The Ascalon Holding Gmbh was founded in Vienna, in December 2008. Sole shareholder is Mr. Victor Trenev, founder & owner of company TBM Russia, the market leader for doors & window fittings in CIS.
Our mission: the Ascalon Holding GmbH acquires & manages participations at domestic and foreign companies in the construction sector, in particular companies active in the segments of doors & window fittings, profiles, construction elements & its respective logistics.
Related to these activities Ascalon started to acquire shares of VBH Holding AG Germany in 2009, becoming the majority owner with 65.82% in 2016, and changing its structure into VBH Holding GmbH. Since April 2017 Mr. Victor Trenev is managing director of VBH, determining its strategy next to his responsibilities for the subsidiaries of TBM in CIS.
Since 2017 Ascalon holds 70% of shares of esco Holding GmbH and ATE BeteiligungsgesmbH respectively, being the majority owner of esco Metallbausysteme GmbH, a leading trading company in the market of construction fittings. These acquisitions together with the shares of VBH Holding GmbH not only make us the market leader in Germany but also a significant international player.
To further strengthen our international presence Ascalon did acquire 100% of the Polish company WISLA Corporation Sp. z.o.o., and 96.08% of Finnish SCANCERCO OY, another local player in the market of windows & door fittings.
All our holding activities are accompanied by respective local financial institutes, in particular by Raiffeisenbank International AG via their branches in Vienna & Russia.
In preparing decisions of international dimensions we collaborate with agencies like Deloitte and pwc, in Austria & Germany with Rödl & Partner GmbH as well as gkr Wirtschafts-Steuer-Recht Steuerberatungsgesellschaft bmH. In addition to and on a needs base we can rely on the vast and longstanding experience of a broad network of consulters globally.
Our activities as Holding Group provide the conditions for the organizational infrastructure of all our branch offices and coordinate the strategy to ensure seamless and smooth processes, guaranteeing best possible customer benefits.