Press releases, current trends, perspectives

ARTHOS M&A-Newsletter – Vision Technology 05/2020: The valuations of laser companies are recovering faster than those of other industries following the COVID-19 turbulence at capital markets. To find out the right time for selling we recommend creating an M&A advisory board for professional advice.

Integr8 (Berlin, Germany) shareholders have sold a majority stake to Ufenau (Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland) to create a leading integrated digital agency via a buy and build strategy.

Indutrade (Stockholm, Sweden) acquired 100% of the shares in Stein Automation (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany) a supplier of pallet transfer systems for assembly-lines and thereby strengthens its position in industry 4.0 high-tech solutions.

From 7 - 9 November 2019 the AICA members from Europe, Middle East and Africa met in Italy, where in Rome the first AICA gathering took place ten years ago. The ARTHOS team with the managing partners Arne Tödt and Arno Pätzold participated and contributed to the event.

ARTHOS M&A-Newsletter – Vision Technology 10/2019: TOF cameras and solutions for industry applications will grow rapidly, creating an attractive market. If you don’t have the R&D capacities to develop such products by your own, consider acquiring a company with strong R&D resources.

ARTHOS M&A-Newsletter – Software Engineering 08/2019: Increasing M&A activity in the software engineering sector due to the accelerating digital transformation of industries. We are professional M&A advisors with deep industry knowledge and comprehensive deal experience.

Data Respons (Oslo, Norway) acquires 100% of the shares in the German R&D Services company DONAT group (Ingolstadt, Germany) and strengthens its position within software development and industrial digitalisation in Germany.

The annual AICA global meeting took place from 16 – 18 May 2019 in Singapore with the participation of prestigious new prospect AICA members from Asia. The ARTHOS managing partners Arne Tödt and Arno Pätzold participated and contributed to the event.

ARTHOS M&A-Newsletter – Vision Technology 5/2019: Valuations of most publicly listed vision companies are back to the peaks from last summer and acquirers are continuing to invest heavily. However, there is more to consider when thinking about a potential sale.

In vision industry M&A transactions became very popular and deal prices went up. As sellers can choose, it takes more than just money nowadays for buyers to execute a transaction. An article by ARTHOS’ Managing Partner Arno Pätzold published in “inspect international – World of Vision” 01/19.