April 2022

Enz Group joins the GarLa Group

The sale and affiliation to the GarLa Group will secure the future of Enz Group AG. The existing locations in Giswil, Kägiswil, Engelberg, Seedorf and Zug will be retained and the business activities will be expanded and further developed together with the buyer.

 

The Enz Group AG («Enz Group») has been successfully built up by Mr. Markus Enz and Mrs. Esther Enz since its foundation in 1997 and has been further developed until today. As part of a long-term succession plan, the family has decided to sell the ope-rative business operated in the Enz Group to the GarLa Grupppe. With its range of services for landscaping and gardening, the Enz Group offers an ideal complement to the existing activities of the GarLa Group. The operating companies of the Enz Group will work closely with the other group companies of the buyer in the future.

After the transaction, the subsidiaries of the Enz Group will continue to be managed under their previous names and by the existing management team. Markus Enz will remain with the company as a member of the Executive Board and the Board of Directors. In addition, the Enz family will take a minority stake in the combined group of companies as part of the transaction. The current locations in Giswil, Kägiswil, Engelberg, Seedorf and Zug are to be further strengthened in the coming years in cooperation with the other subsidiaries of the GarLa Group.

For the employees, customers and business partners of the Enz Group, nothing will fundamentally change as a result of the transaction. On the contrary, the merger will result in an expanded range of services, with which the clientele will be served even more comprehensively and the employees will be able to actively contribute. All employees of the Enz Group will continue to be employed after the completion of the transaction.

 

About Enz Group AG 

The Enz Group has been an established group of companies for around 25 years, with its headquarters in Giswil (OW) and locations around Lake Lucerne in the cantons of Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne, Zug and Uri, as well as sound expertise in the fields of horticulture, natural stone and landscape planning. In recent years, the company, with over 140 employees, has established a leading regional position in Central Switzerland and has been able to establish a broad customer base with impressive garden buildings for private customers in the premium class as well as numerous renowned projects for business customers. Among the prestigious reference projects are the gardens at the Bürgenstock Resort (Obbürgen), the natural stone façade of The Chedi & Radisson Blu Hotel (Andermatt) and the Schindler Campus (Ebikon).

The following four operating companies belong to the Enz Group: Markus Enz AG (horticulture), Arnold Feierabend AG (civil engineering), Enz Projekte AG (new buildings and conversions), VEB Technik AG (landscape planning).

 

Further information: www.enz-group.ch

 

About the GarLa Group

After the merger with the Enz Group, the GarLa Group employs over 220 people at 8 locations and generates a total turnover of over CHF 40 million. The group is thus a leading provider of gardening and landscaping services and offers a broad range of services in the areas of gardening, landscape maintenance, water & bathing, transport, general contracting, client consulting and project planning to a discerning customer base nationwide.

 

Role of Ramus & Company

Ramus & Company managed the sales process on behalf of the sellers as exclusive M&A advisor. In this capacity, Ramus & Company prepared the sales documentation, identified and approached prospective buyers, accompanied the due diligence, conducted the contract negotiations and successfully concluded the transaction.



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