WE JOIN FORCES TO CREATE A LEADING PLATFORM

Press Release

WE JOIN FORCES TO CREATE A LEADING PLATFORM IN THE TRENCHLESS PIPE REHABILITATION SECTOR

We, the founders and entrepreneurs of IMS Group, resinnovation, Polypipe, Amex Sanivar, Hurricane Trenchless Technologie, Kardiam as well as 11 further affiliated companies, have joined forces to launch an integrated company in the pipe rehabilitation sector. By combining our complementary strengths, we are creating a leading platform for high-quality, holistic and innovative product solutions. This collaboration enables us to serve our global customer base more effectively and with a stronger local presence.

 

As long-standing leaders in our respective product categories, we share a strong commitment to engineering excellence, deep technical expertise and continuous innovation. By bringing our capabilities together, we can more efficiently match-up machines and materials. Under a united management structure, led by us as entrepreneurs and supported by Jürgen Baumgartner as CFO, we are well positioned to unlock meaningful synergies and offer our customers comprehensive system solutions that set a new benchmark in the industry.

Our joint product portfolio spans a broad range of equipment and materials for the trenchless industry, including robotic systems, curing technologies, spray coating systems, resins, liners, seals, inversion equipment and accessories, as well as turnkey solutions such as fully equipped vehicle systems. We are actively evaluating several additional add-on opportunities to further expand our product scope.

Looking ahead, we intend to accelerate our global growth, expand our local service footprint through additional local service points, continue to add value-add products to our portfolio range and harmonise product offerings across our platform. Sustainability will be a core pillar of our strategy, underpinned by our product portfolio that helps prevent water loss and significantly reduces emissions compared to conventional pipe replacement methods. We are confident that by working together as entrepreneurs, sharing our expertise and maintaining a strong customer focus, we are creating a robust and future-proof platform for trenchless pipe rehabilitation.

Apheon, a pan-European private equity investor, facilitated the partnership and will support the Group with its capital and knowledge going forward.

Ljubisa Zlatkovic, founder of IMS, commented: “I am confident that this partnership will secure a stable, long-term future for our business and allow us to place even greater emphasis on product development and on strengthening our core IMS values of outstanding quality, service, and customer focus. I am also delighted to entrust the leadership of all IMS group companies to my daughter, Jelena Heinrich, and my son-in-law, Andreas Heinrich, under the roof of the IMS Trenchless, ensuring that the future of IMS is carried forward into the next generation.”

Mirko and Dino Heuser, co-founders of resinnovation and Innoquip, commented: “As one of the initiators of this partnership, we have established an innovative group of manufacturers specialising in trenchless rehabilitation. resinnovation has been a recognised player in the synthetic resin sector for over 20 years. Through our initial collaboration with Polypipe, Innoquip, and Amex Sanivar, and now also IMS Trenchless, we are strengthening all our positions in the market and securing the future of all companies involved.”

Jens Becker, founder of Polypipe, commented: “This combination makes us unique in the market and strengthens our position as a system provider in the trenchless pipe and sewer rehabilitation industry, with focus on small and medium pipe diameters. Our customers now benefit from in-house manufactured milling robots, high-pressure water robots, UV systems, reactive resins, CIPP liner systems, custom machine engineering, as well as our own coating systems. Furthermore, we are in discussions to further expand our product portfolio through selected acquisitions. Together, we will work to further enhance the quality of our products and to share our expertise with our customers. We look forward to a strong and sustainable collaboration.”

About the member companies

IMS Group, founded by Ljubisa Zlatkovic, is a technology-leading developer and manufacturer of advanced robotic systems and light-curing equipment for trenchless pipe rehabilitation. With its global network and local affiliated offices, IMS brings strong market expertise around the world. IMS’s customer focus is characterized by worldwide service locations, including a modern and practical service concept, and more than 300 rental park devices. Diversified production sites and a team of more than 30 developers ensure the highest levels of quality and flexibility.

resinnovation, co-founded by Mirko and Dino Heuser, specialises in developing and manufacturing high-performance synthetic resins for durable pipe repair applications. Polypipe, founded by Jens Becker, is the leading distributor of its proprietary spray coating system – the RabbitCoater – specifically designed for in-house pipe rehabilitation.

