Powertrim and Tooling Specialist Derksen join forces to win in global power module market
Founders attract technology investor ESquare to accelerate growth
’s-Heerenberg/Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July 4th, 2025 – Powertrim Technologies, the global leader in high performance handling, assembly and testing technology for automated power electronics manufacturing and Tooling Specialist Derksen (TSD), with 27 years of expertise in high-precision parts manufacturing and semiconductor back-end tooling, have joined forces and will continue as one group: Powertrim International. The group is backed by technology investor ESquare Capital Partners to accelerate international growth and deliver upon their joint ambition to become the preferred global partner for advanced power module packaging equipment and tooling in high-end automotive, sustainable energy and industrial applications. Simultaneously, the owners of Tooling Specialist Derksen, Frans Derksen and Erik van Ouwerkerk will continue to be minority shareholders in the newly formed group.
‘We are proud to be re-united with the company that in 2020 gave birth to Powertrim Technologies and continue to collaborate intensively with the craftsmen that have manufactured so many complex tooling sets for general and power electronics over the years. We are convinced that the combination of the only dedicated production platform for high voltage power electronics and in-house engineering and fabrication of advanced tooling allows for turn-key solutions for our customers with the lowest total cost of ownership’, said Daan Kersten, CEO of Powertrim International. ‘As founder of TSD, I’m grateful to have secured access of our customers to our manufacturing expertise in toolmaking and precision part production as well as the long-term future of our heritage. The team we built over the course of 25 years is in good hands and will continue to expand, added Frans Derksen. ‘We trust the experienced leadership of Powertrim to accelerate the expansion of this new group and are proud to join them on their journey while leveraging our network and sector expertise’, concluded Jules Bernaerts, Managing Partner of ESquare Capital Partners.
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The picture shows the Flex Line platform for advanced power module packaging.
More information
More information can be found on the www.powertrim.nl website.
Powertrim Technologies
Goorsestraat 7, 7041 GA, ’s-Heerenberg, The Netherlands
Emmasingel 33, 5611 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
www.powertrim.nl
Contact
Ir Daan A.J. Kersten MBA
Mobile: +31 653 400630
E-mail: d.kersten@powertrim.nl
About Powertrim Technologies
Building on 40 years of semicon toolmaking heritage, Powertrim Technologies (formerly Trim Form Automation Europe) has developed high performance handling, assembly and testing technology for automated power electronics manufacturing. Powertrim offers full support to allow power module manufacturers in automotive, energy and industrial end-markets build predictably quality products at the best total cost.
About Tooling Specialist Derksen (TSD)
Founded in 1998 Tooling Specialist Derksen has grown to become a renowned supplier of precision mechanical parts and tools in the highest segment of the international grinding- and toolmakers- world. Large multinational companies as well as demanding local enterprises are amongst our long-term customers. The 3 main drivers that guarantee our quality to the customer are: attention to detail, use of the latest technology and combining engineering expertise and craftmanship.
About ESquare Capital Partners
ESquare is an entrepreneurial technology Private Equity firm investing the capital of its founding partners and that of a rapidly expanding network of over 50 successful entrepreneurs and family offices in internationally active, fast-growing and profitable technology companies. ESquare is passionate about tech, deeply values long term relationships and loves to build great technology companies together with ambitious, passionate entrepreneurs and management teams. Their second thematic fund aims to build a portfolio of scalable technology companies active in smart hardware (high-tech, Internet-of-Things, robotics) based in the Benelux or Germany.
