History of Arques Industries

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This article describes the history of Arques Industries AG , the former name of Gigaset AG .

history

  • Historical logos

  • Logo from 2002 to 2008

  • Logo from 2008 to 2011

The company was founded on January 26, 1900 under the name AG Bad Salzschlirf as a spa treatment company in Bad Salzschlirf . The company operated under this name until February 1, 2001. Finally, insolvency proceedings (plan proceedings ) were opened against the assets of AG Bad Salzschlirf .

On May 17, 2002, Peter Löw took over 61 percent and Buchanan 22 percent of the company; they had brought 83 percent of the company under their control. Shortly afterwards, Löw took over the chairmanship of the board. On June 24, 2002, the former AG Bad Salzschlirf was renamed Arques; According to the articles of association, the company's purpose was expanded to include the acquisition and restructuring of medium-sized companies. On August 27, 2002 the bankruptcy proceedings could be canceled.

On September 2, 2002, the telecommunications provider Tesion Communicationsnetze Südwest GmbH & Co. KG was taken over by Energie Baden-Württemberg ( EnBW ), which has 60,000 customers and achieved sales of 89.5 million euros in 2001. The first investment was acquired on August 14, 2003, the Schierholz Translift group from Bremen . On December 16, 2003, Arques was renamed Arques Industries.

On July 24, 2007 it was announced that Arques had acquired the IT distributor Actebis from the Otto Group for 110 million euros. Actebis is said to be number three among the IT distributors in Europe and at that time employed around 1,300 people. This transaction, with a turnover share of 2.5 billion euros per year, was the largest takeover by Arques to date. Later on, Actebis 'national subsidiaries in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which were still owned by the Otto Group, were also taken over, which increased Actebis' sales share at Arques to over 3 billion euros.

On September 26, 2007, Deutsche Börse announced that it would list the company's shares in the MDAX from October 1, 2007 , from which it had to switch to the SDAX in June 2008 due to insufficient market capitalization . On March 22, 2010, the share also dropped out of this selection index.

On October 1, 2008, Siemens sold 80.2% of its shares in the communications division Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices (subsequently renamed Gigaset Communications) to Arques for 45 million euros; this led to a bitter dispute with Siemens over outstanding payments in the amount specified and guarantees of 15 million euros. In the course of this legal dispute, Siemens filed a fraud complaint, which led to a police raid on the premises of Arques Industries. The litigation eventually ended in a settlement.

At the beginning of 2009, several investments were sold as a package to BluO . BluO is a private equity fund company based in Luxembourg , which was founded in autumn 2008 by the former Arques board members Peter Löw and Martin Vorderwülbecke . Markus Zöllner, a former member of the Arques board, is also at BluO.

On July 22, 2009 the European Commission announced that it had fined Arques Industries as part of antitrust investigations against various European companies in the calcium carbide sector. In summer 2009 Arques sold the ITC distributor Actebis to Droege Capital GmbH for at least 40 million euros. On August 26, 2010 there was a scandal during the general meeting. Peter Löw and some shareholders overthrew the old board. On September 1, 2010 the old board members Hans Gisbert Umke and Michael Hütten left the company; the former chairman of the board, Peter Löw, took over the post of chairman of the supervisory board. Maik Brockmann took over as CEO. In November 2010, Arques Industries decided to change its corporate objective: In the future, Arques will no longer buy and renovate smaller companies, but rather existing investments such as B. sell van Netten and only act as a telecommunications company. On December 20, 2010, an extraordinary general meeting resolved to rename the company Gigaset AG .

