Houlihan Lokey Advises AEA Investors LP

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that AEA Investors LP (AEA Investors) has acquired a majority stake in SCIO Automation GmbH (the company) from Quadriga Capital Funds (Quadriga). The company is a leading industrial automation solutions provider headquartered in Frankenthal, Germany. Houlihan Lokey acted as the exclusive buyside financing advisor to AEA Investors. The transaction was completed on 31 August 2023. 

Founded in 2019 by the merger of VESCON Gruppe and Schiller Automatisierungstechnik, SCIO has become a leading industrial automation company. The company is active in automated intralogistics, discrete and process automation, and innovative services, with a differentiated tech stack and own products ranging from digital twins, industrial software, and proprietary cobot technology to semiconductor intralogistics. In 2022, SCIO achieved revenues of more than $200 million and employed over 1,100 people, serving a variety of end markets, such as automotive, food and beverage, industry, e-commerce, cargo, environment, life sciences, and technology.

AEA Investors is a leading middle-market investment firm with more than 110 investment professionals across offices in New York, Stamford, San Francisco, London, Munich, and Shanghai. The firm manages funds that have approximately $19 billion of invested and committed capital, including the leveraged buyouts of middle-market companies and small business companies, growth capital, and mezzanine and senior debt investments.

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