Welcome to
gh holding GmbH
company and philosophy
entrepreneurially thinking and acting, pragmatic
taking responsibility and acting responsibly
trustworthiness, value-conservative
gh holding GmbH is an investment holding company owning shares in companies mainly in the automotive industry. The object of the company is the purchase/sale of company shares. In general, the investment objective of gh holding GmbH is a long-term one. Investments are usually held for a long period of time, healthy development and sustainable asset increase are primary goals.
Investment Strategy
- Targets: small- and medium sized companies – turnover up to EUR 100m pa
- Location: Middle- and Southeast Europe
- Core sector: automotive, tool construction, electronics, synthetics, aircraft industry, Rail
- Goal: to form an industrial holding with turnover EUR 250m–300m
- Strategic stimulus: lightweight construction due to new mobility concepts and based on this, the need for weight optimization
Philosophy
- Long-term focus and sustainable growth rate
- Minimum stake > 50%, industrial leadership
- Investment in companies with a comprehensible business model / industry
- Engineering expertise (product and process) and consistent development
- Vertical integration
- Portfolio companies should take a leading market position
- Customer focused and close to products and process (Shopfloor)
- driven by Engineering solution for the customer, complex problem solving, light weight solution, search for perfection
- Operational efficiency: automatisation wherever its possible,
- best in class operation (benchmark),
- one piece flow/online production,
- driven by operational excellence
- Quality: zero defects, right first time, deep dive problem solving
- Environment: Recycling, energy efficiency, green energy
- Safety comes first
owners
The gh holding group is owned 50/50 by grosso holding Gesellschaft mbH and Mr. Günther Heiden.
grosso holding is an Investment holding company, which is majority-owned by Mr. Erhard F. Grossnigg.
Mr. Günther Heiden has been working in the automotive supply industry for over 30 years.
owners
Dr. Erhard F. Grossnigg
Curriculum Vitae
education:
1964 - 1968 Studies at the University for World Trade, graduated
1975 Diploma
1980 Doctorate
1985 Stanford University SEP
professional background:
1968 - 1974 Chase Manhattan Bank, Vienna, N.Y., Paris, Düsseldorf
1974 - 1979 managing partner at DONAU FINANZ Treuhand- und FinanzierungsGmbH & Co. KG, Vienna
since 1979 managing partner of E. F. Grossnigg Finanzberatung und Treuhandgesellschaft m.b.H.
2002 Foundation of grosso holding GmbH
2010 Foundation of Austro Holding GmbH
Ing. Mag. (FH) Günther Heiden
Curriculum Vitae
Over 30 years experience in the automotive supply industry.
EDUCATION:
FH Marketing
Int‘l Business
Administration
HTL
Mechanical Engineering