Participation history

  • Infosystems GmbH (acquisition: December 12, 2003; sale: May 5, 2004)
  • Gimflex SA (sale: November 2004)
  • Schierholz Translift AG (acquisition: August 14, 2003; sale: June 2005)
  • Heinrich Heiland (acquisition: February 2006; sale: June 30, 2006)
  • Teutonia Kinderwagenfabrik GmbH (acquisition: April 1, 2004; sale: February 16, 2007)
  • Salto Paper (acquisition: September 1, 2006; sale: July 1, 2007)
  • Schaltbau Holding AG
  • SKW Stahl-Metallurgie -Gruppe (acquisition: August 30, 2004; sale: July 20, 2007)
  • SKS Stakusit Bautechnik GmbH (acquisition: January 1, 2005; sale: July 31, 2007)
  • E. Missel GmbH & Co. KG (acquisition: November 15, 2004; sale: February 22, 2008)
  • Oxiris (acquisition: May 1, 2007; sale: May 2008)
  • Jahnel-Kestermann Getriebewerke GmbH & Co. KG (acquisition: April 11, 2005; sale: April 14, 2008)
  • Arquana International Print & Media (acquisition: May 27, 2005; IPO: October 2005; meanwhile insolvent: application for insolvency filed on January 27, 2008)
  • Actebis Group (acquisition: September 28, 2007; sale: August 4, 2008)
  • NT plus AG (acquisition: November 5, 2007; sale: August 4, 2008 as part of the Actebis Group)
  • Richard Schöps & Co AG (acquisition: April 2, 2007; sale: August 14, 2008)
  • Hottinger Maschinenbau GmbH (acquisition: March 30, 2006; sale: September 3, 2008)
  • Eurostyle (acquisition: December 31, 2007; sale: December 18, 2008)
  • ddp Deutscher Depeschendienst GmbH (acquisition: November 8, 2004; sale: January 22, 2009)
  • Rohner AG (acquisition: March 9, 2006; sale: January 22, 2009)
  • Evotape S. p. A. (Acquisition: June 1, 2005; Sale: January 22, 2009)
  • BEA Elektrotechnik und Automation Technische Dienst Lausitz GmbH (acquisition: November 13, 2006; sale: January 22, 2009)
  • BEA Electrics Group (acquisition: August 1, 2007; sale: January 22, 2009)
  • tiscon AG Infosystems (acquisition: October 26, 2005; sale: July 20, 2009)
  • A. Rohé GmbH (acquisition: October 3, 2007; sale: March 6, 2009)
  • Calibrados de Precision, SA (acquisition: June 26, 2007, disposal via the management buy-out of Arques Iberia S. A. in July 2009)
  • Agencia Servicios Mensajeria (ASM) (acquisition: April 28, 2008; sale: November 9, 2009 by the former subsidiary Arques Iberia)
  • Farbdruck Weber AG, renamed Weber Benteli AG (acquisition: August 29, 2006; sale: April 4, 2010)
  • Fritz Berger GmbH (acquisition: May 1, 2006; sale: April 29, 2010)
  • Golf House Direktversand GmbH (acquisition: June 21, 2005; sale: July 12, 2010)
  • Woco Michelin AVS, renamed the Anvis Group (acquisition: September 28, 2007; sale: December 3, 2010)
  • Carl Froh GmbH (acquisition: May 1, 2008; sale: December 16, 2010)
  • Wanfried Druck Kalden GmbH (acquisition: March 30, 2007; sale: January 10, 2011)
  • van Netten GmbH (acquisition: April 4, 2007; sale: May 17, 2011)
  • Oxxynova GmbH (acquisition: October 12, 2006; sale: April 27, 2011)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Logo was in use from the 2002 annual report to the 2008 annual report
  2. ^ ARD stock exchange news of June 5, 2008 ( Memento of October 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Handelsblatt.com of March 22, 2010 .
  4. ^ Tabula rasa at Arques Industries. News from IT-Times dated September 2, 2010.
  5. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Sale of Eurostyle by Arques )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.business-wissen.de
  6. ^ Sale of A. Rohe GmbH by Arques. Archived from the original on May 29, 2011 ; Retrieved October 25, 2010 .
  7. ↑ Management buy-out of Arques Iberia, thus also disposal of Capresa. (No longer available online.) P. 12f. , formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 25, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / arques06.webcoffer-server.de  
  8. ↑ Sale of ASM by Arques. Retrieved October 25, 2010 .
  9. ^ Sale of Weber Benteli AG by Arques. Retrieved October 25, 2010 .
  10. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: sale of Fritz Berger GmbH by Arques )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ad-hoc-news.de
  11. ↑ Sale of Golf House by Arques. Retrieved October 25, 2010 .
  12. ↑ Sale of Anvis by Arques. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 3, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.boerse-frankfurt.de  
  13. ^ Sale of Carl Froh GmbH by Arques. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 20, 2010 ; Retrieved December 20, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / arques06.webcoffer-server.de
  14. ^ Sale of Wanfried Druck Kalden GmbH by Arques. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 15, 2015 ; Retrieved January 10, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / arques06.webcoffer-server.de
  15. ↑ Sales message from van Netten GmbH. (PDF; 33 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 25, 2011 ; Retrieved August 17, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / van-netten.typo3-power.de
  16. ↑ Sale of Oxxynova GmbH to StS Equity Holding UG. Retrieved April 12, 2017 .