HOERBIGER Sells Reed Valve Business to Nimbus

HEUKING advised Hoerbiger Deutschland Holding GmbH on the sale of its reed valve business to Nimbus, and HOERBIGER’s in-house legal department led the seller’s legal work. HOERBIGER has sold its reed valve business to Dutch industrial holding company Nimbus. The contract was signed on November 11, 2025; the transaction remains subject to customary regulatory approvals, including antitrust clearance. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The sale includes Hoerbiger Kompressortechnik GmbH (HKS) in Schongau, Germany, parts of Hoerbiger Valves (Changzhou) Co. Ltd. in China, and the Indian reed valve business. The product segment specialises in the development and manufacture of performance-defining compressor components used in refrigeration compression and mobile brake air compression, among other applications. Nimbus is taking over all 300 employees in the reed valve product segment, around 270 of whom are based at the Schongau site in Germany. HEUKING’s mandate also covered the legal structuring of the carve-out from the HOERBIGER group and advice on numerous service and supply agreements with companies in Germany, Austria, Poland, India, and China. HOERBIGER Deutschland Holding GmbH is part of the HOERBIGER group, a global technology company focused on compressor technology, drive technology, and hydraulics. Nimbus is a European industrial holding company with more than 20 years of experience in developing mid-market industrial businesses and pursues a long-term approach combining capital with operational expertise to foster sustainable growth. HEUKING represented Hoerbiger Deutschland Holding GmbH with a team composed by: Prof. Dr. Georg Streit (Overall Lead, Carve-out, Munich); Dr. Ulrich Jork (Co-Lead M&A, Munich); Dr. Marc Scheunemann (Co-Lead M&A, Düsseldorf/Frankfurt); Dr. Katharina Prasuhn (Corporate/M&A, Munich); Dr. Reinhard Siegert (Munich); Dr. Markus Collisy (Environment, Frankfurt); Markus Schmülling (Employment, Cologne); Dominik Eickemeier (IP, Media & Technology, Cologne); Tim Petermann (Commercial, Hamburg); Dr. Tilman Spancken (Real Estate); Christoph Hexel (Employment); Michael Below (Environment); Dr. Bodo Dehne (Foreign Investment Control, Düsseldorf); Dr. Ruth Jungkind (Antitrust, Munich); Frank Hollstein (Commercial, Frankfurt); Dr. Kai Uwe Büchler (Restructuring, Munich); Dr. Timo Piller (Corporate/M&A); Anna Schenke (Employment, Düsseldorf); Svea Kunz (IP, Media & Technology, Cologne); Dr. Karolina Badura (M&A, Munich). HOERBIGER in-house represented Hoerbiger Deutschland Holding GmbH with a team composed by: Dr. Michael Stelzel, MSc, MA, CSE, Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer; Michael Kullmann, Head of Legal – Automotive Division.

HOERBIGER Sells Reed Valve Business to Nimbus

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