Industrial Goods
Corporate Restructuring
18.03.2025 | Strategy Paper

Strategic Restructuring Guide

Navigate challenges in industrial goods

Download our H&Z Strategy Paper for actionable insights and strategies to enhance competitiveness in Germany’s industrial goods sector.

Why Acting Now is Crucial

Germany’s industrial goods sector is facing a decline in sales, production, and foreign investment—while costs continue to rise. These challenges are set to endure, and only the strongest will survive. Taking decisive action today is the key to long-term competitiveness.

What’s Inside?

  • Market Trends – A deep dive into how Germany’s industrial goods sector is evolving, the key challenges it faces, and what businesses need to watch
  • Key Questions – Assess whether your company is at risk
  • Expert Insights – Gain valuable perspectives from H&Z experts on how to ensure sustainable growth, mitigate risks, and adapt to changing industry conditions
  • Business Impact – Understand how your company could benefit from acting now

Why H&Z?

H&Z specialises in helping companies like yours restructure, optimise and achieve long-term success. Whether it’s reducing costs, improving supply chain performance or repositioning in the market, we have the expertise to guide your transformation.

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Contact Our Experts

Dr. Markus Contzen

Partner
Markus leads H&Z’s Private Equity industry with over 20 years of experience across the full investment lifecycle driving measurable value creation. As a Partner, he also supports H&Z’s focus on Operational Excellence.
Dr. Markus Contzen

Sandra Stoll

Partner
With over 25 years of experience, Sandra leads H&Z’s Industrial Goods industry driving measurable performance improvement in engineering-driven manufacturing organisations.
Sandra Stoll

Johann Georg von Hülsen

Managing Partner
For more than 20 years, Johann Georg has been working in consulting and industry leadership positions across manufacturing, retail and tourism, driving restructuting projects as well as performance improvement and operational excellence.
Johann Georg von Hülsen

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