GTA has acquired the technology, hotel distribution and inbound services division of MTS, with the aim of expanding its services in the beach and sun segment and growing in the Mediterranean.
Ims health, the world's leading healthcare data analytics company, has acquired Spain's Iasist.
IMS went public in 2014 and has started to buy technology companies in the healthcare sector in order to offer a comprehensive service in all the geographical areas in which it operates. In December 2015 it bought the Spanish company Iasist and in 2016 it bought a company in Canada, another in Dubai and another in the US.
Hexagon manufacturing, which provides technology for smart manufacturing, acquired 6 companies in 2016.
Hexagon is a Swedish company, a leading international IT provider that drives quality and productivity improvements through applications for geospatial and industrial companies. It has a subsidiary, which offers software-based information technology solutions that improve quality and productivity, based on measurement equipment.
Infovista buys Tems from Ascom, after being acquired by Apax Partners
InfoVista is a provider of network performance management software solutions for mobile communications service providers, operators and IT companies. In May 2016 Apax Partner acquired the company, which has provided it with the necessary liquidity to be able to make acquisitions. It has already started making acquisitions and plans to make more in the near future.
Corporations bet on software and do so through M&A
In the last week we have learned that Renault-Nissan and Google have made acquisitions in the Software sector to improve their business.
Airbnb buys Trip4real, the marketplace for travel industry activities
Airbnb la plataforma para reservar alojamientos de anfitriones locales en más de 191 países, ha vuelto a realizar una compra y esta vez es una empresa española, Trip4real. Esta startup pone en contacto a viajeros con gente local para realizar actividades. Sobre Trip4...
Helios buys Quirón What other operations have there been in the hospital sector?
The German group Fresenius Helios, after the acquisition of Quirón, the Spanish leader in private hospitals, will control around 10% of the private hospital network in Spain. Some 43 hospitals, with annual sales of around €2.3 billion.
Dassault Systems, virtualisation software company, acquires Cst and Ortems in 2016
Dassault Systems provides companies and individuals with the virtual universes needed to design sustainable innovations. The French company, which in 2015 ranked second only to SAP in the European software market, has made 16 acquisitions since 2010. In July, it announced the acquisition of two companies: Cst and Ortems.
WebCargo: Israeli freight management company buys out Spanish competitor
Spanish freight management company WebCargo has been acquired by Israeli Freightos and together they have become leaders in their sector.
Logicales, the systems integrator, is growing in analytics by buying Lantares and Trovus and does not rule out further acquisitions.
"Analytics is a fundamental element of the SMAC model, providing the practical insight essential to driving innovation in the organisation and gaining a competitive advantage from disparate data," Logicalis says. As evidence of this, in May, both the Spanish and UK divisions made acquisitions in the big data analytics sector.
Accenture makes purchases in the digital world
Con la adquisición de Tecnilógica y MOBGEN, Accenture aumenta sus capacidades de ideación, desarrollo y operación de nuevas soluciones digitales. En palabras del propio Juan Pedro Moreno, presidente de Accenture España, Portugal e Israel: “Éste es el nuevo Accenture...
American Monotype buys Spanish image promotion company Olapic.
Monotype, a Nasqad-listed typeface design company, has bought for $130M Olapic, a startup founded by 3 Spaniards in 2010 that has developed a tool that allows any company to interact with its customers through photographs.