AFRY recently unveiled its strategy: the company plans to become more integrated and positioned around digital technologies and sustainability. AFRY has suffered in the past few years of a lack of organic growth. In 2019, right before the pandemic, the company grew organically by 1.9%, underperforming most competitors. Then came 2020, and AFRY handled the crisis well, with an organic decline of only 6.4%
Accenture Industry X.0 Makes Another Acquisition in Digital Manufacturing
Accenture made another acquisition for its Industry X.0 unit. The newly acquired firm is Callisto Integration, an industrial IT specialist that is headquartered in Oakville, Ontario.
Will COVID-19 Accelerate the Adoption of Additive Manufacturing?
The media have reported numerous examples of volunteers, globally, producing missing equipment, mostly protective masks, for health care professionals exposed to the COVID-19 disease.
NelsonHall: Accenture’s Industry X.0 Expands its Focus to Digital Manufacturing Use Cases
NelsonHall has published a new blog about how Accenture, through Industry X.0, is not only targeting product design and engineering opportunities but also digital manufacturing.
Cognizant to acquire Zenith Technologies and strengthens its MES capabilities for the life science industry
Cognizant has been making more headlines in ER&D services, recently. Last month, we had mentioned its
Cyient warns on a softer Q4 FY19 than expected, stock down 12%
Cyient warned investors that its Q4 FY19 would not be as good as expected. The company saw softness in both its services and DLM activities.
Accenture acquires in the MES space with ESP
With the launch of Industry X.0 last year, Accenture had voiced its intention to enter the ER&D services, starting by IoT and digital technologies. During the summer of 2018, the company had acquired two embedded software specialists and one product design firm. The scale of the acquisition was relatively modest with a combined ~450 consultants added
HCL Tech Makes an Acquisition in the German Automotive Industry
The star of ER&D services, HCL Tech, has acquired Hönigsberg & Düvel Datentechnik GmbH (H&D), a
How Is Cyient Doing with its DLM Business?
I have had several readers requesting to do down one level, and get more granular on
Ricardo Spins Out New Company to Focus on CryoPower Technology Commercial Opportunity
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Assystem Resumes M&As Since Sales of GPS, and Strengthens its Pharma Process Capabilities
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QuEST Acquires a German Automotive ER&D Specialist, EDF
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Akka Technologies Expands to Energy and Pharma Processes with Matis Acquisition
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Cyient Expands Small Series Manufacturing for Aerospace and High-Tech with Rangsons Acquisition
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