i4.0 today

MARCH 21, 2024

Siemens AG has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive technology (IDT) business of ebm-papst. The business, which employs around 650 people, includes intelligent, integrated mechatronic systems in the protective extra-low voltage range and innovative motion control systems. The IDT business of ebm-papst is located in St.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Almost every product needs packaging, and this business serves a wide range of end markets. While there are frequent M&A deals in this space, a recent highlight is the merger announced by two of the largest paper-based packaging companies, Smurfit Kappa & WestRock. Hence, this merger will create a “truly global company.”

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MAY 13, 2024

Further, strategic partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions are fueling this collaboration, allowing stakeholders to expand their offerings towards building a more sustainable and efficient water future for all. This shift necessitates continuous collaboration within the smart water meter ecosystem.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Learn about some of the key trends that will be most common in mergers and acquisitions and the impact they’ll have on the automation industry. Companies planning to expand or make other moves for their business should plan for the worst and hope for the best, particularly when a downturn might happen.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 31, 2023

Source: Refinitiv Deals Intelligence Global Mid-Market Financial Advisory Review 2022 (CNW Group/KPMG LLP) TORONTO — Middle-market merger and acquisition activity will remain resilient in 2023, even as the market for mega deals and initial public offerings continues to weaken, according to KPMG Corporate Finance specialists.

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 28, 2022

They focus on business level merger and acquisition activity. Activity in the first half of 2022 was focused less on transformational megadeals (transactions exceeding $1 billion in deal value) and more on smaller, targeted acquisitions and divestitures. PwC sends industrial manufacturing market updates periodically.

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Fastener News Desk

AUGUST 7, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2023 CHARLOTTE, NC – Fastener Supply Company, a leading fastener distributor, is pleased to announce its acquisition of General Machinery. The strategic merger deal was finalized on July 31, 2023, marking a significant milestone for both organizations.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 19, 2024

Serve Robotics continues partnership with Uber Eats Serve Robotics builds and maintains its fleet of robots for customers as a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business. Serve Robotics continues partnership with Uber Eats Serve Robotics builds and maintains its fleet of robots for customers as a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business.

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Control Engineering

JULY 27, 2022

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity in the automation market. private equity groups) and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). private equity groups) and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Learn more.

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Control Engineering

JULY 26, 2023

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity for companies that address the manufacturing and plant management fields. This serves as a leading indicator for submarkets our team anticipates closed transactions in over the coming months. Learn more.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 29, 2023

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity for companies that address the manufacturing and plant management fields. Learn more about the transaction here. The Bundy Group reported 10 automation transactions in the month of August. Learn more.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

5G, SCADA, programming and mergers. With the help of 5G and mobile edge computing, business owners, manufacturing facility managers and control engineers are experiencing the benefits of transforming traditional, manual processes into automated, efficient technological solutions. Links to each article below.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity in the automation market. Eight transactions were reported for the month of October.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity for companies that address the manufacturing and plant management fields. The acquisition is expected to bring significant synergies by year 3 and year 5, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 28, 2023

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity for companies that address the manufacturing and plant management fields. 6/20/23 IFS has completed the acquisition of Poka, a market-leading provider of a connected worker platform based in Quebec.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 26, 2022

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity in the automation market. The business sale transaction announcements for the automation segment, which have occurred in summer 2022, highlighted a range of trends occurring in this high growth industry.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Motors and drives insights WEG’s $400 million acquisition of Regal Rexnord’s industrial electric motors and generators business diversifies and strengthens its market position. The acquisition includes most of Regal Rexnord’s industrial systems segment, which comprises the Marathon, Cemp and Rotor brands.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Global multidisciplinary engineering firm Hatch has appointed Alfredo Remy as Australasian Director of Hatch Advisory, the company’s management consulting business. Mr Remy will now lead the Australasian Hatch Advisory team after serving as regional director for the Advisory team in South America for the past six years.

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Fastener News Desk

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

in its Sale to Monroe Engineering February 09, 2023 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time DALLAS–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Generational Equity , a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the sale of its client, Fasteners, Inc. The acquisition closed January 31, 2023.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JUNE 20, 2022

We have seen a spree of mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships since late 2019, beginning with Sixt Mobility Consulting’s acquisition of Flottenmeister’s fleet business. The latest addition to the list is Athene Holding led Wheels Donlen’s acquisition of LeasePlan USA through a stock purchase agreement.

