Operating Company Industrial Services

Flexware Innovation

Fishers, Indiana, United States

Flexware Innovation (a Hitachi Group company) is a manufacturing systems integrator that bridges automation, enterprise systems, and real-time data to keep manufacturing operations running as one—from shop floor to enterprise.

Focus Areas
Manufacturing IT, Automation & Controls, MES/SCADA Implementation

Tracked deals

3

3 tracked deals across 2021-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

3 buyout

Flexware Innovation Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for Flexware Innovation. 1 2021 1 2022 1 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Flexware Innovation, LLC, Hitachi, Ltd.
    Target
    Castle Hill Technologies, LLC
    Type
    Buyout

    Flexware Innovation, a Hitachi group company, acquired Castle Hill Technologies on July 31, 2024 to strengthen its life sciences engineering and automation capabilities and expand operations in North Carolina. Castle Hill will continue to be led by President Robin Lowery and will complement Flexware and JR Automation with expertise in process automation, validation, owner's rep services and system integration.

  • Buyer
    Hitachi, Ltd
    Target
    Flexware Innovation, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    Hitachi, Ltd acquired Flexware Innovation, a manufacturing systems integrator and Industry 4.0 consultancy, to strengthen its MES, SCADA, software development, BI and ERP implementation capabilities and accelerate shop‑floor-to‑enterprise digitalization in North America. Flexware founder Scott Whitlock will remain President & CEO, and 7 Mile Advisors acted as exclusive sell‑side advisor to Flexware.

  • Buyer
    Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Global Digital Holdings LLC (HGDH)
    Target
    GlobalLogic, Inc.
    Industry
    IT Services
    Type
    Buyout

    Hitachi, Ltd., through its U.S. subsidiary Hitachi Global Digital Holdings (HGDH), acquired GlobalLogic, a Silicon Valley–headquartered digital engineering services firm, in a transaction announced March 31, 2021 and completed July 14, 2021. The deal valued GlobalLogic at $8.5 billion of equity ($9.5 billion enterprise value) and expands Hitachi's Lumada digital solutions capabilities by adding GlobalLogic's ~21,000 engineering and design professionals.

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