BLR & Partners: Business Realities of typical Target Companies

The BLR & Partners Target Companies are often facing internal challenges

• High financial leverage after years of rapid expansion
• Growth & innovation potential not fully captured
• Ciritical liquidity- & stretched financial situation
• Shareholder stability might be threatened
• Generation transitions / succession issues to be addressed
• Business not anymore strategic priority of a larger corporation

They are operating in a quickly changing business environment with multiple influencing factors and potential paradigm shifts

• Risks of structural shifts in customer markets
• Potential technology discontinuities
• Industrial slowdown and structural changes
• New upcoming long-term market scenarios
• Re-industrialization of Europe

They need an appropriate approach to be successful in a demanding market environment.