Exyte

{{Short description|German-based cleanroom design company}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Exyte

| logo = Exyte RGB.svg

| type = GmbH

| industry = Building Design, Engineering, Procurement and Construction

| fate =

| predecessor = M+W Group

| successor =

| founded = 1912

| founder =

| defunct =

| hq_location_city = Stuttgart

| hq_location_country = Germany

| area_served =

| key_people = *Wolfgang Büchele (CEO)

• Peter Schönhofer (CFO)
• Georg Stumpf (Chairman of the supervisory board)

| products =

| revenue = €4.9 billion{{Cite web |title=Fiscal year 2021 results|url=https://www.exyte.net/Newsroom/Fiscal-year-2021-results |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=www.exyte.net}}

| revenue_year = 2021

| owner =

| num_employees = 7400{{Cite web|date=2022|title=Annual Report 2021|url=https://www.exyte.net/Newsroom/Press-releases/Annual-Report-2021/Exyte_GB_2021_EN_web.pdf|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Exyte Website}}

| num_employees_year = end of 2021

| parent =

| website = {{URL|www.exyte.net}}

}}

Exyte is an international company for design, engineering, procurement, and construction in controlled and regulated environments. Its headquarters are located in Stuttgart (Germany). Exyte's core business includes solutions for the semiconductor, life sciences and chemical industries as well as Data centers.{{cite web|author=|date=14 May 2019|title=Exyte baut Halbleiterfabriken|url=https://www.exyte.net/_default_upload_bucket/Exyte%20baut%20Halbleiterfabriken.pdf|accessdate=26 March 2020|publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|language=de}} The planning and design of high-tech production plants (especially cleanrooms) are the company's main focus.

File:Exyte Headquarters Stuttgart.jpg, Germany ]]

File:Cleanroom1.jpg

The company was founded in 1912 by Karl Meissner and Paul Wurst.{{cite web|title=Exyte history|url=https://www.exyte-technology.net/en/Exyte-Technology/History|accessdate=5 February 2020}} For the first 50 years of its existence, Meissner + Wurst mainly produced extraction units, fans and equipment for ventilation technology.{{cite web|title=The history of M+W Group|url=http://100years.mwgroup.net/highlights.php|accessdate=25 March 2020}} In the 1960s, Meissner + Wurst established itself as a pioneer in the development of cleanroom technology.{{Cite web|last=cleanroomtechnology.com|date=12 February 2020|title=Cleanrooms for next-gen semiconductor fabrication|url=https://globalsmt.net/cleanrooms-for-next-gen-semiconductor-fabrication/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=7 December 2020|website=globalsmt.net}} Since the 1990s, the company expanded worldwide by extending its business areas, founding new branch offices and acquiring companies. Jenoptik took over Meissner + Wurst in October 1994 and merged it with Zander Klimatechnik AG from Nuremberg in August 1998 to form M+W Zander.{{cite web|date=29 August 2000|title=Chronik der Jenoptik AG|url=http://www.handelsblatt.com/archiv/chronik-der-jenoptik-ag/2001436.html|accessdate=25 March 2020|publisher=Handelsblatt|language=de}}{{Cite book|author=Wolfgang Burr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ks2CBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Meissner+und+Wurst%22&pg=PA110|title=Markt- und Unternehmensstrukturen bei technischen Dienstleistungen: Wettbewerbs- und Kundenvorteile durch Service Engineering|date=2014|publisher=Springer Science+Business Media|isbn=978-3-658-02286-0|language=de|accessdate=30 January 2020}} The building services engineering division was spun off from the group in a management buyout under the name M+W Zander Gebäudetechnik GmbH in 2004 and was renamed Caverion Deutschland GmbH in February 2007.{{cite web|date=26 February 2007|title=Aus M+W Zander Gebäudetechnik GmbH wird caverion GmbH / Zweitgrößter Anbieter für Gebäudetechnik in Deutschland|url=http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20070226_OTS0132/aus-mw-zander-gebaeudetechnik-gmbh-wird-caverion-gmbh-zweitgroesster-anbieter-fuer-gebaeudetechnik-in-deutschland|accessdate=25 March 2020|publisher=|language=de}} In 2005 the Swiss investor Springwater Capital took over M+W Zander,{{Cite web|author=Oliver Stock|date=22 February 2008|title=M+W Zander fürchtet Aufspaltung|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/anlagenbauer-mw-zander-fuerchtet-aufspaltung/2925306.html?ticket=ST-302659-IEJYc7OV9ioE5AWJbfTP-ap1|accessdate=25 March 2020|publisher=Handelsblatt|language=de}} and in 2008 the facility management division was transferred to HSG, which belongs to the Bilfinger Group.{{Cite web|title=HSG Zander: Historie|url=http://www.facilitymanagement.bilfinger.com/index.php?id=321|accessdate=27 March 2013|language=de}} Since then, the company has operated under the name of M+W Group, or M+W for short, and is 100% owned by the Austrian holding company Stumpf Group since 2009.{{Cite web|author=Inge Nowak|date=11 May 2018|title=Anlagenbauer M+W: Pilot-Zellfabrik wird in Stuttgart geplant|url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.anlagenbauer-m-w-pilot-zellfabrik-wird-in-stuttgart-geplant.ca734d59-3867-4765-b5ff-cb82b042f848.html|accessdate=16 May 2018|publisher=Stuttgarter Zeitung|language=de}}

