Christian Ernst

Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs AG (Invest AG) is the private equity subsidiary of Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberoesterreich AG in Austria. Founded in 1994, the firm provides owners and managers of small and medium-sized businesses in Austria and the Bavarian region of Germany with capital to implement expansion strategies (internally or through acquisitions) business successions, MBOs, MBIs, spinoffs, pre-IPOs and early-stage financing (in Upper Austria). Headquartered in Linz, Austria, AG Invest also provides investee companies with access to their network of banks, insurance companies, funding agencies, real estate brokers, consultants, tax consultants, accountants, lawyers and other private equity funds.

Flottweg SE develops and produces decanter centrifuges, separators, and belt presses. The firm specializes in the design of separation technologies and systems for clarification of liquids, separation of liquid mixtures, and concentrating and dewatering applications. It markets its solutions under the Decanter, Sedicanter, Sorticanter, and Tricanter product lines. Its focus areas encompass the environmental protection, water and wastewater treatment, recycling, food and beverage, chemistry, and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Vilsbiburg, Germany.