Category: Japanese investments in EU
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Panasonic Automotive acquires AUPEO! – streaming music into internet connected cars
Panasonic continues to restructure away from commodities Panasonic Automotive acquires AUPEO! to stream music into internet connected cars Japan’s electronics giants are under immense pressure to refocus away from commodities. Panasonic Automotive now acquires the German company AUPEO!, specialized on streaming music into internet connected cars. Aupeo was founded in Berlin’s startup scene in 2008…
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Mitsui Chemicals acquires Heraeus Kulzer GmbH, dental materials for € 450 million
Heraeus divests Heraeus Kulzer GmbH because the use of precious materials for dental restoration is declining Mitsui Chemicals [4183] acquires Heraeus Kulzer GmbH to combine with Sun Medical Co Ltd to form a global dental materials business At the Board Meeting of April 4, 2013 Mitsui Chemicals Inc decided to acquire the dental business of…
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Hitachi Consulting acquires operations management consulting firm Celerant Consulting at a value of about US$ 145 million
Hitachi Consulting growth is in line with Hitachi’s Smart Transformation Hitachi Consulting aims to grow to US$ 1.5 billion annual revenues by FY2015 by Gerhard Fasol Hitachi Consulting announced on January 2, 2013 the acquisition of the UK based operations management consulting firm Celerant Consulting. Caledonia Investments announced the sale of its 47.3% ownership in…
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Hitachi Europe acquires The Railway Engineering Company (TRE)
TRE supplies simulators and automatic routing systems by Gerhard Fasol Hitachi Europe expands European Traffic Managment Railways (TMS) sector Hitachi Europe, on December 20, 2012 announced the acquisition of The Railway Engineering Company (TRE) from James Fisher and Sons plc for UKL 25.5 million. The Railway Engineering Company (TRE) products include: Automatic Routing Systems Signalling…
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Alpha Direct Services (ADS) acquired by Rakuten to build European logistics
Rakuten builds European logistics infrastructure Rakuten’s 6th acquisition in Europe Rakuten is aggressively globalizing in the face of intense competition by Amazon.com, and more recently Alibaba. As part of global growth, Rakuten is acquiring a string of e-commerce, e-book, online media, and software and service companies in Europe. Now Rakuten has started to build fulfillment…
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Horizon Nuclear Power acquired by Hitachi for £696 million
Hitachi to build 6 GigaWatt of nuclear power in UK by Gerhard Fasol E.ON and RWE to withdraw, Chinese consortium lost bid In tune with Germany’s “Energiewende”, E.ON and RWE npower decided to sell Horizon Nuclear Power. On October 29, 2012 Hitachi Ltd (株式会社日立製作所) announced the agreement to acquire Horizon Nuclear Power for £696 million…
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Aquafadas SAS acquired by Rakuten via e-reader company Kobo
Kobo acquires French digital publishing tool company Aquafadas Rakuten acquired e-reader manufacturer Kobo Rakuten acquired 100% of e-reader manufacturer Kobo for US$ 315 million in cash in January 2012. Kobo announced the acquisition of French digital publishing company Aquafadas on October 10, 2012. Aquafadas http://www.aquafadas.com was founded in Montpeller in 2004 by Matthieu Kopp (CTO)…
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Hitachi “inspire the next” Europe opens Rail Research Centre (ERRC)
European Rail Research Centre (ERRC) to focus on rolling stock design, manufacturing, maintenance and traffic management systems by Gerhard Fasol ERCC will be part of Hitachi Europe’s Transportation Energy & Environment Research Laboratory Hitachi “inspire the next” announced on October 10, 2012 the opening of the new European Rail Research Centre (ERRC) in London, to…
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Buongiorno SpA acquired by NTT Docomo for € 209 million (US$ 260 million)
NTT Docomo acquired Italian mobile content, apps and service provider in a public tender offer Buongiorno SpA becomes fully owned subsidiary of NTT Docomo NTT Docomo acquired mobile content provider Buongiorno SpA in August 2012 following a public tender offer via Docomo’s German subsidiary DOCOMO Deutschland GmbH. The shares were delisted from the Italian Stock…
