U.S. asset management firm Carlyle has Negotiations have begun with Germany's thyssenkrupp to acquire the division that manufactures vehicles and systems for the Navy, a sector that employs about 7,800 people, of which 3,100 on site Kiel Naval Airport. The two sides have made it known that it has been The due diligence procedure relating to this branch of business and that the negotiations could lead to the partial sale of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to Carlyle.

thyssenkrupp clarified that Carlyle's involvement did not excludes the parallel evaluation of further options on the market capital for the spin-off of the division. 'The participation of a private equity firm - explained Volkmar Dinstuhl, Member of the Board of Directors of thyssenkrupp - is one of the many options we are currently looking at for the spin-off of our activities in the Marine sector. With the Carlyle's active involvement, we are now completing the necessary next step and initiating the transparent phase of evaluation of these activities'.

In the 2022-23 financial year, which ended last 30 September, thyssenkrupp's Marine Systems division recorded net sales of €1.84 billion, similar to that of the for the 2021-22 financial year, and new orders worth €959 million compared to €4.23 billion in the previous year.