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TA
Musik GmbH changes into JA Musik GmbH
Ten
years ago, Gerhard A. Meinl sold his family owned business, the
brasswind production company Wenzel Meinl GmbH from Geretsried
(Germany) to the German listed company TA Triumph-Adler AG and
built and managed from then on the wood- and brasswind division
within this conglomerate.
Together
with this financially strong mother company, the former state
owned East German Blechblas- und Signal-Instrumentenfabrik in
Markneukirchen was acquired, restructured and transformed into
the today's successful Vogtlaendische Musikinstrumentenfabrik
GmbH. Alongside, the famous oboe-production and wholesale
company SML Strasser-Marigaux S.A.S. in France as well as the
brasswind production company Antoine Courtois S.A.S., founded in
1803, were acquired and incooperated into the group.
Like
this, the TA Musik Group developed into an important set of
European woodwind and brasswind production companies for high
end professional instruments. Still in this year, Sternberg Kft,
a newly founded production firm in Hungary, is going to join the
group.
As
part of the focussing strategy on the Experts @ Output division,
TA Triumph-Adler AG sold TA Musik GmbH within a Management Buy
Out to a group of managers formed around the long term division
manager Gerhard A. Meinl. At the beginning of August 2001, the
group acquired 100% of shares of TA Musik GmbH which continues
to operate as a management holding company for this group of
musical instrument manufacturers. As part of the acquisition,
the company will change its name into JA Musik GmbH.
Together
with the 44 year old lawyer Gerhard A. Meinl, who is also a
trained craftsmen for instrument building and actual President
of the "Bundesverband Deutscher
Musikinstrumentenhersteller" as well as first Chairman of
"Dachverband Deutsche Musikwirtschaft und
Veranstaltungstechnik", Jakob Freiherr von Wolff , business
graduate from Universities in the UK and Spain and investment
manager at TA Triumph-Adler AG, takes over the Finance and
Operations Office for the JA Musik Group. Additionally, the
executive officer of Vogtlaendische Musikinstrumentenfabrik GmbH
and Wenzel Meinl GmbH, Mr. Ferdinand Kleinschmidt, who is not
only a tuba graduate from Detmold University but also a trained
craftsman for tool-making and instrument manufacturing as well
as Dipl. Ing. Siebert Bernsau, executive officer of
Vogtlaendische Musikinstrumentenfabrik GmbH and former long term
production manager at the type writer production plants of TA
Triumph-Alder AG in Frankfurt, joined the MBO-team.
This
management-team, as new owner of the group, endeavours to
continue to establish a leading position in the high quality
step-up and professional instrument manufacturing together with
a clear branding strategy within the group. Consequently,
group-economies in the areas of production, sales and
administration are going to be extensively used. As a high
priority, the world-wide leading position for certain
instruments will be kept and further developed; this always with
the excellent contacts to the top-professional musicians and
orchestras around the world.
International
sales will continue to be based on long term whole-sale and
retail business contacts. Currently the Group has an excellent
order situation and production capacity is already booked out
long into the year 2002.
Martin
Matthies, JA Musik GmbH
JA
Musik Partners:
starting
from the left you can see
Siebert
Bernsau, Jakob Freiherr von Wolff, Gerhard A. Meinl, Ferdinand
Kleinschmidt
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In
mid September, the Germany Federal Order of Merit was conferred
upon Gerhard A. Meinl for distinguished services as a highly
committed citizen, entrepreneur and patron of the arts. This
token of honor reflects Meinl's enterprising spirit in building
up a flourishing enterprise with an employment figure by far
exceeding 200 which, for the past ten years or so, has continued
to be regarded as the dynamo of the German Music Industry. Meinl
is a staunch promoter of musical training among young persons.
Worthy of mention in this context is his honorary commitment in
the field of class music-making activities. His fine services in
building up the Vogtland Music Industry and putting it on a
solid basis are worth emphasizing in particular. This has not
only succeeded in saving existing jobs, but also in creating a
whole number of new ones. It has also resulted in motivating
other manufacturing companies to transfer their businesses to
Vogtland, one of Germany's legendary musical areas.
