Watts Now Owns Profix GmbH

Watts Industrie Reifen, the German subsidiary of Watts Tyre Group has announced the acquisition of Profix GmbH at the end of March. Current Profix director Volker Scholze will join Watts Industrie Reifen and manage operations from the tyre service and distribution business’s Zittau office. Profix manager Udo Rottke will also join Watts as tyre services manager responsible for the mobile fitting service across the country.

Andreas Karnein, general manager of Watts Industrie Reifen commented: “We are very pleased to make this announcement and to be bringing Profix into our business. Profix has been both a customer and partner for many years and from every perspective it made perfect sense to bring Profix directly into our structure. This will strengthen our service offering across the country, particularly in north and eastern Germany, and we firmly believe that this will ensure that we continue to represent excellent value to our customers through superb service and a wide product range.”

Watts Tyre Group CEO Jean-Paul Mindermann added: “This is another significant step for us as we continue down the path to being a world leading industrial tyre service entity. We have recognised that this is essential to our success and we will continue to develop them both organically and through acquisition.”