Future secured: BMZ Group completes successful international relaunch

Within just four months, BMZ completed its self-administration proceedings and accomplished the sale via a structured M&A process, implementing a full asset transfer. The international BMZ Group, a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion battery systems with over 2,300 employees, production sites in Germany, Poland, China, North Macedonia and the USA, as well as sales and service branches worldwide, was required to undergo restructuring as a result of a liquidity crisis. Background: The restructuring process started at the end of October 2025 with the initiation of preliminary self-administration proceedings; by mid-December 2025, the self-administration was officially opened, and the structured M&A process was completed with today's closing. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, the assets of BMZ Germany GmbH as well as BMZ Holding GmbH, together with selected subsidiaries and affiliated companies including, in Germany, Visatronic GmbH, Batteryuniversity GmbH, KION Battery System GmbH, and abroad BMZ China, BMZ Hong Kong, BMZ Poland, BMZ USA, BMZ Japan, BMZ North Macedonia, BMZ UK and BMZ Brazil were transferred in full to holding companies of SKion. SKion, an investment company established by Dr. h.c. Susanne Klatten which invests throughout Europe in businesses with sustainable, forward-looking business models, focuses on stabilising, expanding and developing technology-driven companies internationally. act legal Germany managed the self-administration process and all national and international transaction steps. The completion of this process has laid the foundation for safeguarding the company’s technological expertise and securing a large number of jobs, repositioning the BMZ Group for the future.