Factory Systemes Groupe is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority shareholding in Wonderware Italia, the main distributor in Italy of industrial software solutions dedicated to accelerating the digital transformation of operations.
Headquartered near Milan, Wonderware Italia sells and supports over 2,000 customers in various industry and infrastructure segments to help increase their operational efficiency and sustainability. The company has entered in a new agreement with Aveva to extend its ability to support end-users, OEMs and System integrators in enabling flexible and scalable solutions from low-end HMI up to cloud-based enterprise data management in order to empower better decision-making at all levels.
The company will be renamed Factory Software Italy shortly after the transaction.
We are very proud to join Factory Systemes Groupe, which is the largest Aveva distributor in Europe. It will give us extended capabilities to support our customers and partners even better in their Industry 4.0 initiatives.
Daniele VIZZIELLO
Sales and Marketing Director, WONDERWARE ITALIA
Our extension in Italy is great news for all stakeholders. The excellence and commitment of the team is fantastic. We share the same passion and “customer-oriented” spirit. The augmented team will allow us to share best practices and experience from each of our operating companies in Europe to provide our +10,000 customers with the best level of expertise for their industrial efficiency and sustainability project.
Thierry BONTE
President, FACTORY SYSTEMES GROUPE
In Italy, Sonepar has over 230 branches and 3,400 associates and is a leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and related services. This strategic acquisition will enable Sonepar’s Italian operating companies to extend their value propositions, in line with the Group’s ambition to become the leading Industry Electrical Distributor offering a full range of services, including software solutions.
Wonderware Italia has operated in Italy since 1995 and serves over 2,000 customers. With a track record of successful and reliable long-term relationship with end-users, OEMs and Systems Integrators, the company is recognized for its deep expertise to guide customers in selecting and implementing the appropriate solutions based on their challenges and digital maturity.
Factory Systemes Groupe, a Sonepar Company, is a leading distributor in Industrial Software Solutions, Edge Computing and IoT. With 150 associates in France, Germany and Switzerland, the company offers to almost 10,000 manufacturing plants and large infrastructures a fast-track to digitization, so they can optimize their operations, improve planning and accelerate their agenda to lower carbon footprint. The group represents major leading suppliers including Aveva and Advantech. It provides to customers and partners a best of breed long term digital solution that delivers short term value with a low total cost of ownership. To deliver end-to-end solutions, Factory Systemes Groupe leverages the vertical expertise of more than 470 System Integrators and OEM partners.
Sonepar is an independent family-owned company with global market leadership in B-to-B distribution of electrical products, solutions and related services. Through a dense network of brands spanning 40 countries, the Group has an ambitious transformation agenda to become the first global B-to-B electrical distributor to provide a fully digitalized and synchronized omnichannel experience to all customers. Drawing on the skill and passion of its 44,000 associates, Sonepar had sales of €32.4 billion in 2022. Sonepar makes its customers’ lives easier, over the counter, visiting customers, by phone or online, – however we’re needed. www.sonepar.com