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Dentsu acquires Aegis
Aegis Group plc, a UK company with French roots by Gerhard Fasol Dentsu’s challenge to grow global footprint while managing cultural differences On Thursday, July 5th, 2012, Dentsu announced the acquisition of Aegis Group plc, a UK company with French roots, centered on media advertising media buying. Dentsu’s need to globalize Driving this acquisition was…
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Nidec acquires Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A
Reorganized as Nidec ASI Nidec: “for everything that spins and moves” Nidec acquires Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A. from HVEASI Holding BV, affiliated with Patriarch Partners LLC. The acquisition was completed in May 2012. Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A (ASI) renamed: “Nidec ASI S.p.A.” and set up a Japan subsidiary Nidec ASI Japan Corporation to develop Nidec…
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Murata “innovator in electronics” acquires world’s largest independent MEMS manufacturer VTI Technologies Oy
VTI Technologies Oy acquired by Murata for € 195 million from EQT III by Gerhard Fasol Capacitive MEMS sensor maker VTI Technologies Oy is a perfect fit for miniature ceramic capacitor specialist Murata Electronics Oy Murata and private equity group EQT on October 11, 2011, announced the sale of VTI Technologies Oy to Murata for…
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Rakuten acquires UK e-commerce portal Play.com
Play.com: third European company acquired by Rakuten.com Rakuten continues global battle with Amazon.com On September 21, 2011, Rakuten announced acquisition of 100% of the UK e-commerce portal site Play.com for UKL 25 million (approx. US$ 40 million). Rakuten’s acquisition of Play.com (UK) follows the acquisitions of PriceMinister (France) and Tradoria (Germany). Play.com Play.com sells music,…
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Landis+Gyr acquired by Toshiba and The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ)
Landis+Gyr to become “independent growth platform” within the Toshiba Group for smart meters and smart grid by Gerhard Fasol Landis+Gyr acquired by Toshiba (60%) and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (40%) for US$ 2.3 billion Landis+Gyr acquired by Toshiba and The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan: this acquisition was finalized with a shareholder’s and share…
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Rakuten acquires 80% of German e-commerce platform Tradoria
Rakuten continues global expansion Competing with Amazon.com…. On July 28, 2011, Rakuten announced the acquisition of 80% of Germany’s e-commerce site Tradoria for a “double-digit million” amount. Tradoria has been rebranded as Rakuten.de and has become part of Rakuten Deutschland GmbH. Tradoria Tradoria was founded in 2007, and today has more than 4400 online stores…
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Value Team SpA acquired by NTT Data
NTT Data’s a bridgehead to Brazil and South America Value Team SpA serves about 300 clients with about 3000 professionals On April 25, 2011, NTT Data announced the acquisition of 100% of shares of Value Team SpA via the subsidiary NTT Data Europe GmbH & Co KG for about € 250 million. Value Team SpA…
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Hitachi Zosen acquires Energy-from-Waste (EfW) engineering firm AE&E Inova AG in Zürich, to become Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (HZI AG)
by Gerhard Fasol Waste is our energy! Energy-from-Waste (EfW) Hitachi Zosen acquires former Von Roll Inova to form Hitachi Zosen Inova AG AE&E Inova Holding AG filed for bankruptcy on December 3, 2010, and Hitachi Zosen Corporation (日立造船株式会社) acquired 100% of the shares of AE&E Inova Holding AG in Zurich with approval of the bankruptcy…
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Sony Barcelona Tec factory sold to Ficosa International SA and Comsa Emte SL
Sony Barcelona Tec technology center manufacturing LCD TV sets for Europe sold Sony Barcelona Tec acquired by Joint Venture between Spanish Companies Ficosa International SA and Comsa Emte SL Sony Barcelona Tec, the SONY Barcelona Technology Center was established in January 1973, and in August 2010 had about 1100 employees and was manufacturing LCD TVs…
