Broadcast Solutions announces that it has acquired the system integration division of Thum+Mahr GmbH.

After more than 40 years of successful operation, the Thum+Mahr managing partners, Peter Thum and Hanno Mahr, have decided to continue the system integration division in the future under the umbrella of the Broadcast Solutions Group and ensure the business succession.

Thum + Mahr will continue to operate from Monheim am Rhein, in Germany, as an independent subsidiary of the Broadcast Solutions Group with an existing team of 18 employees. Peter Thum and Hanno Mahr, with their many years of experience, will continue to support the company as advisors. Stefan Mertens, who has also been Managing Director of Thum+Mahr since 2004, will continue to manage the business of Thum + Mahr as COO. Stefan Breder, CEO of the Broadcast Solutions Group, will act as CEO.

‘I am very much looking forward to further developing Thum+Mahr GmbH in my new function and the new constellation,’ Mertens says. ‘I am sure that the cooperation of both companies will only positively affect our customers. Together we can act more flexibly and more strongly on the market and respond even more individually to our customers’ needs.’

‘With Thum+Mahr , we welcome an experienced team under the umbrella of Broadcast Solutions – this has many advantages,’ Breder adds. ‘The fields of activity of both companies complement each other perfectly. Thus, we can jointly push our activities in the German-speaking region and the international field.’

The now agreed cooperation between Thum+Mahr and the Broadcast Solutions Group is expected to bring ‘far-reaching positive synergy effects’, from which the customers of both companies will benefit. The realignment aims to offer them improved services and the ability for the companies to handle larger projects smoothly. In addition, the plan is to open up new customer groups with the merger.