TIC Holding Schweiz Acquires TransGeo AG
September 18, 2025
TIC Holding Schweiz AG, a buy‑build‑and‑technologize platform financed by Winterberg, has acquired TransGeo AG, an ISO/IEC 17025‑accredited construction materials testing and geological advisory laboratory based in Gümligen near Bern, Switzerland, effective retroactively to January 1, 2025. The deal is an add‑on to TIC Holding Schweiz's testing services platform and provides a succession solution for TransGeo's majority shareholder and CEO Christian Wyss while retaining local management through a staged handover.
- Buyers
- TIC Holding Schweiz AG, Winterberg Advisory GmbH, Winterberg Group AG
- Targets
- TransGeo AG
- Sellers
- Christian Wyss
- Platforms
- TIC Holding Schweiz AG
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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