Suzo-Happ Acquires Comesterogroup, a European market leader in payment technology and self-service hardware.

September 11, 2014

Suzo-Happ Acquires Comesterogroup, a European market leader in payment technology and self-service hardware.

Significantly expands Suzo-Happ’s presence in key European markets including Italy, France and Spain.

Provides access to cashless payment processing technology.  Enhances engineering capabilities and manufacturing capacity.

Completes coin handling product portfolio with field proven validation technology

Mount Prospect, Illinois – Suzo-Happ announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Comesterogroup S.r.l., a leading provider of electronic payment systems and self-service equipment to the carwash, gaming, laundromat and vending industries throughout Europe. The Comesterogroup range of products and services includes a variety of payment systems and self-service machines that incorporate award winning design and cutting edge electronic technologies. Comesterogroup is headquartered in Gessate, Italy just outside of Milan. The Comesterogroup acquisition significantly expands Suzo-Happ’s presence in Key European markets: Italy, France and Spain; and broadens Suzo-Happ’s diversification with access to new end-markets through Comesterogroup’s carwash and laundromat automation components. Comesterogroup’s products include the RM5 coin validator that when combined with Suzo-Happ’s hoppers and other coin dispensing products, give customers access to complete coin handling solutions that together represent an installed base of more than 2,000,000 units. Comesterogroup has more than 5,000 customers that are an important addition to Suzo-Happ’s growing customer portfolio and their 150 employees are a critical expansion of resources and human capital. Davide Chionna, Comesterogroup President, said, “Suzo-Happ has always been a key part of our build-buy partner innovation strategy. Suzo-Happ’s commitment to support our speed of innovation and the level of quality offered by Comesterogroup’s management will allow us to be an industry leader to our valued customers through our sales force, productive capacity, service and after-sale support.”