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E&T

JUNE 13, 2023

The deal has been hailed as the “biggest takeover in tech history” and is already the largest acquisition in the history of the video game industry, at least in theory at this stage. The UK decision has been appealed by Microsoft and a final decision is pending.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

We believe that his expertise will be valuable as we focus on pursuing profitable product and business acquisitions.” He is a strategic financial leader and has experience in public company compliance, financings as well as mergers and acquisitions.

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Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Acquisitions remain a priority for capital deployment and are an important growth lever for product line and geographic expansion, enabling acquirors to take advantage of enhanced operating leverage and buying power achieved through increased scale. For more information, please visit www.bglco.com.

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E&T

JUNE 30, 2023

The regulator said today (Friday 30 June) that the deal could potentially mean “less choice for designers”, as the two businesses would stop competing with each other. A spokeswoman for Activision Blizzard described the UK as being “clearly closed for business”. The proposed deal was originally announced in September last year.

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Control Engineering

MAY 25, 2023

Bundy Group, an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity for companies that address the manufacturing and plant management fields. Over the coming months, we anticipate announcing several more business sale and capital placement transactions. Learn more.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2024

today announced it is terminating its planned acquisition by Amazon.com Inc. “We’re disappointed that Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot could not proceed,” said David Zapolsky , senior vice president and general counsel at Amazon, in a release. Competition and Markets Authority cleared the proposed acquisition.

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Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Viscan Group (“Viscan”). It is a great honor to have been selected by the Baril family to acquire the business they founded and have grown so successfully”, said Steve Endries, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Endries. “We From its headquarters in Brillion, WI and eleven U.S.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Bundy Group, an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity in the automation market. Highlights from the A3 Business Forum This exciting event took place in Orlando, Florida, in January 2023. Below are our major takeaways from the A3 conference.

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Additive Manufacturing

AUGUST 6, 2022

operations as well as lead worldwide sales activity and execute on the Company’s current organic and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) growth strategy. LLC (“GE”) and in GE’s Electrical Distribution and Control business. based manufacturing businesses. Waltham, Massachusetts, Aug. 04, 2022 — Nano Dimension Ltd.

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Plastics News

JUNE 26, 2023

Mergers & Acquisitions Covestro has rejected an $11 billion offer by ADNOC to purchase the company. is going public through a special purpose acquisition or SPAC. Next week, on July 3, will be our Mid-Year Report on Mergers & Acquisitions. Nominations are now open for our 2023 Processor of the Year.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 17, 2023

MERGER OF MINDS AND MARKETS By formalising this longstanding alliance and transferring ownership to Fortress, customers will benefit from both companies’ respective and innovative expertise. Creating the company’s fourth global manufacturing site. The two companies share decades of design and application experience.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 25, 2023

Bundy Group, an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity in the automation market. based industrial portfolio with the acquisition, and Avanceon and will join under the Actemium network, the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to the industry market.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MAY 3, 2024

With numerous owned vehicles idling and new vehicle prices soaring, leasing, rental, subscriptions, and other innovative business models are gaining prominence. Amid the automotive industry’s pandemic-induced slowdown, coupled with supply chain constraints and semiconductor shortages, a silver lining is emerging.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Bundy Group , an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity in the automation market. After a busy year in the automation sector, I wanted to provide observations on activities and trends occurring in this rapidly evolving industry.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JULY 5, 2023

TORONTO — Metro Compactor Service, a waste and recycling equipment service and supplier, is expanding its operations and further scaling up in Ontario with the acquisition of Miller Waste Solutions Group. We are not haulers we are waste equipment experts.”

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Canadian Manufacturing

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In its announcement, the company described plans to establish a business unit in North America in addition to the existing unit in Europe. The company is also adding a senior vice president, corporate strategy & business performance to its executive committee.

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Canadian Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

TORONTO — Metro Compactor Service, a waste and recycling equipment provider, announces the acquisition of Compaction Plus, a provider of waste handling equipment in Ontario. This acquisition also reinforces our commitment to helping customers maintain their equipment lifecycle at optimal cost.”.

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