Century Park Capital Partners-backed Moss Inc has acquired Marx & Moschner. Headquartered in Lennestadt, Germany, Marx & Moschner is a provider of environmental branding solutions to the retail and exhibit markets.
The acquisition gives Moss a global footprint and provides the ability to cross-sell to international customers.
With quality recognised across Europe, Marx & Moschner provides a wide range of standard and custom branding solutions for interior and exterior use, including a versatile line of silicone edge graphic (SEG) frames and custom printed large format fabric panels, custom trade show exhibit components, lightboxes and bannerstands. The organisation has been committed to implementing the latest production technologies and software, making them a leader in efficiency, reliability, logistics management and customer service.
Dan Patterson, CEO of Moss, says: “This acquisition quickly expands our brand and face-to-face marketing capabilities into a new market, and allows us to meet our clients’ needs in Europe. There is growing demand from our retail and exhibition customers to provide Moss’ high-quality products and services worldwide. Like Moss, Marx & Moschner has a long and respected history as a high-quality, efficient and reliable partner. With more than 30 years of innovatively serving retail and trade show customers, this is a perfect fit as we strategically expand.”
Maik Raute, who previously held the position of Managing Director at Marx & Moschner, will manage Moss operations in Germany, leading European operations and driving future growth. “We’re excited to become part of the Moss family and continue to grow with new and existing customers in Europe, as well as serving our customers in the US Moss is unsurpassed as a truly global provider of industry-leading products and services,” says Raute.
Guy Zaczepinski (pictured), Managing Partner of Century Park Capital Partners, commented, “Penetrating the European experiential marketing sector has been a key focus for our growth strategy at Moss. We have seen that customers in both our retail and exhibit end markets are increasingly seeking ‘one stop solutions’ for their branding needs. We are absolutely delighted to have found in Marx & Moschner the ideal partner; they have the scale, experience and market depth to complement what Moss is already doing in the U.S. With this transaction, Moss is poised to rapidly grow its presence in Europe."
