Restructuring in mechanical and plant engineering: creating structure, safeguarding competitiveness
Mechanical and plant engineering is under heavy pressure. Declining production, rising costs, a shortage of skilled labour and increasingly aggressive global competition weigh on the economic stability of many mid-sized companies in the sector.
Smaller and specialised businesses in particular are pushed to their operational limits by high energy prices, rising personnel costs, tax burdens and growing regulatory requirements. At the same time, lengthy approval procedures, reluctance to invest and tighter credit conditions make necessary decisions about the future harder. Anyone who wants to hold their own technologically needs clear structures and economic controllability today.
The Worstbrock-Group supports mechanical engineering and industrial companies in economically strained phases, with a structured and commercially viable approach to stabilisation, restructuring and strategic realignment.
Immediate help and crisis management
- Assessing liquidity, order situation and fixed-cost structure
- Immediate measures to reduce costs for materials, personnel and external services
- Negotiations with principal banks, investors, lessors and major customers
- Support with Schutzschirmverfahren (protective shield proceedings under Section 270d of the German Insolvency Code) or insolvency filings
Restructuring & Eigenverwaltung
- Restructuring concepts in accordance with IDW S 6 (the German standard for restructuring concepts issued by the Institute of Public Auditors) for creditors, lenders and shareholders
- Support with Eigenverwaltung proceedings (debtor-in-possession management under Sections 270 et seq. of the German Insolvency Code) under ESUG (the German act facilitating the restructuring of companies), including operational implementation
- Reassessing location and investment decisions on an economic basis
- Partial closures of operations, capacity adjustments and reorganisation of production
Strategic realignment
- Restructuring under StaRUG (the German Act on the Stabilisation and Restructuring Framework for Businesses, in force since 2021) for out-of-court creditor participation
- Focusing on profitable product groups and viable target markets
- Support with succession, equity investment, sale or strategic cooperation
- Optimising planning, controlling and internal management
We know the dynamics of mechanical and plant engineering and the economic responsibility that comes with it. With a clear view of figures, structures and future viability, we develop workable solutions that last. For businesses that intend to remain competitive tomorrow.
Make use of your room for manoeuvre before market conditions create irreversible facts.
We support mechanical and plant engineering companies in stabilisation, restructuring and strategic realignment, with a close understanding of mid-sized companies, well-founded and focused on implementation.
