{"id":10002,"date":"2020-11-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/livingstone-advises-inspecs-groups-plc-on-the-acquisition-of-eschenbach-holding-gmbh\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:13:29","slug":"livingstone-advises-inspecs-groups-plc-on-the-acquisition-of-eschenbach-holding-gmbh","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/de\/transaction\/livingstone-advises-inspecs-groups-plc-on-the-acquisition-of-eschenbach-holding-gmbh\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone ber\u00e4t Inspecs Group plc bei Erwerb der Eschenbach Holding GmbH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Livingstone Partners hat die b\u00f6rsennotierte britische <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inspecs.com\/\"><strong>Inspecs Group plc<\/strong><\/a><strong> (\u201eInspecs\u201c) als exklusiver Corporate Finance Adviser beim Erwerb des nach GfK-Angaben marktf\u00fchrenden deutschen Brillenherstellers <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eschenbach-eyewear.com\/en\/\"><strong>Eschenbach Holding GmbH<\/strong><\/a><strong> (\u201eEschenbach\u201c) von <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.equistonepe.com\/home\"><strong>Equistone Partners Europe<\/strong><\/a><strong> (\u201eEquistone\u201d) sowie bei der Eigen- und Fremd-Finanzierung der Transaktion beraten.<\/strong><\/p><p>Eschenbach ist ein 1913 gegr\u00fcndetes f\u00fchrendes deutsches Unternehmen im Bereich Brillen und Low-Vision-Produkte, das Korrekturfassungen und Sonnenbrillen anbietet und in ganz Europa und den USA vertreten ist. Eschenbach verbindet preisgekr\u00f6ntes Design mit zuverl\u00e4ssiger Qualit\u00e4t, ob mit markanten Brillenmarken, Sehhilfen oder Ferngl\u00e4sern. Diese Verpflichtung zu Qualit\u00e4t und Design zeigt sich u.a. auch in den \u201eRed Dot Awards\u201d und \u201eGerman Design Awards\u201c, die Eschenbach allein in den letzten drei Jahren f\u00fcr seine Brillenkollektionen erhalten hat. Zu den Eschenbach-Marken geh\u00f6ren insb. Marco Polo, Humphrey\u2019s, Mini Eyewear, Titanflex, Freigeist, Tura und Ted Baker. Der Umsatz der Eschenbach-Gruppe lag 2019 bei EUR 143 Millionen.<\/p><p>Inspecs wurde 1988 von Robin Totterman in Gro\u00dfbritannien gegr\u00fcndet und ist ein multinationaler Designer, Hersteller und Distributor von Brillenfassungen und -gl\u00e4sern. Die Gruppe produziert eine breite Palette an Brillenfassungen in den Bereichen Optik, Sonnenbrillen und Sicherheitsgl\u00e4sern auf Branded- und OEM-Basis. Inspecs ist somit einer der wenigen Anbieter, der seinen Kunden (zu denen sowohl internationale Optiker- und Handelsketten als auch Distributoren und unabh\u00e4ngige Optiker geh\u00f6ren) eine derartige One-Stop-L\u00f6sung anbieten kann. Das Vertriebsnetz des Unternehmens erstreckt sich \u00fcber 80 L\u00e4nder und umfasst rund 30.000 Verkaufsstellen und es unterh\u00e4lt Niederlassungen in Gro\u00dfbritannien, Portugal, Skandinavien, den USA und China sowie Produktionsst\u00e4tten in Vietnam, China, Gro\u00dfbritannien und Italien.<\/p><p>Durch den Zusammenschluss mit Eschenbach baut Inspecs seine Position auf dem internationalen Eyewear-Markt weiter stark aus.<\/p><p><em>\u201eDie Zusammenf\u00fchrung dieser beiden branchenf\u00fchrenden Unternehmen wird das sechstgr\u00f6\u00dfte Brillenunternehmen der Welt schaffen und es der erweiterten Gruppe erm\u00f6glichen, in wichtige globale M\u00e4rkte weiter zu expandieren und gleichzeitig das kombinierte Kunden- und Produktportfolio diversifizieren\u201d<\/em>, sagt <strong>Chris Kay, CFO von Inspecs Plc.<\/strong><em> \u201eDas Team von Livingstone hat mit Fachwissen und hervorragender Beratung f\u00fcr eine reibungslose Verhandlungen und einen erfolgreichen Abschluss der Transaktion gesorgt.\u201c<\/em><\/p><p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/de\/team\/michael-westhoven\/\"><strong>Michael Westhoven<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Partner bei Livingstone D\u00fcsseldorf<\/strong>, kommentiert: <em>\u201eWir freuen uns Inspecs nach dem erst im Februar diesen Jahres erfolgten B\u00f6rsengang bei diesem entscheidenden Schritt hin zu einer der f\u00fchrenden Gruppen im internationalen Eyewear-Gesch\u00e4ft unterst\u00fctzen zu k\u00f6nnen und sind auf die weitere Entwicklung gespannt. Aus unserer Sicht stellen Inspecs und Eschenbach auf jeden Fall eine perfekte Kombination von zwei sich ideal erg\u00e4nzenden Unternehmen dar.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>F\u00fcr Livingstone und Michael Westhoven ist dies neben <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/de\/transactions\/ic-berlin-has-secured-investment-from-premium-equity-partners\">ic! Berlin<\/a> und MYKITA bereits die dritte erfolgreich abgeschlossene Transaktion im Bereich Eyewear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Livingstone Partners hat die b\u00f6rsennotierte britische Inspecs Group plc als exklusiver Corporate Finance Adviser beim Erwerb des nach GfK-Angaben marktf\u00fchrenden deutschen Brillenherstellers Eschenbach Holding GmbH von Equistone Partners Europe beraten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2775,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-10002","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[1350],"date":"20201123","client_type":43,"type":[1038],"region":[379],"services":[442,443],"sectors":[692,696],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":[51469],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with 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