# LIFTKET acquires all shares of ChainMaster Bühnentechnik

LIFTKET Hoffmann GmbH acquired all shares of ChainMaster Bühnentechnik GmbH, a specialist in automated hoisting technology for event and stage technology. ChainMaster will continue as an independent brand.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-08-01
- Where: Eilenburg, Saxony, Germany
- Status: completed
- Products: electric chain hoists, automated stage hoisting systems
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [LIFTKET Hoffmann GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/33573.md) (acquirer)
- [ChainMaster Bühnentechnik GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/33574.md) (target)
- [AFINUM](https://endata.com/companies/33889.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [chainmaster.de](https://chainmaster.de/liftket-uebernimmt-geschaeftsanteile-an-chainmaster/), 2018-08-06: "Die LIFTKET Hoffmann GmbH hat zum 1. August 2018 alle Geschäftsanteile an der ChainMaster Bühnentechnik GmbH übernommen."
- [presseportal.de](https://www.presseportal.de/pm/62707/4040810), 2018-08-22: "Der Münchner Mittelstandsinvestor AFINUM hat über sein Portfolio-Unternehmen LIFTKET Hoffmann GmbH alle Geschäftsanteile an der ChainMaster Bühnentechnik GmbH übernommen."

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