法国收购集团Astorg收购瑞士软件集团Autoform

2016-08-08 by:CAE仿真在线来源:互联网

[中文摘要] 法国私募集团Astorg已同意以7亿瑞士法郎(7.21亿美元)收购瑞士软件集团Autoform。德国的竞争监管当局已批准该交易。Autoform制造的软件帮助汽车生产商制作新型汽车的金属片,于1995年从瑞士联邦理工学院剥离。

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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