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Key Terms
| > | Effective July 2, 2021, HORIBA Europe GmbH (Germany), acquired 100 percent of the shares in BeXema GmbH (Germany). |
| > | Aquin acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to the former owners and managing partners of BeXema, Robert and Hannes Benecke. |
Strategic Logic
| > | With the sale, BeXema gains greater access to HORIBA’s strong global network and sales activities and is better equipped for the increasing complexity and requirements of test solutions. |
| > | Dr. Robert Plank, President of HORIBA Europe GmbH, and Dr. Ingo Benecke, Managing Director of HORIBA FuelCon, commented: “This is an important strategic step for HORIBA and ensures that we are able to respond to the growing demands of the global energy industries whilst remaining competitive and to further accelerate the hydrogen-related business that the HORIBA Group is promoting globally. By acquiring BeXema, we now have an innovative manufacturer of dynamic power electronics, inverters for high-performance battery storage as well as high-voltage test equipment within the HORIBA organization.” |
BeXema
| > | BeXema, based in Barleben, Germany, is active within the automotive testing and energy sectors and focusses on innovative battery and fuel cell applications. |
| > | BeXema’s product portfolio includes dynamic power electronics used in high-performance battery storage inverters, power sources for Power-to-X systems, high-voltage test equipment for fuel cells and batteries as well as E-Mobility solutions. |
| > | BeXema’s in-house development and production allows it to meet the challenges of modern E-Mobility and renewable energies, successfully working with customers across many sectors of the industry e.g. global OEMs and international research institutes. |
HORIBA
| > | The HORIBA Group is a leading supplier in the fields of engine, driveline, brake and emissions test systems for all industries using electric motors, internal combustion engines and turbines. These include the automotive, heavy-duty, off-road, consumer goods, marine, aerospace and locomotive sectors. |
| > | The HORIBA Group, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with annual revenues of 1.4 billion euros in 2020, is a global leading supplier of measurement technology and systems for various fields ranging from automotive testing, process and environmental monitoring, in-vitro medical diagnostics, semiconductor manufacturing and metrology to scientific R&D and QC measurements. |