablet. With a sea of advantages.
We are at a new turning point for the Hanse Group with all its brands including Fjord, Sealine and Ryck. New change of ownership is on the horizon after an agreement was reached on May 18 between the fund that currently owns the group, namely Aurelius Group, German entrepreneur Andreas Müller, and Hanjo Runde Group CEO.
The two are aiming to take majority shares in the Hanse Group to breathe new life into the shipyard after a difficult period. After all, the potential of the German shipyard’s brands is definitely high and, above all, capable of covering an important slice of the market.
The group’s latest CEO, Hanjo Runde, is expected to join the revitalization effort by supporting entrepreneur Andreas Müller, who heads Alois Müller GmbH, a Bavarian company with a turnover of 71 million euros (2022 figure).
The company is active in the fields of building technology, air conditioning, plant engineering and sustainable energy solutions. A reserved figure with little inclination to the spotlight, his name rarely appears even in the local press.
Everyone hopes that through this new financial and strategic transaction Hanse will be able to grow globally. However, a number of critical points remain, including the announced job cuts at both the shipyard’s German headquarters and its Polish branch: the change of ownership of the German group will be accompanied by a reduction of 200 jobs out of the current 1,500 employed in sailboat construction. Further negotiations on the transaction for a final purchase agreement are therefore expected.
The history of the Hanse Group founded by Michael Schmidt is one of successes, ups and downs. In 2011 Schmidt left the group by selling 64.67 percent of his shares to Aurelius, one of the largest pan-European investment funds, for 27 million euros.
The transaction led Hanse Group to be the world’s third-largest marine group for pleasure boats. But despite the fact that in the following years the company acquired and consolidated other major brands, such as Moody, Dehler, Privilege (Sail), Sealine, Fjord, and Ryck (engine), the German giant has never been able to express its full potential and win a role as a true market leader.
What Andreas Müller and Hanjo Runde Group CEO will be called upon to do.
Sign up for our Newsletter
Powerboats, its stories, from small open to motoryachts. Sign up now for our free newsletter and receive the best news selected by the editorial staff each week. Enter your email below, agree to the Privacy Policy and click the “sign me up” button.
From England to Iran, via South Africa. This is how this incredible hull made its way around the world, transforming from a competition boat to an assault vessel. We retrace the story of a project that is as peculiar as
What is the queen characteristic of an engine? Certainly, that it consumes little fuel is very important, but more importantly, when you are moving away from the coast, perhaps in less traveled waters, it is simply critical that it never
Welcome to the special section “BAM 35 Years.” We are presenting “cult” articles from the Motor Boats archive, starting in 1990. A journey through time among stories unobtainable today, even in the great sea of the internet! A dive into
A boat for those who, even without a mega-yacht, want to take center stage upon arrival at the roadstead. And not with exaggerated engines or flashy liveries, but with the understated charm of classic elegance. Spirit Yachts presents the new
Send us your sea photos and enter history with us! Your pictures will be featured on our “bulletin board” immediately.
