BKW AG agreed to acquire UMB AG on December 21, 2021. UMB employs around 500 people at 11 branches and has a turnover in the low three-digit million range. UMB’s current Chief Sales Officer & Business Development Martin Gartmann will be leading the company from 1 January 2022. The company’s former owner and Chief Executive Officer, Matthias Keller, will work for BKW at a strategic level and become a member of the board of BKW Building Solutions. The acquisition is subject to regulatory authorisation. The acquisition is set to be completed in the first quarter of 2022. UMB will become a part of BKW Building Solutions but remain an independent Group company. The name UMB will be used for the entire IT division of BKW Building Solutions in future. The existing IT companies swisspro Solutions, ngworx and alphaTrust.ch will be merged with UMB in the medium term.