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We advised PALFINGER<\/h2>\n

HSCie Customer<\/h2>\n

PALFINGER AG, Salzburg, Austria<\/strong>
\nFor years already, PALFINGER has been amongst the leading manufacturers of hydraulic lifting, loading and handling systems.
\nwww.palfinger.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Companies involved<\/h2>\n

Omaha Standard Inc., Omaha, USA<\/strong>
\nOmaha Standard is a US family run business with a long tradition of producing and selling a wide range truck bodies and service bodies especially for the domestic market. The two main products are service bodies and pick-up tall lifts, placing Omaha Standard among the top three players on the US Market.
\nwww.omahastd.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Transaction<\/h2>\n

PALFINGER can achieve different strategic aims with this acquisition:
\nExtension\/Consolidation of the product-portfolio via acquisition of one of the top-three-US-offerors of truck-bodies and pick-up tail-lifts.
\nLocal added value increase by development, purchasing, fabrication and assembling.
\nDevelopment of US-activities and future growth trigger in the USA.<\/p>\n

Task<\/h2>\n

HSCie advised PALFINGER AG in the take over process, including due diligence examinations and conducting the negotiations with the vendors.<\/p>\n

Year:<\/strong> 2008
\nTransaction value:<\/strong> Not published
\nIndustry:<\/strong> Industrial products
\nBusiness field:<\/strong> Mergers & Acquisitions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3733,"template":"","industrie":[34,37,35],"unternehmen":[203,206],"country":[],"class_list":["post-3732","transaktion","type-transaktion","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","industrie-corporations","industrie-entrepreneurs-succession-planning","industrie-machinery-plants-equipment","unternehmen-omaha-standard","unternehmen-palfinger"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPALFINGER acquires OMAHA Standard Inc. - HSCIE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hscie.com\/en\/transaktion\/palfinger-acquires-omaha-standard-inc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PALFINGER acquires OMAHA Standard Inc. - HSCIE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We advised PALFINGER HSCie Customer PALFINGER AG, Salzburg, Austria For years already, PALFINGER has been amongst the leading manufacturers of hydraulic lifting, loading and handling systems. www.palfinger.com Companies involved Omaha Standard Inc., Omaha, USA Omaha Standard is a US family run business with a long tradition of producing and selling a wide range truck bodies […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hscie.com\/en\/transaktion\/palfinger-acquires-omaha-standard-inc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HSCIE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hscie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Palfinger-Omaha-Standard-Buy-2008-AT-USA.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"458\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hscie.com\\\/en\\\/transaktion\\\/palfinger-acquires-omaha-standard-inc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hscie.com\\\/en\\\/transaktion\\\/palfinger-acquires-omaha-standard-inc\\\/\",\"name\":\"PALFINGER acquires OMAHA Standard Inc. - 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