Karls\u00adruhe \u2014 The tech\u00adno\u00adlogy inves\u00adtor LEA Part\u00adners (\u201cLEA\u201d) supports the merger of PROCAD, with keytech Soft\u00adware GmbH as well as ACATEC Soft\u00adware GmbH to form one of the leading soft\u00adware provi\u00adders for the digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion of the product life\u00adcy\u00adcle with 250 employees, around 1,350 custo\u00admers and more than 125,000 users. The move will increase the Group\u2019s inno\u00adva\u00adtive strength and closely inte\u00adgrate its product data manage\u00adment (PDM), product life\u00adcy\u00adcle manage\u00adment (PLM) and product confi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtion (CPQ) solutions.<\/p>\n
The low-code approach and stan\u00addar\u00addi\u00adzed imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion methods mean custo\u00admers are produc\u00adtive faster. The appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons\u2019 func\u00adtions, ease of use and custo\u00admiza\u00adbi\u00adlity signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly increase process effi\u00adci\u00adency. The comple\u00adxity of end-to-end digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion from deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, marke\u00adting, produc\u00adtion and main\u00adten\u00adance to the digi\u00adtal twin is made mana\u00adgeable \u2014 in the cloud and on-premise.<\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in Reck\u00adling\u00adhau\u00adsen in 1996, keytech Soft\u00adware GmbH is one of the leading PLM provi\u00adders in the German-spea\u00adking region specia\u00adli\u00adzing in the opti\u00admiza\u00adtion of busi\u00adness proces\u00adses within the product lifecycle.<\/p>\n
ACATEC Soft\u00adware GmbH, based near Hano\u00adver, was foun\u00added in 2004 and has since become one of the most inno\u00adva\u00adtive provi\u00adders of Confi\u00adgure Price Quote (CPQ) and CAD auto\u00adma\u00adtion soft\u00adware in Germany.<\/p>\n
Gerhard Knoch, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of PROCAD:<\/strong> Dr. Reiner Heim\u00adsoth, foun\u00adder and mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor of keytech:<\/strong> Henning Bitter, foun\u00adder and mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor of ACATEC:<\/strong> Phil\u00adipp Hertel, Part\u00adner at LEA:<\/strong> About LEA Partners<\/strong> Karls\u00adruhe \u2014 The tech\u00adno\u00adlogy inves\u00adtor LEA Part\u00adners (\u201cLEA\u201d) supports the merger of PROCAD, with keytech Soft\u00adware GmbH as well as ACATEC Soft\u00adware GmbH to form one of the leading soft\u00adware provi\u00adders for the digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion of the product life\u00adcy\u00adcle with 250 employees, around 1,350 custo\u00admers and more than 125,000 users. The move will increase the Group\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1369,1372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-investors","category-consultant"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n\u201cWe are deligh\u00adted to join forces at eye level and aim to be the part\u00adner of choice for our custo\u00admers when it comes to orchest\u00adra\u00adting know\u00adledge along the entire product life\u00adcy\u00adcle in a highly effi\u00adci\u00adent way \u2014 no other company offers such easy digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion of these busi\u00adness proces\u00adses. With our strong part\u00adner network, we will conti\u00adnue to expand our market posi\u00adtion internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWith keytech and PROCAD, two extre\u00admely expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced compa\u00adnies come toge\u00adther. When two strong PLM experts join forces and combine their in-depth know\u00adledge, it\u2019s clear that the combi\u00adna\u00adtion of proven PLM and PDM solu\u00adti\u00adons provi\u00addes the indus\u00adtry with an enorm\u00adous increase in efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOur speed\u00admaxx product confi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtor comple\u00adments the PLM solu\u00adti\u00adons from keytech and PROCAD perfectly. The merger crea\u00adtes by far the best over\u00adall solu\u00adtion for an all-round smart, digi\u00adtal product life\u00adcy\u00adcle, start\u00ading from product confi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtion by the custo\u00admer at the point of sale, through produc\u00adtion, to opera\u00adtion and main\u00adten\u00adance of the product.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWith our invest\u00adment in PROCAD in August 2018, we pursued the goal of expan\u00adding to become the leading digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion solu\u00adtion for product life\u00adcy\u00adcle manage\u00adment. The addi\u00adtion of keytech and ACATEC\u2019s market-reco\u00adgni\u00adzed solu\u00adti\u00adons and expert teams is another important step on this path.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nLEA Part\u00adners, as an entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial equity part\u00adner, supports foun\u00adders and manage\u00adment teams at diffe\u00adrent stages of deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment in their growth and achie\u00adve\u00adment of a leading market posi\u00adtion. Based in Karls\u00adruhe, one of the largest tech\u00adno\u00adlogy clus\u00adters in Europe, LEA Part\u00adners has mana\u00adged invest\u00adments in nume\u00adrous tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies since 2002. The merger of PROCAD, keytech and ACATEC repres\u00adents another trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtive tran\u00adsac\u00adtion for the \u20ac200 million B2B tech fund focu\u00adsed on soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies from the DACH region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"