GESCO SE announces the conclusion of an agreement to acquire Eckart GmbH. Headquartered in Schlüchtern, Hesse, the company specialises in the development, production, and sale of hydraulic swivel motors/rotary drives and valve actuators as well as linear swivel units. These products are used in a wide variety of mobile machinery applications, for example, in all areas of mining, but also in intralogistics, in the construction machinery segment, and in stationary mechanical engineering applications.
In recent years, Eckart GmbH has achieved sales of around EUR 20M per year with a healthy and reliable operating profit margin. The company currently employs 137 people, who work primarily in production, assembly, and quality assurance due to the high level of vertical integration. The current Managing Director, Markus Eckart, will continue to manage the company in the future.
The acquisition of Eckart GmbH is an important step in GESCO SE’s strategic growth strategy, as last explained in detail at the Annual General Meeting on 25 June 2025.