Aspen Technology Acquires OptiPlant

Aspen Technology, Inc. Acquires inmation Software GmbH

October 24, 2022

Software

Aspen Technology, Inc. (AspenTech) has acquired inmation Software GmbH, a Cologne-based leader in industrial real-time information management, to strengthen its industrial data and connectivity capabilities and establish inmation as the cornerstone of its AIoT business unit. The acquisition enhances AspenTech's ability to integrate, manage, and contextualize industrial data across plant-level historians and enterprise systems to support customers' digitalization, sustainability, and profitability goals.

Emerson Contributes OSI Inc. and Geological Simulation Business to AspenTech; New AspenTech Launches

May 16, 2022

Software

Emerson and AspenTech closed a transaction combining Emerson’s industrial software businesses — OSI Inc. and its Geological Simulation Software business — with AspenTech to create a new AspenTech. Emerson owns 55% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis and AspenTech shareholders own the remaining 45%, with shares trading on NASDAQ under the ticker AZPN.

Bruker Corporation Acquires Optimal Industrial Automation and Technologies

April 5, 2022

Pharmaceuticals

Bruker Corporation acquired UK-based Optimal Industrial Automation and Technologies, a provider of pharma and biopharma process analytical technology (PAT), manufacturing automation and QA software (including the synTQ platform). The acquisition strengthens Bruker's biopharma manufacturing automation and PAT software capabilities to complement its instrumentation portfolio and accelerate integrated solutions for pharmaceutical and biotech customers.

Peak Technologies Acquires Automation Intelligence

May 12, 2025

Industrial Services

Peak Technologies, a portfolio company of Sole Source Capital, has acquired Automation Intelligence, a Flint, Michigan-based robotics systems integrator. The add-on strengthens Peak's Smart Technologies offering by adding advanced robotics and machine vision capabilities to its digital supply chain and AIDC solutions; terms were not disclosed.

Eyelit Technologies Acquires Optessa

February 21, 2024

Software

Eyelit Technologies, a portfolio company of Banneker Partners, has acquired Optessa, a provider of AI-powered advanced planning and scheduling (APS) and optimization software. The deal brings Optessa's optimization and AI sequencing capabilities into Eyelit's Manufacturing Execution, Quality Management and factory automation suite to deliver closed-loop planning and execution for manufacturers, particularly in automotive and other discrete industries.

Fastbreak.ai Acquires Optimal Planning Solutions

September 10, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Fastbreak.ai, a Charlotte-based sports technology company, has acquired Optimal Planning Solutions to integrate its optimization-based scheduling technology into Fastbreak.ai’s AI-driven scheduling and sports logistics platform. Rick Stone, CEO of Optimal Planning Solutions, will join Fastbreak.ai as Chief Scheduling Officer to lead integration of the company’s scheduling IP and expertise.