Amex Sanivar, led by Dr. Oliver Terhoeven, is a specialist provider of liners for pressure pipe rehabilitation as well as repair seals for both pressure and non-pressure pipes.

Hurricane Trenchless Technologie provides turnkey solutions for liner curing systems and designs and manufactures customized vehicle fit outs and specialized products for trenchless sewer rehabilitation such as steam units, inversion equipment and impregnation equipment, tailored to the specific needs of our customers.

Kardiam produces high-quality diamond milling and cutting tools.

For more information, please visit www.ims-robotics.de, www.resinnovation.com, www.polypipe.de, and

www.amex-sanivar.com.

About Apheon

Apheon is a pan-European mid-market private equity investment company managing ~€4.5 billion of assets from select global institutional investors and families. Apheon is characterized by its partnership approach, providing “patient and friendly capital” and industrial know-how to entrepreneurs and management teams, preparing their companies for the future. Through its pan-European footprint, the firm acts as a gateway into Europe for companies in the mid-market. Since its founding in 2005, Apheon has raised more than €5.0 billion in capital, invested in ~40 companies across Europe and completed ~200 add-on acquisitions for a total aggregate transaction value in excess of €7 billion. Apheon’s current portfolio consists of 23 companies across its target sectors, representing ~€3 billion sales and more than 20,000 employees. Apheon is advised by Apheon Advisors, which has offices in Brussels, Milan, Madrid, Paris, Munich and Amsterdam.

For more information, please visit www.apheon.com.

Visit us at the virtual RO-KA-TECH

The original PARTLINER™ system and the Gerinneliner had their big performances when the world could still meet in person at the big industry trade fairs like RO-KA-TECH and IFAT. Last year, we would have liked to present the new PARTLINER™-Trailer at IFAT, but now, in line with the current situation, it will be presented at our booth at the virtual RO-KA-TECH from 15 March 2021 onwards.

There, visitors will get an impression in pictures and film about our latest project and can get in touch with us if they have any questions or are interested. We are looking forward to your virtual visit.

Renovation of a liner with PARTLINER™

An inliner ruptured at a transition from DN300 to DN400. Together with the company Pipe Bull, we rehabilitated the area using our short liner system PARTLINER™. The result: A clean transition from liner to PARTLINER™ as well as a closed crack.

Visit our YouTube channel and watch the video of the renovation or see more about the PARTLINER™. [activate english subtitle]

More information is also available on our website.

New mail address for orders

We are constantly working on optimizing our processes in all areas to always provide the best performance for our customers.

Uncomplicated ordering and inquiries by e-mail have been possible with us for a long time now. In order to separate the two cleanly, we now have a new address for you!

From now on we accept orders at order@resinnovation.com. For questions and information you can still contact us by e-mail at mail@resinnovation.com. Of course we are still reachable by phone, and will continue to accept your orders.

The new resiGun AIR1125

Just like the resiGun AIR 1500, the new resiGun AIR1125 can be used to grout a double cartridge with 750ml resin and hardener each. But now, in addition to resins in a mixing ratio of 1:1, it is also possible to process resins in a ratio of 1:2. By quickly exchanging a plunger, double cartridges with 750ml resin and 325ml hardener can now also be grout out. Just like the resiGun AIR1500 the new gun runs with 6 bar compressed air.

Find out more about our resiGuns here.

More resin with less effort

More perfectly mixed resin in one go: With our brandnew paste mixing system 4C 1.3 you get three liters of Harz12 or Harz14 in one single mixing process – the perfect amount for the cartridges of robots with  shuttering system for the rehabilitation of lateral connections. More resin, less effort, higher efficiency during the rehabilitation process: The new 4C 1.3 can contain four tubular bags with  750 ml each – available now for our resins Harz12 und Harz14 for the robotic repair.

You are already working with our proven paste mixing system 4C 1.1 and always need one and a half fillings to fill the robot cartridges when mixing resin14 or resin12? Would you like to change that? No problem: We are happy to retrofit your 4C 1.1 in our factory so that you can also process the new, larger tubular bags in future.

But you would also like to continue mixing resins in 500 ml tubular bags such as Harz4, Harz8 or FlexyPox? No problem either. The new 4C 1.3 as well as a retrofitted 4C 1.1 can of course also process the smaller tubular bags.

Go with us into the future.