{"id":12255,"date":"2026-03-12T12:58:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knillgruppe.com\/?p=12255"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:42:42","slug":"acquisition-of-a-stake-in-pankl-racing-systems-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knillgruppe.com\/en\/acquisition-of-a-stake-in-pankl-racing-systems-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquisition of a stake in Pankl Racing Systems AG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knill Gruppe is acquiring one third of the shares from Pierer Industrie AG. Following, the transaction, the Knill Gruppe will hold one third, of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pankl.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pankl Racing Systems AG,<\/a> headquartered in Kapfenberg, Styria a leading manufacturer of high-performance components in the niche markets of motorsport, the high-end automotive sector and aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knillgruppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Signing-Pankl_Pankl-Racing-Systems-AG-_Lucas-Kundigraber-e1773919992818.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knillgruppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Signing-Pankl_Pankl-Racing-Systems-AG-_Lucas-Kundigraber-e1773919992818.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.knillgruppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Signing-Pankl_Pankl-Racing-Systems-AG-_Lucas-Kundigraber-e1773919992818-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knillgruppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Signing-Pankl_Pankl-Racing-Systems-AG-_Lucas-Kundigraber-e1773919992818-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knillgruppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Signing-Pankl_Pankl-Racing-Systems-AG-_Lucas-Kundigraber-e1773919992818-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knillgruppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Signing-Pankl_Pankl-Racing-Systems-AG-_Lucas-Kundigraber-e1773919992818-1536x778.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9Pankl Racing Systems AG_Lukas Kundigraber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy acquiring a stake in Pankl Racing Systems, we are taking on responsibility for another internationally successful technology leader from our home region, and we look forward to actively and sustainably shaping its future development,\u201d say <strong>Christian Knill and Georg Knill,<\/strong> owners of the Knill Group, adding: \u201cWith this step, the Knill Group is strengthening its commitment to the advancement of innovative industrial companies in Styria.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-font-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/pankl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Press-Release-Pankl-Racing-Systems-AG-12032026.pdf\">PRESS RELEASE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knill Gruppe is acquiring one third of the shares from Pierer Industrie AG. Following, the transaction, the Knill Gruppe will hold one third, of Pankl Racing Systems AG, headquartered in Kapfenberg, Styria a leading manufacturer of high-performance components in the niche markets of motorsport, the high-end automotive sector and aviation. \u201cBy acquiring a stake in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-group-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Acquisition of a stake in Pankl Racing Systems AG - Knill Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After the transaction Knill Gruppe will hold one third, of Pankl Racing Systems AG, headquartered in Kapfenberg, Styria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knillgruppe.com\/en\/acquisition-of-a-stake-in-pankl-racing-systems-ag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Acquisition of a stake in Pankl Racing Systems AG - 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