AUVESY-MDT Acquires MDT Software

AUVESY-MDT is a global provider of data management software for automated production facilities and manufacturing operations. The customized Auvesy software solution named "versiondog" allows manufacturing firms to benefit from a user-friendly all-in-one product offering centralized data storage, automated back-up, version control with detailed change tracking, clear documentation as well as compatibility with the system requirements of different equipment suppliers (including Siemens, ABB, Kuka, Rockwell, and Mitsubishi). Its software is already in use in more than 40 countries around the world in a range of different industries. AUVESY-MDT was founded in 2007 and is based in Landau, Germany.

HgCapital is a European private equity firm focused on a wide range of transactions including public-to-private leveraged buy-outs, management buy-ins, divestitures, and turnarounds. Broad sectors of interest include consumer and leisure, healthcare, industrials, services, technology, media, and renewable energy. The Firm will consider both majority and minority investment positions. HgCapital is the successor to Mercury Capital Partners, a former unit of Merill Lynch which was spun out by management in 2000. HgCapital has offices in London and Munich.