Alfred Chrosziel hands over his company after 33 years

Former Sachtler CEO buys the MatteBox specialist near Munich in Germany. At the turn of the year the company Chrosziel GmbH, Heimstetten,Germany was bought by Harm Abrahams and Juergen Nussbaum, their legal successors.

Through an MBI transaction all shares held by Mrs. Gertrud Chrosziel and Mr. Alfred Chrosziel were acquired by them.

Juergen Nussbaum is known to many in the industry due to his long-time relationship with Sachtler, the German camera support manufacturer. He has been working as a consultant since 1999, among others for Panther GmbH, Munich, Germany as well as for Chrosziel.

Mr. Abrahams also has a long-time expertise in the motion picture and television industry. In 1988 he paved the way for the MBO of Sachtler and has cooperated with J. Nussbaum in further projects during the past years.

The two new owners will work as general managers: Harm Abrahams will take care of controlling, finance, personnel and general administration whereas J. Nussbaum will look after sales, marketing, product management and manufacturing.

“We will continue to run the company in the same style and spirit as Alfred Chrosziel did”, Mr. Nussbaum said. “The company is excellently prepared, offers products guaranteeing sustainable growth, which will be achieved together with our well-coordinated team”, Mr. Abrahams added.

“I have known Mr. Nussbaum for more than 20 years, we appreciate him as well as Mr. Abrahams as competent and serious partners and we trust that our life-work is in good hands”, Alfred Chrosziel stated.
For a transitional period, both the “old” and the “new” management will work jointly to provide for the utmost continuity in customer care. Alfred Chrosziel is going to continue to advise the new general managers Harm Abrahams and Juergen Nussbaum.

The company was founded in 1973, at Photokina 1974 Alfred Chrosziel introduced his first product, a patented Fluid-Zoom-Drive, which has been sold in thousands of units since then.

Nowadays Chrosziel stands for the most comprehensive system of SunShades and MatteBoxes, which are worldwide highly respected by professional film-, video- and tv- camera crews. In the market of optical testing equipment Chrosziel projectors and optical benches (collimator) for measuring lens performance and back focal length distance are unique and used by many rental houses and the service
departments of the lens manufacturers.

For all settings of a lens on cranes or “SteadyCam” applications wireless remote controls designed with state-of-the-art technology are offered worldwide. In addition, the company’s service comprises the exclusive sales of Zeiss DigiPrimes® lenses, Tiffen® filters, EasyRig® and original Steadicam® products in the German speaking markets.

PHOTO: Meeting in the machine hall (from left to right) Harm Abrahams, Gertrud Chrosziel, Alfred Chrosziel, Juergen Nussbaum