Bilfinger sells Bilfinger GreyLogix Aqua to SCIO Automation

Hamburg — SCIO Auto­ma­tion GmbH (“SCIO”), a port­fo­lio company of the funds advi­sed by Quadriga Capi­tal Eigen­ka­pi­tal­be­ra­tung GmbH, acqui­res Bilfin­ger Grey­Lo­gix Aqua GmbH (“Aqua”), a subsi­diary of Bilfin­ger Grey­Lo­gix GmbH. Proven­tis Part­ners supported Bilfin­ger and the two mana­ging part­ners throug­hout the entire M&A process.

SCIO takes over all shares of the previous Aqua main share­hol­der Bilfin­ger Grey­Lo­gix GmbH. The two other mana­ging part­ners of Aqua will conti­nue to hold shares in the company in the future. In the future, the company will operate under the brand name VESCON AQUA GmbH and will be incor­po­ra­ted into SCIO. With the acqui­si­tion of the company, SCIO expands its custo­mer port­fo­lio and opens up new indus­tries. At the same time, it is streng­thening its auto­ma­tion and programming services in the process engi­nee­ring envi­ron­ment, thus setting the course for further growth in a future-orien­­ted and sustainable envi­ron­ment such as drin­king water treat­ment and waste­wa­ter plants.

“Through this tran­sac­tion, we are streng­thening our auto­ma­tion tech­no­logy service port­fo­lio and expan­ding our custo­mer base in a very homo­ge­neous and stable envi­ron­ment. We are now contri­bu­ting our exten­sive know­ledge and expe­ri­ence in all areas of process tech­no­logy to further deve­lop Aqua in the long term,” says Michael Goepf­arth, Mana­ging Direc­tor of SCIO Automation.

The role of Proven­tis Partners

Proven­tis Part­ners supported Bilfin­ger and the two mana­ging part­ners throug­hout the entire M&A process. Services included prepa­ring all tran­sac­tion docu­men­ta­tion, iden­ti­fy­ing and approa­ching suita­ble inves­tors, coor­di­na­ting due dili­gence and commer­cial nego­tia­tion of the transaction.

About Bilfin­ger Grey­Lo­gix Aqua GmbH

Aqua was foun­ded in 1998 by Olaf Krem­sier and has been part of the Bilfin­ger Group since 2013 as a subsi­diary of Bilfin­ger Grey­Lo­gix GmbH. The focus is on control and process control tech­no­logy for drin­king water treat­ment and waste­wa­ter plants, mainly for custo­mers in the public sector. In doing so, Aqua acts as a systems inte­gra­tor with a focus on project manage­ment and high-end auto­ma­tion and programming services. Across seven loca­ti­ons, the company ensu­res that custo­mers receive compre­hen­sive support close to their sites.

About SCIO Auto­ma­tion Group

SCIO Auto­ma­tion GmbH was foun­ded in Janu­ary 2019 as a medium-sized plat­form in the field of indus­trial auto­ma­tion tech­no­logy and rela­ted engi­nee­ring services, combi­ning niche provi­ders with deca­des of expe­ri­ence in their fields of acti­vity. Custo­mers come from the auto­mo­tive, logi­stics, chemi­cal and process indus­tries, clean room and elec­tro­nics, life science and medi­cal tech­no­logy, as well as the energy indus­try and envi­ron­men­tal technology.
About Proven­tis Partners

About Proven­tis Partners

Proven­tis Part­ners is a part­­ner-led M&A advi­sory firm whose clients include a majo­rity of mid-sized family busi­nesses, corpo­rate subsi­dia­ries and private equity funds. With 30 M&A advi­sors, Proven­tis Part­ners is one of the largest inde­pen­dent M&A consul­tancies in the German-spea­king region and looks back on 20 years of M&A expe­ri­ence and over 300 comple­ted tran­sac­tions. The M&A advi­sors with offices in Zurich, Hamburg, Colo­gne and Munich are active in the sectors Indus­tri­als, Busi­ness Services, Consu­mer & Retail, TMT, Health­care and Energy. Exclu­sive member­ship in Mergers Alli­ance — an inter­na­tio­nal part­ner­ship of leading M&A specia­lists — enables Proven­tis Part­ners to assist clients in 30 count­ries in key markets world­wide. Mergers Alli­ance members, with over 200 M&A profes­sio­nals, provide Proven­tis Part­ners, and thus its clients, with unique access to local markets in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Africa.