{"id":5424,"date":"2019-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/livingstone-advises-wv-energie-ag-on-the-sale-of-psg-procurement-services-to-epsa-groupe\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:01:04","slug":"livingstone-advises-wv-energie-ag-on-the-sale-of-psg-procurement-services-to-epsa-groupe","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/zh-hans\/transaction\/livingstone-advises-wv-energie-ag-on-the-sale-of-psg-procurement-services-to-epsa-groupe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u7acb\u77f3\u4e3aWV Energie AG\u5c31\u51fa\u552ePSG Procurement Services\u4e88EPSA Groupe\u63d0\u4f9b\u54a8\u8be2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Livingstone has advised <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psg-procurement.com\/en\/\"><strong>PSG Procurement Services GmbH<\/strong><\/a><strong> and its previous owner, <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wvag.de\/\"><strong>WV Energie AG<\/strong><\/a><strong>, on the sale of the Company to French <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epsa.com\/en\/\"><strong>EPSA Groupe<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p><p>PSG Procurement Services is the leading e-procurement service, and solution provider in the DACH region for tail spend procurement. With a current yearly turnover of more than EUR 200 million, PSG Procurement Services\u2019 customers include 12 of the DAX 30 companies as well as many other well-known large and medium-sized German corporates.<\/p><p>As a technology-enabled service provider, PSG outsources almost the entire c-parts procurement process for the latter on a global basis. Through the resulting substantial process cost savings, PSG makes a relevant contribution to improving the competitiveness of its customers.<\/p><p>EPSA Groupe is an internationally active, diversified BPO and consulting group that focuses on increasing corporate efficiency. Already before the transaction, PSG and EPSA\u2019s subsidiary ExperBuy have collaborated for many years to the benefit of their joint customers.<\/p><p><strong>Michael Kofler, Managing Director of PSG Procurement Services GmbH<\/strong>, commented, <em>\u201cThe successful sale of PSG to EPSA underlines PSG\u2019s status as a B2B e-commerce pioneer. As part of EPSA, we are strategically positioned to take the Company to the next level. We want to thank Livingstone Partners, particularly, Michael Westhoven and Frederik Schreurs, for their professional support during our M&amp;A process.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cI believe we realized the market potential for tail-spend e-procurement earlier than many other market participants. With PSG, we succeeded in writing a real success story,\u201d<\/em> commented <strong>Heinrich Bettelh\u00e4user, CEO of WV Energie AG<\/strong>. <em>\u201cAs a German-focused energy group going forward, however, we were no longer the right owner for PSG. Accordingly, I am personally pleased Livingstone Partners sourced a new owner committed to continuing the PSG success story.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/zh-hans\/team\/michael-westhoven\/\"><strong>Michael Westhoven<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Partner at Livingstone D\u00fcsseldorf<\/strong>, adds, <em>\u201cB2B commerce is an area of expertise for Livingstone. 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