Meister Engineering, which provides construction, maintenance and inspection services, has completed 17 M&A transactions in approximately 6 years. As of 1 September 2026, the group had expanded to 23 companies, with M&A led by a team centered on professionals from foreign-affiliated consulting firms.
Meister Engineering has actively pursued mergers and acquisitions over the past approximately 6 years to expand its business beyond design and construction to include on-site inspection and maintenance, bringing the number of group companies to 23. This article examines the background and current status of the company’s M&A strategy, as well as its outlook for future growth, through an interview with President Hirano Daisuke (平野 大介).
President Hirano Daisuke (平野 大介) is said to lead an organization centered on professionals from foreign-affiliated consulting firms, drawing on his M&A experience at Mizuho Securities and his time at McKinsey & Company. Alumni of ADL, Accenture and A.T. Kearney have come together, creating an organization characterized by a combination of painstaking on-site work and sophisticated strategy.
The article also discusses the company’s “technical services federation” concept and its outlook for applying that concept to the construction industry. It reports that the company is exploring new forms of collaboration within the industry by integrating the strengths of companies with strong on-site capabilities and the expertise of external consulting firms.