REM CAPITAL AG, together with Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa), has supported the Hiller Group in financing its investment of around 16 million euros in a new hazardous materials hall in Lüneburg. The hazardous materials hall, which covers around 4,900 square metres, has largely automated pallet logistics and modern safety and extinguishing technology.
While Haspa structured the financing, REM CAPITAL identified eligible components of the project at an early stage and developed a tailor-made funding strategy for the innovative logistics project.
“Those who only check subsidies after the financing decision has been made often waste potential. That’s why we analyse investment projects at an early stage, identify eligible components and use them to develop a tailor-made funding strategy,” says Asken Godefroy, authorised signatory and Head of Consulting Region North at REM CAPITAL.
The focus of the consultation was on the systematic identification of innovative project components. Together with Hamburger Sparkasse and Rafael Pappert, Managing Director of the Hiller Group, classic corporate financing was dovetailed with a funding strategy at an early stage. REM CAPITAL accompanied the project throughout the entire funding process, from the initial potential analysis to the application and the disbursement of the funding.
Hamburger Sparkasse also sees the combination of financing and subsidy advice as a decisive success factor: “Companies today expect more than classic financing. Our aim is to develop financing solutions together with specialised partners that take into account all the potential of an investment project. This is precisely the added value of our long-standing cooperation with REM CAPITAL,” says Jan-Christopher Breuel, Head of Corporate Customer Center South at Hamburger Sparkasse.
For REM CAPITAL, the project is an example of numerous investment projects in German SMEs: “Many companies today are investing in digitalization, automation, energy efficiency or new production processes – without knowing that these innovations may be eligible for funding,” says Asken Godefroy. “Today, the investment difference is no longer made by interest rates, but by access to individual financing options throughout the entire project planning process.”
