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Med cirka 100 anst\u00e4llda tj\u00e4nar Piller fr\u00e4mst bilindustrin och genererar en \u00e5rlig oms\u00e4ttning p\u00e5 cirka 30 miljoner euro. Efter f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvet av Piller 2014 har S\u00fcdBG och VR framg\u00e5ngsrikt utvecklat f\u00f6retaget, bland annat internationaliserat det genom expansion till Asien och Nordamerika.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Med S\u00fcdBG och VR Equitypartner hade vi en entrepren\u00f6rspartner p\u00e5 v\u00e5r sida. Vi vill forts\u00e4tta den framg\u00e5ngsrika v\u00e4gen med v\u00e5r nya aktie\u00e4gare, s\u00e4ger Thomas Piller, J\u00f6rg Nubert och Tobias Schwarz som forts\u00e4tter att vara associerade med f\u00f6retaget som Managing Partners.<\/p>\n<p>Riflebird \u00e4r en sluten cirkel av privata investerare med m\u00e5nga \u00e5rs erfarenhet av tillv\u00e4xtf\u00f6retag och en l\u00e5ngsiktig investeringsstrategi.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Vi \u00e4r imponerade av f\u00f6retagets tekniska know-how och hela teamet. 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Piller har uppn\u00e5tt extraordin\u00e4r tillv\u00e4xt de senaste \u00e5ren och kommer \u00e4ven forts\u00e4ttningsvis att, genom sin ledande teknik och utvecklingskunskap, aktivt st\u00f6dja sina kunder f\u00f6r att m\u00f6ta utmaningarna inom gradnings- och reng\u00f6ringsteknik, s\u00e4ger Gunter Max, VD f\u00f6r S\u00fcdBG.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Livingstone-teamet gav v\u00e4rdefullt st\u00f6d och r\u00e5dgivning, de utnyttjade sin\u00a0aff\u00e4rserfarenhet\u00a0och kompetens inom bilbranschen under hela transaktionsprocessen och gjorde det m\u00f6jligt att slutf\u00f6ra transaktionen med v\u00e5r f\u00f6redragna partner, s\u00e4ger Thomas Piller, Managing Partner och grundare.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Vi \u00e4r glada \u00f6ver att ha gett aktie\u00e4garna i Piller r\u00e5d och v\u00e4gledningen i deras s\u00f6kande efter en l\u00e4mplig investerare. 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