Investors advised by Rigeto have initiated the WX Group with the acquisition of the Lothar Walther Group
With the WX Group, Rigeto is initiating an industrial platform for precision weapon components in Europe and the USA
RSM Ebner Stolz supported the transaction with a financial due diligence and red flag tax due diligence as well as tax SPA support

Munich, 29 October 2026 - RSM Ebner Stolz has supported Rigeto Unternehmerkapital (Rigeto) in the acquisition of the Lothar Walther Group as a platform investment with a comprehensive financial due diligence and red flag tax due diligence.

Lothar Walther, founded in 1925 and managed in the third generation, is a manufacturer of high-precision gun barrels for hunting, sporting and law-enforcement applications. The company offers more than 250 calibres and supplies around 650 customers in over 60 countries, including weapon manufacturers, gunsmiths, dealers, ammunition manufacturers and public authorities. Integrated production at sites in Europe and the USA enables manufacturing from blank to finished barrel and supports short delivery times and flexibility with regard to regulatory requirements.

Rigeto is an independent investment company specialising in investments in established medium-sized companies headquartered in the DACH region. Typical target companies generate annual revenues between EUR 5 and EUR 100 million.

With the WX Group, Rigeto is initiating an industrial platform for precision weapon components in Europe and the USA. It is intended to consolidate medium-sized, owner-managed suppliers of firearms and air guns and, in the long term, to cover producers of all components.

Lothar Walther Feinwerkzeugbau GmbH, based in Königsbronn (Baden-Württemberg), and Lothar Walther Precision Tools, Inc. in Cumming (Georgia, USA) form the platform investment of the newly founded group. The long-standing experience of the shareholders is retained as part of an orderly succession solution.

RSM Ebner Stolz supported the transaction with a financial due diligence and a red flag tax due diligence as well as tax SPA support.

Team RSM Ebner Stolz: Markus Schnabel (Projektverantwortlicher Partner, Transaction Advisory Services), Christian Malsiner (Financial Due Diligence), Dr. Tobias Weiss (Partner, M&A Tax), Emmeran Weinert (Red Flag Tax Due Diligence und steuerlicher SPA-Support).

This text was automatically translated from the German original.