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Rödl & Partner advised WINTERSTEIGER Group on its acquisition of Union Grove Saw & Knife, Inc.

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Atlanta, Georgia, 4 February 2025: Rödl & Partner advised the WINTERSTEIGER Group (Wintersteiger) on its acquisition of Union Grove Saw & Knife (UGSK), a regional tooling company providing saws, blades and knives in Southeast USA. UGSK sells and repairs blades and other tools for various industries, including woodworking, metalworking, paper and plastics.


Rödl & Partner's U.S. Transaction Services team, led by Partner Frank Breitenfeldt, served as the exclusive financial advisor to Wintersteiger. The team provided critical support in buy-side financial and tax due diligence and inputs to the acquirer’s legal advisors.
 
The acquisition aims to strengthen Wintersteiger's position in the U.S. market, specifically in the woodworking and metalworking industries, while broadening its existing customer base. 

About WINTERSTEIGER Group​

Founded in 1953 in Austria, the WINTERSTEIGER Group is a global company active in the sports (rent, retail & maintenance services), seedmech (plant breeding & research), woodtech (sawblades, automation & plants) and metals sectors as a tool and machinery provider. With sales in more than 130 countries, the company employs over 1,200 employees worldwide and generates an annual turnover of approximately 250 million euro. 

Advisors to WINTERSTEIGER Group

Rödl & Partner USA 
Financial
Frank Breitenfeldt, Partner, Atlanta – Project Lead
Olivier Toubon, Associate Partner, Atlanta
Amaury Lepetit, Associate, Atlanta
Theresa Schieck, Associate, Atlanta

Tax
Dennis Wieckert, Atlanta

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+1 404 525 2600

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