AEA Investors Acquires SCIO Automation Holding GmbH
August 31, 2023
AEA Investors’ Middle Market private equity fund has closed the acquisition of SCIO Automation Holding GmbH, making AEA the new majority shareholder. Quadriga Capital’s Partnership Va has exited while Quadriga (Fund VI) has reinvested a minority position; SCIO is an industrial automation system integrator headquartered in Frankenthal, Germany with ~1,100 employees and ~€190 million of revenues in 2022.
- Buyers
- AEA Investors, Quadriga Capital (reinvested minority)
- Targets
- SCIO Automation Holding GmbH
- Sellers
- Quadriga Capital Partnership Va
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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