M&A Deal Summary

HP Acquires Trellis Software & Controls

On August 5, 1996, HP acquired software company Trellis Software & Controls

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is HP’s 6th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is HP’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is HP’s 1st transaction in Michigan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1996-08-05
Target Trellis Software & Controls
Sector Software
Buyer(s) HP
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Trellis Software & Controls

Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States
Trellis Software & Controls, Inc. was founded in 1987 to develop and market motion-control software. Trellis' services include custom automation and integration software developed under contract to industrial customers, and contract product development for control hardware manufacturers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

HP

Palo Alto, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1939
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees58,000
Revenue 53.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
HP's corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
HP's corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California.

HP is a technology company that focuses on providing hardware, printers, and personal computing products. HP was founded in 1939 and is based in Palo Alto, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 98
Sector: Software M&A 6 of 37
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 15 of 89
State: Michigan M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 15 of 78
Year: 1996 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1996-06-20 Division

United States

Division, Inc. provides computer programming software services.

Buy $6M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-03-10 Vital Technology Pte

United States

Vital Technology Pte Ltd. provides technology services.

Buy -