法國收購集團Astorg收購瑞士軟件集團Autoform

2016-08-08 by:CAE仿真在線來源:互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

[中文摘要] 法國私募集團Astorg已同意以7億瑞士法郎(7.21億美元)收購瑞士軟件集團Autoform。德國的競爭監(jiān)管當局已批準該交易。Autoform制造的軟件幫助汽車生產(chǎn)商制作新型汽車的金屬片,于1995年從瑞士聯(lián)邦理工學院剝離。

French private equity group Astorg hasagreed to acquire Swiss industrial software group Autoform for almost 700million Swiss Francs ($721 million), people familiar with the deal said.

Germany’s competition watchdog has alreadycleared the deal, according to a filing on its website.

Autoform, which makes software that helpscarmakers to fashion sheet metal into new vehicles, was valued at about 19times Autoform’s expected earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation andamortisation (EBITDA), the people said.

Astorg and Autoform were not available forcomment.

Autoform was founded in 1995 as a spinofffrom the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. It operates in a specialisedniche of the broader field of industrial design known as “product lifecyclemanagement” (PLM) led by names such as Autodesk, Dassault, PTC and Siemens .

Permira, HgCapital and TA Associates were runners-upin the auction, the people said. Reuters had reported in May that Autoform’sfounders had asked investment banking boutique Altium to find a buyer for thecompany.

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