APTEAN ENTERS INTO DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE GERMANEDGE
Acquisition will add Digital Factory capabilities in Quality, Production, Planning, and Workforce Management solutions for enterprise and mid-market manufacturers
ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA; SANTA MONICA, CA; MARCH 5, 2025 – Clearlake-backed Aptean, a global provider of mission-critical enterprise software solutions, continues its growth trajectory with its recent agreement to purchase Germanedge (or the “Company”), a provider of industrial software for discrete and process manufacturers.
Germanedge’s components power the next generation of Digital Factory operations. The Company’s innovative cloud-based platform Edge.One provides its enterprise and mid-market customers across 20 countries access to real-time visibility and IoT capabilities.
Aptean CEO TVN Reddy said, “Through the addition of Germanedge, Aptean further establishes itself as a leader in industrial software solutions designed specifically for complex discrete and process manufacturing needs.”
Germanedge marks Aptean’s second acquisition in 2025, following the addition of Logility in January. Click here to read more about the Germanedge acquisition: https://bit.ly/4ii22qS
About Germanedge
Germanedge provides a comprehensive portfolio of software solutions supporting the next generation of Digital Factory, including machine and process data acquisition, tracking and tracing, APS, CAQ, SCM, digital asset management, digital shift books and checklists as well as digital shop floor management. Germanedge is headquartered in Munich, Germany and has offices across Europe and the United States. www.germanedge.com
About Aptean
Aptean is a global provider of industry-specific software that helps manufacturers and distributors effectively run and grow their businesses. Aptean’s solutions and services help businesses of all sizes to be Ready for What’s Next, Now®. Aptean is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia and has offices in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. To learn more about Aptean and the markets we serve, visit www.aptean.com.
Aptean and Ready for What’s Next, Now are Registered Trademarks of Aptean, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
About Clearlake
Clearlake is an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit, and other related strategies. With a sector-focused approach, the firm seeks to partner with experienced management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to dynamic businesses that can benefit from Clearlake’s operational improvement approach, O.P.S.® The firm’s core private equity target sectors are technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake currently has over $90 billion of assets under management, its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 400 investments, and has deployed over $57 billion in liquid and illiquid credit investments globally. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with affiliates in Dallas, TX, London, UK, Dublin, Ireland, Luxembourg, Abu Dhabi, UAE and Singapore.
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