Michelin is betting on E-commerce. In the last two years it has bought 4 companies to grow its online sales in both the tyre and passenger experience sectors.
Canada's Enghouse Systems buys Presence Technology for €15.8M
Enghouse, with the acquisition of the company Presence, is another in a wave of acquisitions in the software technology sector with the aim of growing in the Spanish-speaking market.
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.
Atamaral buys a 30% from Tenentia
Atamaral, an investor specialising in technology companies, has bought 30%, from the technology consultancy Tenentia.
Telecom operator Excom buys Wifiways in line with its growth strategy in Spain.
Excom wants to grow in Spain and it does so through acquisitions and commercial agreements with companies in the sector, proof of which is that in the last year it has bought Wifiways, Central Phone, Ipok and Internet Canarias.
Wallapop, Letgo and HallStreet: M&A Spanish companies to gain strength in international market
Spanish technology companies want to make the leap into the international market and to do so they are merging with each other to gain strength or are carrying out M&A operations with foreign companies. In April, in addition to the big purchase of Privalia by Vente Privée, we have seen other operations such as the merger between Wallapop and Letgo in the US or the purchase of the Spanish company HallStreet by TimeOut.
Acquisitions in the technology sector August 2015: Bebitus and Arloon
Technology companies have not gone on holiday in August and have decided to go shopping, as mergers and acquisitions are all the rage. According to the Global Technology M&A study by the consultancy firm EY, mergers and acquisitions in the technology sector are...