International clients.

Industrial market intelligence for companies entering or acquiring in Germany

If you are an international manufacturer, investor, or corporate development team looking to understand the German industrial Mittelstand at a level of technical detail that standard databases do not provide — this is exactly what we offer.

What we offer

We offer two distinct services for international clients.

Target identification. For companies and investors evaluating an acquisition in Germany, we build curated longlists of potential targets — selected by manufacturing capability, machine park, sector focus and other technical criteria that matter for the investment thesis. Each entry is researched individually.

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What makes our work different

Standard providers describe companies in financial terms. We describe what they actually do on the shop floor.

Manufacturing-specific data. For each company we research, we record the relevant manufacturing processes, equipment, materials, tolerances and end-markets — the information that determines whether a target or a customer is a genuine fit, not just a statistical neighbour.

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How we work

  1. Briefing. A first conversation to understand your investment thesis, market entry plan or acquisition criteria. No charge, no commitment.
  2. Scoping. We propose a defined project — criteria, deliverable format, timeline, fixed price. You decide whether to proceed.
  3. Research. We conduct the work ourselves, in Germany.
  4. Handover. Structured deliverable in English, with a short methodology note explaining how the data was gathered and what its limits are. On request, we extend the engagement into operational outreach.

Who this is for

This service is built for a specific kind of client. To avoid mismatched expectations:

A good fit if you are

  • an international manufacturer evaluating market entry, partnership or acquisition in Germany,
  • a corporate development team building a German acquisition pipeline,
  • an investor or advisor preparing a thesis on a German industrial sub-sector,
  • a strategy consultancy needing primary research support on a German Mittelstand mandate.

Not a good fit if you are looking for

  • generic company databases or lead lists,
  • broad strategic market reports of the kind produced by the major consultancies,
  • contingency-based brokerage or transaction advisory — we are not an M&A advisor.

Contact

To discuss a project, please write to info [at] heidkamp.info or call +49 40 88 30 28 10. We respond within one working day, in English or German.

Heidkamp Industriemarketing is based in Hamburg, Germany. All engagements are contracted under German law and invoiced in EUR.