Wipro Ltd has bought Cellent AG, a
German Technology company that implements and maintains SAP (systems
applications and products) software for clients in automobile and manufacturing
segments, for $78 Million. The purchase is the latest move by India’s third
largest software firm to scale up its business in the DACH or Germany, Austria
and Switzerland of Western Europe.
This is Bengaluru based Wipro
second purchase in the region this year. It bought Denmark based Designit for
$95 Million in July to strengthen its presence in the digital space. Cellent is
a well-established player with marquee customers, a well-known brand and has
strong local talent. Cellent client include marquee car maker Daimler AG and
lens maker Carl Zeiss AG and SAP is a business software used to run basic
functions in finance, human resources and manufacturing.
Wipro bought Cellent from its parent
firm, German bank Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg. Wipro will also see Cellent’s
more than 800 consultants join the firm even as it expects to close the
acquisition by the fourth quarter of 2015-16. Many buyouts by homegrown
information technology firm this year are in the SAP space. Earlier this year,
Infosys paid $200 Million to buy automation technology provider Panaya.
Mid-tier Bengaluru based software
exported Mindtree bought UK based Bluefin Solutions, which helps migrate SAP
installed software, like ERP to the cloud. Wipro 8000 strong manufacturing and
hi-tech segment is the second largest industry vertical, behind banking and
finance.
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