Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire Eclipse Automation,
a provider of customized manufacturing automation and robotics
solutions headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. The
acquisition will allow Accenture to offer automated production
lines that leverage the cloud, data and artificial intelligence
(AI), making factories and plants smarter and thus, more
productive, sustainable and safe. Financial terms were not
disclosed.
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Accenture agreed to acquire Eclipse
Automation, a provider of customized manufacturing automation and
robotics solutions headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
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Eclipse Automation creates automated manufacturing systems to
produce sophisticated products for life sciences, industrial
equipment, automotive, energy and consumer goods companies. Its
technologists and engineers design, build, integrate and service
advanced automation solutions for producing components and devices
such as electric vehicle batteries and wearable blood-glucose
monitors. Eclipse Automation’s solutions include automation control
systems, production machines and robots, with critical customized
tooling manufactured in-house.
Founded in 2001, Eclipse Automation has offices in Canada, the
US, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland and Malaysia. Its approximately
800 professionals will join Accenture’s digital engineering and
manufacturing service, Industry X.
Aaron Saint, North America lead for Industry X at Accenture,
said: “Technology, data and AI are fundamentally transforming every
part of a company. This includes engineering and manufacturing, our
clients’ next digital frontier. With Eclipse Automation, we will
combine advanced automation capabilities with our deep digital
expertise. This will position Accenture better than ever to help
our clients reimagine their products and how they make them.”
Jeffrey Russell, President of Accenture in Canada, said: “Many
companies are bringing production back home to Canada and the US
due to global supply chain disruptions. This gives them a unique
opportunity to reinvent manufacturing with digital technologies and
advanced automation. With Eclipse Automation, Accenture will
provide technology and training capabilities that our clients need
to develop a digital industrial workforce in markets where
manufacturing skills are scarce.”
Steve Mai, CEO of Eclipse Automation, added: “For two decades,
we have been leaders in delivering advanced automation solutions
and high-tech manufacturing know-how to clients across multiple
industries. By joining Accenture, we can also bring the advantages
of data, AI and the cloud to our clients’ facilities at a scale
that no other company can offer them.”
The acquisition marks the next milestone in Accenture’s
expansion of its digital engineering and manufacturing
capabilities. In 2020, Accenture bought Myrtle Consulting (US,
Canada), a consultancy for strategic advisory on industrial
operations, and Callisto Integration (Canada), a provider of
manufacturing execution and shop-floor control systems. In 2021,
Accenture added Pollux (Brazil), which engineers and deploys
materials handling and autonomous mobile robots, paving its way
into autonomous robotics systems. Later that year, Accenture made
one of its largest acquisitions ever with international engineering
services provider umlaut, headquartered in Germany, and
strengthened its asset management and performance capabilities with
Advoco (US) and T.A. Cook (Germany).
Completion of the acquisition is subject to customary closing
conditions, including receipt of applicable regulatory
approvals.
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