# Group Timmers acquires Wilhelm Spiess, forming partnership with TCS

Group Timmers, through its subsidiary TCS, has acquired Wilhelm Spiess GmbH & Co. KG. The acquisition creates a long-term partnership between TCS and Wilhelm Spiess, both crane system manufacturers, expanding TCS's presence in the German market.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2021-05-28
- Where: Solingen, Germany, Germany
- Status: completed
- Products: crane systems, light crane systems, workshop cranes, tailor-made crane solutions
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Group Timmers](https://endata.com/companies/55460.md) (acquirer)
- [TCS](https://endata.com/companies/55461.md) (acquirer)
- [Wilhelm Spiess](https://endata.com/companies/55462.md) (target)

## Sources

- [timmers.be](https://www.timmers.be/news/looking-forward-our-new-partnership), 2021-05-28: "TCS and Wilhelm Spiess, both developers and manufacturers of crane systems are entering into a long-term partnership."

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