Takeover / Engineering services
Leadec strengthens 'Automation & Engineering' division
Leadec, a provider of technical services for manufacturing, acquires the engineering services business of IPO.Plan, a software specialist for factory and logistics planning. Leadec is thus expanding its expertise in layout planning for production facilities.
Leadec takes over the 'Engineering Services' business segment from IPO.Plan, from left to right: Andreas Laible (Financial Director Leadec Automation and Engineering), Dr. Achim Agostini (CEO Leadec Automation & Engineering), Matthias Kellermann (CEO IPO.Plan), Cornelius Gläser (CFO IPO.Plan).
© LeadecIPO.Plan's 'Engineering Services' division employs around 25 people at its site in Leonberg. The company specializes in the planning of manufacturing plants and production facilities and also offers engineering and consulting services. IPO.Plan works for customers in industry, mainly in the automotive and mechanical engineering sectors. The 'Software' division will remain with IPO.Plan.
With this acquisition, Leadec is consistently pursuing its growth strategy in the 'Automation & Engineering' division. This division assumes an important spearhead function for the site business. Leadec offers on-site maintenance, technical cleaning, facility management and internal logistics for production facilities at more than 250 customer locations worldwide. Through the acquisition, Leadec aims to strengthen its front-end services - particularly in the automotive industry - but is also targeting other customers with discrete manufacturing, such as mechanical and plant engineering.
"The market for factory and production planning offers great potential," explains Markus Glaser-Gallion, CEO of Leadec. "The increasing electrification of cars is generating a growing need for new production layouts. IPO.Plan is an established partner of OEMs in this area, relying on its own powerful simulation software in projects, among other things. We see good opportunities to position these services on the international market as well."
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