Based in the Netherlands, 8L Software Solutions supports over 1,000 customers in a wide range of industrial sectors. The company offers advanced software solutions enabling companies to optimize their operations, strengthen their data-driven decision-making and improve the efficiency and sustainability of their industrial assets.
As part of its development, Factory Software has renewed its partnership agreement with AVEVA, reinforcing its ability to support end-users, machine builders (OEMs) and system integrators with flexible, scalable digital solutions, from industrial supervision on the factory floor to enterprise-wide industrial data management cloud platforms. These technologies play a decisive role in helping manufacturers add value to their operational data, deploy Artificial Intelligence-driven analytics and build more agile, resilient and sustainable operations management.
On completion of the transaction, the company will be renamed Factory Software BV, reflecting its integration into Factory Systemes Groupe's European ecosystem of industrial software expertise.
With this acquisition, Factory Systemes Groupe now extends its coverage to 5 new countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The Group is now present in ten European countries, consolidating its position as Europe's leading industrial software distributor, and offering over 5,000 customers local access to top-level expertise across the entire AVEVA software portfolio.
"We are proud to join Factory Systemes Groupe, Europe's leading industrial software distributor," says Eric van Nispen, Managing Director of 8L Software Solutions. "This new chapter will enable us to further strengthen our investments and better support our customers and partners in the challenges of Industry 4.0, data integration and industrial performance."
" This expansion into Benelux and Scandinavia is a major milestone for Factory Systemes Groupe," comments Thierry Bonte, Chairman of Factory Systemes Groupe. "The 8L Software Solutions teams share our deeply customer-oriented culture and our cutting-edge technical expertise. By joining forces, we will accelerate the exchange of best practices across our European network, and further raise the level of expertise we bring to our customers in their drive for digitalization, operational excellence and sustainability."
About 8L Software Solutions BV
8L Software Solutions has been operating in the Benelux since 1995, before acquiring Schneider Electric's software entities in Scandinavia in 2019. With a long track record of long-term, reliable relationships with end-users, OEMs and system integrators, the company is recognized for its in-depth expertise in helping customers choose and implement solutions tailored to their challenges and digital maturity.
About Factory Systemes Groupe
Factory Systemes Groupe, a subsidiary of Sonepar, is a leading European distributor of industrial software, Edge Computing and Industrial IoT solutions. With a team of 180 employees in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, the Group supports nearly 12,000 industrial sites and large infrastructures in accelerating their digital transformation.
By helping companies to better connect, collect and contextualize their operational data in industrial environments, Factory Systemes Groupe enables its customers to build scalable industrial data platforms, combining Edge and Cloud technologies.
These platforms enable companies to fully leverage their operational data, deploy advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence, and improve real-time decision-making across all their operations.
Thanks to these solutions, Factory Systemes Groupe supports manufacturers in improving their operational performance, optimizing planning and strengthening the resilience and sustainability of their activities, while accelerating their decarbonization and energy efficiency initiatives.
The company represents leading technology players such as AVEVA and Advantech, offering high-performance digital solutions with strong operational impact, scalable and future-proof architectures, and competitive total cost of ownership.
To guarantee end-to-end value creation for its customers, Factory Systemes Groupe works closely with an ecosystem of over 500 system integrators and OEM partners. Together across Europe, they bring in-depth industry expertise and implementation capabilities to deploy secure, scalable, AI-powered industrial digital platforms.
About Sonepar
Sonepar is an independent, family-owned company and the world's leading B-to-B distributor of electrical products, solutions and related services. Through a dense network of brands present in 40 countries, the group is pursuing an ambitious transformation to become the world's first B-to-B electrical distributor to offer a fully digitalized and synchronized omnichannel experience to all its customers. Backed by the talent and commitment of its 40,000 employees, Sonepar achieved sales of €33.6 billion in 2025. Sonepar simplifies the daily lives of its customers - at the counter, during a visit, by telephone or online - wherever its presence is needed. www.sonepar.com