Our focus on industry and manufacturing
Active investment, ownership and collaboration
We believe that an open and collaborative partnership with management and co-shareholders always produces stronger results.
The success of the companies that we invest in is based on a foundation of excellent customer and client relationships, fair and open relations with employees and business partners, and a transparent and professional dialogue with the market.
In strengthening this foundation, and improving operational results and company value, we have the benefit of support and know-how from a network of experienced industry advisors across Europe. Our focus is on organic revenue and market growth, combined with operational efficiency and the highest standards of corporate compliance.
We recognize that both we, and the businesses that we invest in, provide a living to many families, often in regions where overall employment may be less than secure. We are mindful of our responsibilities to the wider community and society.
Private equity has a strong record in both growing new companies and employment, and also turning around companies that might otherwise have gone insolvent. We aim to be a positive force in all investments that we make.
Belief in the commercial and social strength of industry and applied science and technology
From our name, to the industry background of our Swiss and UK partners, and our core belief in the commercial and social strength of industry, our investment focus is on all types of manufacturing and industry.
De Greslet began the economic development of Manchester, in the United Kingdom, encouraging the Church as a collegiate institution of learning and governance. By the 12th Century, much of the governance of Manchester – including regulations for trade and industry - was devolved to municipal corporations. In the early 13th Century, Mills and woollen manufacture were producing and trading textiles internationally with Ireland and Continental Europe and, indeed, outsourcing parts of the production processes to other countries, before re-importing and assembling. By the 19th Century of course, Manchester was a leading industrial hub, with printing, bleach and dye works, iron-founding, engine & locomotive manufacturing, chemical and paper mills. The merchants and manufacturers of Manchester had commercial relations all over the world.
Today, manufacturing remains essential to national and international economies. Chemical, mechanical and electrical engineering, scientific research and development are at the core of a vast range of products that the world’s population use on a daily basis. Without industry and manufacturing, countries are limited in their social and economic development. Industries provide jobs and skills that are transferrable in many applications.
Greslet believes in the commercial and social strength of industry and the value of investing in companies that are developing applied science and technology for the future.