Add-on Acquisition • Machinery

Vanderlande Industries BV Acquires Smatec

On October 8, 2014, Vanderlande Industries BV acquired machinery company Smatec

Acquisition Context
  • This is Vanderlande Industries BV’s 2nd transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Vanderlande Industries BV’s 2nd transaction in Germany.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date October 8, 2014
Target Smatec
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Vanderlande Industries BV
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Smatec

Bielefeld, Germany
Smatec has over 25 years’ experience in the development of warehouse automation technology and concepts. The Bielefeld-based company’s primary focus is to develop innovative warehouse automation systems in many variants, such as the pocket sorter.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Vanderlande Industries BV

Veghel, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1949
Sector Transportation
Employees4,500
Revenue 741M EUR (1970)
DESCRIPTION

Vanderlande is a provider of value-added logistic process automation at airports, and in the parcel market. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses. Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems move 3.7 billion pieces of luggage around the world per year, in other words 10.1 million per day. Its systems are active in 600 airports including 13 of the world’s top 20. More than 39 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and distribution firms have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector: Machinery 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition 3 of 5
Country: Germany 2 of 3
Year: 2014 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-12 Ferdar Automation Technology Nederland B.V.

Almere, Netherlands

Ferdar Automation Technology Nederland B.V. distributes and integrates robotic systems. It offers grabbers, transport systems, and safety products, as well as maintenance, installation, and training services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-23 Dinamic Industrial Business

Santpedor, Spain

Dinamic Industrial Business is a provider of intralogistics, both for airports and parcel handling centres.

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