The Exyte Group was established in 2018 from a reorganization of the M+W Group. The core businesses (solutions for the semiconductor, batteries,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=12 August 2019|title=Exyte opens lab to economise dryroom components for battery production|url=https://cleanroomtechnology.com/news/article_page/Exyte_opens_lab_to_economise_dryroom_components_for_battery_production/157108|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=7 December 2020|website=cleanroomtechnology.com}} biopharma and Life sciences as well as services for Data centers) were bundled within the Exyte Group, while all other business activities, which are mainly related to energy projects, are still conducted under the brand name M+W Group. In 2018, the company announced its plans for a public listing and that a larger minority stake would be sold via an IPO.{{cite web|author=Oliver Schmale|date=25 September 2018|title=Anlagenbauer aus Schwaben: Exyte strebt an die Börse|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/finanzmarkt/anlagenbauer-aus-schwaben-exyte-strebt-an-die-boerse-15804697.html|accessdate=26 September 2018|publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|language=de}} This IPO was postponed in October of the same year due to unfavorable market conditions.{{cite web|author=Desirée Backhaus|date=8 October 2018|title=Exyte bläst Milliarden-IPO vorerst ab|url=https://www.finance-magazin.de/finanzierungen/kapitalmarkt/exyte-blaest-milliarden-ipo-vorerst-ab-2025461/|accessdate=25 March 2020|publisher=Finance Magazin|language=de}} In November 2022 BDT Capital Partners agreed to acquire a significant share of Exyte.{{Cite web |last=Lindholm |first=Nina |date=2022-11-17 |title=BDT snaps up minority stake in Exyte |url=https://www.pehubeurope.com/bdt-snaps-up-minority-stake-in-exyte/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=PE Hub Europe |language=en-GB}} In March 2024, it was announced Exyte had acquired CollabraTech Solutions, a Phoenix, Arizona-based delivery systems and contract manufacturing services company, for an undisclosed amount.{{Cite web |title=Exyte acquires CollabraTech Solutions - News |url=https://siliconsemiconductor.net/article/118934/Exyte%20acquires%20CollabraTech%20Solutions%20-%20%20News |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Silicon Semiconductor |language=en}} Later that year Exyte acquired TTP Group, a European-focused pharmaceutical and chemical consulting and engineering firm.{{Cite web |date=2025-09-05|title=Exyte acquires TTP Group to accelerate growth of biopharma and life sciences business |url=https://www.indianpharmapost.com/news/exyte-acquires-ttp-group-to-accelerate-growth-of-biopharma-and-life-sciences-business-16137|access-date=2025-04-03|website=Indian Pharma Post |language=en}}