Success Stories

The Vanguard Group was founded in 1975 by John C. Bogle with a cooperative ownership structure. Investors who purchase Vanguard funds become, not only, clients but also part owners of the company. Vanguard currently has seven trillion US dollars in assets under management, making them the world’s second largest asset manager after BlackRock. They also manage the largest bond fund worldwide.

The Vanguard Group employs 19,000 people and is represented in all key financial centers. Across its locations in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, London, Paris, Milan, and Zurich, the company employs 800 people Europe-wide. Vanguard holds some of the largest ownership positions in companies such as Alphabet Inc. (formerly Google), PayPal Inc. and Apple, among others.

Nexen Tire Corporation (NEXEN) is a publicly traded manufacturer of automotive tires headquartered in Yangsan, South Korea. The company employs 7000 people worldwide and exports its tires to over 120 countries. By 2025, the company aims to become a top 10 player in the global tire industry - with targeted annual sales of two to three billion US dollars. In 2014, FRM GmbH supported the company in finding a suitable site for its planned Nexen Tire Europe Technical Center. Today, there are 30 researchers and developers working in the Technical Center in the commercial district of Kelkheim-Münster. The building also houses the sales and marketing teams. NEXEN’s biggest success to date is manufacturing tires for the Porsche Panamera. Its next goal: boosting brand awareness. To this end, NEXEN not only extended the sponsoring contract it has had with Eintracht Frankfurt since 2012 but expanded it as well. 

VITAPROTECH-Group is the leading French provider of premium perimeter security solutions for industrial sites and critical infrastructure. The company was founded in 2014 and counts such prominent organizations as the airport operator Aéroports de Paris, Sanofi, Airbus, Total, PSA, Nestlé, Lidl, the French rail company SNCF, and the French Ministry of Justice among its client roster. Two subsidiaries of the group—SORHEA GmbH and TIL TECHNOLOGIES GmbH—have settled in Rüsselsheim. According to the company, the opening of SORHEA GmbH is a first step in the internationalization of the VITAPROTECH Group in the DACH region. FRM GmbH supported the company throughout the entire expansion process. The experts of the international location marketing company coordinated the real estate selection process and established contact with suitable service providers.

HomeServe PLC is a trade services company founded in the UK over 25 years ago by Richard Harpin. Since then, HomeServe has developed into a leading international, innovative service provider focused on plumbing, heating and air conditioning. Currently, more than 7,000 employees work for HomeServe worldwide, serving 8 million customers. The company entered the German market in 2022, adding to its roster of international locations in the USA, France, Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Japan. The company invests in owner-managed businesses in the sanitary, heating and air conditioning sectors that are looking for a business successor. In return, HomeServe supports the businesses in recruiting personnel, negotiating purchasing conditions, marketing, and developing services and processes.  

ATC Computer Transport & Logistics The Irish specialist for logistics and technical services has been a part of the Frankfurt RheinMain international business community since 2017. The company, which was founded in Dublin in 1979, helps technology companies and cloud service providers transport their IT resources to any European destination and install them safely and securely. ATC started in Germany as a “mini GmbH” with two employees in Mörfelden-Walldorf. Since then, the Irish SME has grown at the location to 30 employees, and the “mini GmbH” has turned into the company’s continental European headquarters. In total, ATC employs 118 people across 7 European countries.