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proALPHA

Value Not Disclosed 06/01/2022 Technology, Media & Telecom Pending
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Transaction Details

  • proALPHA, one of the leading providers of ERP+ software for mid-market companies, announced its acquisition of Empolis Group, a provider of cloud-based and AI-assisted software products for service, knowledge and content management.
  • Via this acquistion proALPHA is responding to a market that has been shifting toward service-oriented and data-based business models.
  • While Empolis will continue to act on the market as a legally independent unit within the proALPHA Group, the Empolis products will be deeply integrated into the proALPHA ERP+ portfolio and at the same time continue to be used in combination with third party systems.
  • The acquisition is subject to the approval of antitrust and other authorities.

About the company

Empolis

Headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Empolis offers cloud-based and AI-assisted software products for intelligent decision support that can be used to analyze and intelligently process all information involved in a business process. Around 500 Empolis installations exist around the world, and nearly 700,000 professional users rely on Empolis solutions on a daily basis to serve approximately 40 million end customers.

proALPHA Group

For around three decades, proALPHA has been the digital sparring partner for small and medium-sized businesses at 49 locations around the globe. The powerful ERP core and add-on solutions from proALPHA and its partners form the digital backbone of their entire value chain of more than 7,700 customers from the manufacturing industry, wholesale and other sectors, ensuring the intelligent interconnection and efficient control of all business-critical systems and core processes.

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