Press releases, current trends, perspectives

ARTHOS Industry Insight – IT Hardware Q1/2023: Operation Technology (OT) players are consolidating the IoT market by acquiring SW companies. We believe mid-size companies will also need to offer integrated HW/SW solutions and that M&A is a successful way to complete the product portfolio.

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Semiconductor 11/2022: The economic battle with China is not only about access to technology but also about securing the supply chain. This sector report focusses on recent developments in Semi-Equipment and Mixed Signal & Diversified Semiconductors.

From 20 - 22 October 2022 the AICA members from Europe, Middle East and Africa met in Barcelona for the 13th AICA EMEA Conference. The ARTHOS managing partners Arne Tödt and Arno Pätzold participated and contributed to the event.

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Vision Technology 10/2022: This year valuations in all vision technology sectors decreased – but are still at the attractive pre-COVID level. We believe this is driven by expected high growth in IoT supported by huge investments in the semiconductor industry.

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Digital Services Sector Report Q3/2022: The Digital Services M&A market is resilient despite the challenging society and environmental changes. Due to their attractive growth rates and solid valuation ratios we take a closer look at Digital & Marketing Agencies.

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Software Sector Report Q3/2022: In the past nine months the software M&A market has cooled off, but we expect software M&A activity to stabilize on high levels for several reasons. Our focus this time is on the sub-sector of CRM & Marketing Software Provider.

Eurotech (Amaro, Italy), a leading provider of Edge Computing solutions for mission critical applications, has acquired InoNet Computer (Taufkirchen, Germany), a German company that operates in the sectors of Industrial PCs (IPCs) and embedded systems for special applications in AIoT.

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Vision Technology 05/2022: In the laser industry a remarkable number of public takeovers - all by strategic buyers - were executed or at least initiated within the last 15 months. Why did this happen and what will be the consequences for the industry going forward?

This years’ global meeting of AICA members took place from 12 – 14 May 2022 in Vancouver to discuss global cross-border deals, share best practices, network, and collaborate. The ARTHOS managing partner Arne Tödt participated and contributed to the event. Read more

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Software Sector Report Q1/2022: In the past twelve months the software M&A market activity has risen significantly by more than 50% in deal value. In particular, Cybersecurity software companies enjoyed strong growth rates and high valuation ratios.