Proventis advises Senseca on the acquisition of ACS Control-System

Hamburg — Senseca has acqui­red ACS Control-System, a German company specia­li­zing in indus­trial auto­ma­tion and measu­re­ment tech­no­logy. The tran­sac­tion includes the trans­fer of all shares of ACS Control-System to Senseca. ACS will conti­nue to operate under its exis­ting brand name during a tran­si­tion period. 

Foun­ded in 1990 and head­quar­te­red in Eggen­fel­den, ACS Control-System has made a name for itself in the deve­lo­p­ment of high-quality, IoT-enab­­led products for measu­ring level, pres­sure, tempe­ra­ture and flow. These solu­ti­ons are widely used in the water manage­ment, power gene­ra­tion, phar­maceu­ti­cal and mecha­ni­cal engi­nee­ring sectors. 

The acqui­si­tion is part of Senseca’s compre­hen­sive stra­tegy to expand its indus­trial offe­ring and meet the growing demand for intel­li­gent, sustainable auto­ma­tion solu­ti­ons. “ACS adds important tech­no­lo­gies to our port­fo­lio and streng­thens our ability to offer complete measu­re­ment systems,” said Chris­tian Unter­ber­ger, CEO of Senseca. “This supports our goal of helping custo­mers auto­mate proces­ses and make better decis­i­ons based on relia­ble data.” 

ACS will be gradu­ally inte­gra­ted into Sense­ca’s opera­ti­ons, with a focus on lever­aging syner­gies between the two compa­nies’ rese­arch and deve­lo­p­ment depart­ments and expan­ding ACS’s reach through Sense­ca’s global distri­bu­tion network. “We share a commit­ment to robust, dura­ble products and have both inves­ted heavily in inno­va­tion,” said Joachim Stümpfl, CEO of ACS. “Joining forces with Senseca gives us the oppor­tu­nity to scale our tech­no­lo­gies inter­na­tio­nally and contri­bute to a broa­der indus­try portfolio.” 

The inte­gra­tion also brings imme­diate bene­fits for Sense­ca’s product deve­lo­p­ment stra­tegy. “ACS will signi­fi­cantly acce­le­rate the market intro­duc­tion of seve­ral key tech­no­lo­gies,” says Walter Vogels­ber­ger, Vice Presi­dent Busi­ness Unit Indus­try. “By inte­gra­ting radar and ultra­so­nic level measu­re­ment, we can now offer a broa­der range of measu­re­ment prin­ci­ples, ensu­ring that our custo­mers get the right solu­ti­ons for their speci­fic challenges.” 

The current owners, Joachim and Mari­anne Stümpfl, will conti­nue to hold important posi­ti­ons at Senseca. Their contin­ued invol­vement will support a smooth tran­si­tion and ensure the conti­nuity of ACS’ busi­ness acti­vi­ties, which Joachim Stümpfl will lead as Mana­ging Director. 

“This is a stra­te­gic step for both compa­nies,” added Unter­ber­ger. “With ACS, we are not only gaining new tech­no­lo­gies, but also a team that shares our values and our vision for the future of indus­trial measu­re­ment technology.” 

The role of Proven­tis Partners

Proven­tis Part­ners supports Senseca as exclu­sive M&A advi­sor in its expan­sion in Europe. — In addi­tion to iden­ti­fy­ing the specia­list for indus­trial auto­ma­tion and measu­re­ment tech­no­logy and cont­ac­ting the share­hol­ders, Proven­tis Part­ners carried out the stra­te­gic analy­sis of the target company and accom­pa­nied the further tran­sac­tion process until the successful closing. 

The Proven­tis Part­ners tran­sac­tion team consis­ted of Torben Gott­schau (Part­ner, Hamburg) and Leon Holt­mann (Vice Presi­dent, Hamburg).

About ACS Control System

ACS Control-System GmbH was foun­ded in 1990 by Hermann Stümpfl and has been active in the field of indus­trial auto­ma­tion ever since. The company is curr­ently mana­ged by Mari­anne Stümpfl and Joachim Stümpfl. 

Start­ing with the manu­fac­ture of level measu­ring devices, ACS has conti­nuously expan­ded its product range. Today, the company offers a broad port­fo­lio of in-house deve­lo­ped solu­ti­ons, inclu­ding control­lers, recor­ders, meters, sensors and UPS devices. 

With over 30 years of expe­ri­ence, ACS is a relia­ble part­ner for indus­trial measu­re­ment tech­no­logy. The tech­no­lo­gies cover level, pres­sure, tempe­ra­ture and flow and are desi­gned to meet modern requi­re­ments, espe­ci­ally in IoT envi­ron­ments. ACS serves indus­tries such as water manage­ment, power gene­ra­tion, phar­maceu­ti­cals and mecha­ni­cal engineering. 

Inno­va­tion and tech­no­lo­gi­cal deve­lo­p­ment remain at the heart of all ACS acti­vi­ties. — www.acs-controlsystem.com

About Senseca

Senseca stri­ves for excel­lence in connec­ting the physi­cal and digi­tal worlds through inno­va­tive measu­re­ment solu­ti­ons for a wide range of para­me­ters: Level, flow, pres­sure, tempe­ra­ture, conduc­ti­vity, light, wind, humi­dity as well as the measu­re­ment of meteo­ro­lo­gi­cal data.

The products can be found in all major appli­ca­ti­ons rela­ted to mega­trends, such as smart cities, rene­wa­ble energy, agri­cul­ture, water manage­ment, health­care and phar­maceu­ti­cals. Ready to meet the chal­lenges of the IoT. 

In accordance with the highest indus­try and envi­ron­men­tal stan­dards, Senseca manu­fac­tures its products in state-of-the-art faci­li­ties in Germany, Italy, UK and Spain. — Senseca is a team of over 350 dedi­ca­ted experts united by a passion for world-class measu­re­ment tech­no­logy and a belief in making a valuable contri­bu­tion to a sustainable world. 

Senseca is a port­fo­lio company of GENUI. — www.senseca.com

About GENUI

GENUI is an invest­ment company foun­ded by renow­ned entre­pre­neurs and invest­ment experts. GENUI makes long-term commit­ments with the mission of crea­ting sustainable growth and social value. Within the frame­work of profes­sio­nal gover­nance, the compa­nies are given access to people with their own entre­pre­neu­rial expe­ri­ence, rele­vant exper­tise and a directly usable network. — www.genui.de

About Proven­tis Partners

Proven­tis Part­ners is a part­­ner-led M&A advi­sory firm whose clients are predo­mi­nantly medium-sized family busi­nesses, corpo­rate groups and private equity funds. With 30 M&A advi­sors, Proven­tis Part­ners is one of the leading inde­pen­dent M&A consul­tancies in the German-spea­king region and can look back on more than 20 years of M&A expe­ri­ence and over 430 comple­ted tran­sac­tions. The M&A consul­tants with offices in Frank­furt, Hamburg and Zurich are active in the indus­trial, chemi­cals & mate­ri­als, services, tech­no­logy & media, consu­mer goods & retail and health­care sectors. The exclu­sive member­ship in the Mergers Alli­ance — an inter­na­tio­nal part­ner­ship of leading M&A specia­lists — enables Proven­tis Part­ners to support clients in 30 count­ries in the most important markets world­wide. The members of the Mergers Alli­ance, with more than 250 M&A profes­sio­nals, offer Proven­tis Part­ners and its clients unique access to local markets in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Africa.

www.proventis.com