Acquiring Company
BlueCrest
Acquired Company
Fluence Automation
ManufacturingSales And MarketingInformation TechnologySoftware
Description
BlueCrest, the global leader in the high-volume print, mail and parcel insertion and sortation space, has acquired Fluence Automation. This strategic acquisition by BlueCrest will allow the companies to harmonize their solutions – hardware, software and imaging – and accelerate growth in the eCommerce fulfillment and Parcel sortation markets. Fluence will become part of BlueCrest, and in the short- term will be referred to as Fluence Automation, A BlueCrest Company.
M&A Insights
Based on deal dataIntegration timeline
70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete
Tech stack consolidation
83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year
Post-acquisition investment
Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions
Success factor
M&A deals with strong technology integration plans are 2.5x more likely to succeed