Founded in 1969, Walter Goletz GmbH currently has 130 employees and is headquartered in Kierspe, near the Nanogate subsidiary Vogler (Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia). The two existing directors of Goletz will continue to manage the company and Nanogate will install an advisory board.

Nanogate AG is a leading international integrated systems provider for high-performance surfaces (ISIN DE000A0JKHC9) that enable the programming and integration of additional properties – e.g. nonstick, scratch-proof and anti-corrosive – into materials and surfaces. The Group is based in Göttelborn (Saarland) and comprises Eurogard B.V., GfO Gesellschaft für Oberflächentechnik AG, Nanogate Industrial Solutions GmbH, Nanogate Textile & Care Systems GmbH, Nanogate Glazing Systems B.V., Vogler GmbH and a majority stake in Plastic-Design GmbH.

P+P Pöllath + Partners advised Nanogate AG on the fourth transaction, for example on the previous acquisition of Vogler GmbH, and is currently advising on all transaction and real estate-related matters with the following interdisciplinary team in all locations:

* Tobias Jäger (lead, counsel, M&A/PE, Munich)
* Michael Inhester (partner, M&A/PE, Munich)
* Nico Fischer (counsel, tax, Munich)
* Andreas Kühnert (associate, M&A/PE, Munich)
* Sebastian Rosentritt (associate, M&A/PE, Munich)
* Matthias Werner (senior associate, real estate, Berlin)
* Michael Wichert (senior associate, real estate, Berlin)

Ulf Hackenberg (partner), Fabian Batthaus and Alexander Dehmel (both associates) of PPR & Partner Pape Rauh advised the sellers.