ABOUT VORTELLA LEBENSMITTELWERK

Vortella Lebensmittelwerk W. Vortmeyer GmbH is an established German manufacturer of margarine products and speciality fats for industrial B2B customers. Family-owned across five generations and headquartered in Preußisch Oldendorf, the company stands for the highest product quality, long-standing customer relationships and a deeply rooted tradition in the production of speciality fats.
 

TRANSACTION BACKGROUND

The shareholders' objective was to position the long-established family business strategically and sustainably for the future by transferring it into an ownership structure that fits over the long term.
 

SOLUTION

In Dragsbæk A/S, a majority-owned subsidiary of the listed Norwegian company Orkla ASA, Vortella has gained a partner that shares the same values and looks back on a comparable history as a long-established manufacturer of speciality fats. This made it the ideal partner – one that not only ensures entrepreneurial and cultural continuity, but will also deliberately strengthen the Preußisch Oldendorf site as the future German platform for speciality fats for industrial customers and develop it further over the long term.

The BMA team advised the shareholders as exclusive M&A adviser throughout the entire divestment process – and beyond.