Liberta Partners: NOBIX Group acquires KUHN IT

Munich / Gundel­fin­gen a.d. Donau — The NOBIX Group (“NOBIX”) has successfully acqui­red the company KUHN IT (“KUHN IT”), ther­eby conso­li­da­ting its market posi­tion in the Mana­ged IT Services sector. The acqui­si­tion is a signi­fi­cant step in the imple­men­ta­tion of the growth stra­tegy of the NOBIX system house group, which was foun­ded by Liberta Part­ners (“LIBERTA”). NOBIX is a pioneer in the digi­ta­liza­tion of opera­tio­nal proces­ses and busi­ness infor­ma­tion in the SME sector. KUHN IT will conti­nue to operate inde­pendently and will remain under the proven manage­ment of Thilo Kuhn.

KUHN IT, based in Welz­heim near Stutt­gart, is one of Germany’s leading DATEV Solu­tion and Corpo­rate Part­ners. The focus is on tax consul­tants, audi­tors, law firms and their clients. In addi­tion to SaaS inter­faces and mana­ged services in the DATEV envi­ron­ment, the company also offers tradi­tio­nal IT services and infra­struc­ture sales. KUHN IT has estab­lished itself as a relia­ble part­ner in the region, known for its inno­va­tive strength, quality stan­dards and first-class custo­mer service. Thanks to its own soft­ware deve­lo­p­ment depart­ment, KUHN IT GmbH crea­tes added value for its custo­mers and maxi­mi­zes the depth of inte­gra­tion of the DATEV products used.

Thilo Kuhn is deligh­ted with the take­over: “We see NOBIX as a future-orien­­ted part­ner in a dyna­mic market. The poten­tial of the merger and the sustainable deve­lo­p­ment of the indi­vi­dual compa­nies convin­ced us to become part of this strong group. Our custo­mers and part­ners can be sure that we will conti­nue to provide them with relia­ble support. Toge­ther, we are a major player in the German system house market.”

NOBIX’s vision is to become one of the leading system house groups in the DACH region. NOBIX relies on the synergy of three central busi­ness areas: Mana­ged Print Services (“MPS”), Data Manage­ment Solu­ti­ons (“DMS”) and IT Services. The group of compa­nies, consis­ting of Kemm­ler Kopier Systeme, System­haus Bissin­ger, DRUCK-LOS and KUHN IT, posi­ti­ons itself as a compre­hen­sive solu­tion provi­der for its more than 7,500 custo­mers. The plan­ned growth will be driven by stra­te­gic acqui­si­ti­ons, with a focus on poten­tial compa­nies in the IT services sector.

Jörg Radler, Mana­ging Direc­tor of NOBIX, comm­ents on the acqui­si­tion as follows: “The acqui­si­tion of KUHN IT is a great step in our stra­te­gic deve­lo­p­ment into an IT system house leader. We look forward to pursuing this path toge­ther with the KUHN IT team.”

Nils von Wietz­low, Part­ner at LIBERTA and respon­si­ble for succes­sion situa­tions, adds: “The acqui­si­tion of KUHN IT is an ideal, both regio­nal and stra­te­gic addi­tion to NOBIX. The growth stra­tegy of the system house group will thus be driven forward in a targe­ted manner.”

About KUHN IT

KUHN IT GmbH, based in Welz­heim near Stutt­gart, specia­li­zes in the sale and trading of DATEV licen­ses with a focus on tax consul­tants, audi­tors, law firms and their clients. The company offers its own SaaS inter­faces and mana­ged services in the DATEV envi­ron­ment. In addi­tion to its core busi­ness in the DATEV area, KUHN IT also pursues the sale of clas­sic IT services and IT infra­struc­ture. The site in Welz­heim employs 38 people, whose exper­tise and commit­ment guaran­tee first-class support and inno­va­tive solu­ti­ons. www.kuhnit.de

About the NOBIX Group

The NOBIX Group is a medium-sized system house group specia­li­zing in office infra­struc­ture, docu­ment manage­ment systems and IT services. With a clear vision and a strong commit­ment to digi­ta­liza­tion, NOBIX helps compa­nies to opti­mize their busi­ness proces­ses and focus fully on crea­ting value. The group curr­ently consists of Kemm­ler Kopier Systeme GmbH in Kaisers­lau­tern (www.kks-kl.de), System­haus Bissin­ger GmbH (www.bissinger.de) in Gundel­fin­gen an der Donau and DRUCK-LOS GmbH in Stutt­gart and employs over 130 people at six loca­ti­ons in southern Germany. www.nobix-group.de

About Liberta Partners

Liberta Part­ners was foun­ded in 2016 and is a multi-family holding company based in Munich. The company makes targe­ted invest­ments in compa­nies in German-spea­king count­ries, parti­cu­larly in succes­sion situa­tions and group spin-offs, with clear opera­tio­nal and stra­te­gic deve­lo­p­ment poten­tial. These compa­nies are actively deve­lo­ped as part of the “100% Core & Care” concept and bene­fit from the entre­pre­neu­rial exper­tise of Liberta Part­ners. The Liberta Part­ners team consists of 20 employees working in the areas of M&A, Corpo­rate Deve­lo­p­ment and Legal & Admi­nis­tra­tion, supported by an active indus­try advi­sory board. www.liberta-partners.com