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Rakuten acquires French ecommerce portal PriceMinister.com
Rakuten continues to globalize via acquisitions Rakuten seeks to compete globally with Amazon.com Rakuten acquires 100% of shares of PriceMinister S.A. for €200 million (= approx. US$ 250 million). The transaction is expected to close at the end of July 2010. PriceMinister S.A. PriceMinister was founded in 2000 by current CEO Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, and Pierre…
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Square Enix acquires Eidos Interactive for £84.3 million
Eidos Interactive converted into Square Enix Europe Square Enix on the path to globalization Square Enix acquires the publicly listed British games company Eidos Interactive for £84.3 million (approx. US$ 130 million), Eidos shares were suspended from trading on April 21, 2009, and the shares will be cancelled on May 6, 2009. Edits became formally…
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Cirquent becomes subsidiary of NTT DATA
NTT Data and BMW agreed today, that NTT Data will acquire 72.9% of outstanding shares of Cirquent GmbH NTT Data thus gains BMW as largest customer in Europe Today, August 1, 2008, NTT Data and BMW agreed, that NTT Data will acquire 72.9% of the outstanding shares of Cirquent GmbH in order to globalize. Cirquent…
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TDK acquires passive electronic component maker EPCOS
Acquisition value of YEN 200 Billion (approx. US$ 1.859 billion) by Gerhard Fasol EPCOS becomes part of 100% owned subsidiary TDK-EPC Corporation On July 31, 2008 TDK launched an offer to buy all outstanding shares of EPCOS, thus acquiring 100% of EPCOS. Value of the acquisition transaction was on the order of YEN 200 Billion…
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Yamaha acquires Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH
Yamaha Corporation acquires Vienna based 170 year old piano manufacturer Yamaha acquires Bösendorfer: Vienna piano manufacturer L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH founded in 1828 L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH was founded in 1828 in Vienna (Austria), and is one of the world’s most respected piano manufacturers. Bösendorfer was sold to a US wood manufacturing company, later by…
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Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) acquired by Sumitomo Chemical
Sumitomo Chemical to acquire CDT for US$ 285 million in cash Sumitomo Chemical (住友化学株式会社) acquired Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) under a merger agreement, paying an acquisition price of US$ 285 million in cash. 1998: Sumitomo Chemical starts P-OLED development 2001: Sumitomo Chemical and CDT Ltd (fully owned subsidiary of CDT Inc) enter into a cooperation…
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Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation acquires Dorlastan fibers business from Lanxess
Lanxess continues refocussing following spin-out from Bayer Textiles business moves to Asia On 17 November 2005, Lanxess (Köln, Germany) and Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation (Osaka, Japan) announced the planned sale of Lanxess’ Dorlastan business to Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation. Lanxess’ Dorlastan division includes production sites at Dormagen, Germany, and in Bushy Park, South Carolina, USA:…
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Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC) and KONE enter into capital alliance
Toshiba Elevators and Finnish KONE invest in each other by Gerhard Fasol Toshiba Elevators sends one Director to KONE’s Board, and KONE sends two Directors to Toshiba Elevator’s Board On December 20, 2001, Toshiba Elevator and KONE announced, that in March 2002,: TELC will issue new shares and increase its capital, and KONE will acquire…
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Yamaha Motors Europe
Yamaha Motor Group and Mitsui Trading Group establish Yamaha Motor Deutschland GmbH and Yamaha Motor (UK) Limited In 1971-1972 Yamaha Motor Group and Mitsui Group establish Yamaha Motor Deutschland GmbH in Germany and Yamaha Motor (UK) Limited in UK to import, market and sell Yamaha motor products in UK and Germany: Yamaha Motor Deutschland GmbH:…