- CEO
- Robin Laik
- Full Time Employees
- 35,000
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment managers
- Address
- Arnulfstrasse 19 Munich BV Germany 80335
- IPO Date
- Oct 20, 2021
- Business
- Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, a publicly listed private equity holding company based in Munich, Germany, and founded in 2008, acquires, transforms, and sells medium-sized companies and corporate carve-outs in special situations across Europe and select global markets; its portfolio operates in four segments—Automotive & Mobility, providing components for passenger and commercial vehicles including rubber mouldings, cooling systems, and thermal management; Engineering & Technology, supplying plant engineering, mechanical components, coatings for energy and chemical industries, steel structures, and rail infrastructure; Goods & Services, offering logistics, transportation, packaging solutions, iron wire, paper products, cleaning, and property maintenance; and Infrastructure & Special Industry, focusing on defense, security vehicles, and off-road utility vehicles. The company maintains headquarters at Arnulfstraße 19 in Munich, with additional offices in Paris, Milan, London, and expanding locations in China, the US, and India to support its internationalization strategy targeting medium-term consolidated revenues of EUR 10 billion. Mutares actively develops portfolio companies through operational consulting, strategic add-ons, and buy-and-build approaches, aiming for a 7-10 times return on invested capital over three-to-five-year holding periods. Recent developments include the signed acquisition of inTime Group, a EUR 115 million revenue logistics provider, as a platform investment for Goods & Services in June 2025 with closing expected in Q3 2025; completion of S.M.A. Metalltechnik acquisition in January 2025 to bolster SFC Group's automotive cooling capabilities; Magirus' add-on purchase of Achleitner Fahrzeugbau in November 2025 enhancing defense vehicle offerings; introduction of the Infrastructure & Special Industry segment alongside merger of Retail & Food into Goods & Services; a 32% rise in holding net income to nearly EUR 70 million in H1 2025; and robust 2024 activity with 13 acquisitions, seven exits including Steyr Motors listing and Frigoscandia sale, driving annualized group revenues to EUR 7 billion.