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Industrial Machinery & Components | TMT

AVA Monitoring AB has been acquired by Indutrade AB

January 2020 — AVA Monitoring AB has been sold to Indutrade AB.

AVA Monitoring develops and sells equipment for measuring ground vibration. The company’s fully automatic and cloud-based measurement systems are mainly used to monitor ground vibration and noise related to infrastructure construction projects. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, AVA Monitoring serves clients in the Nordics, the UK, Australia and Canada. The company’s customer base consists predominantly of engineering consulting firms that specialize in providing measurement services for building and construction industry.

Indutrade is an international industrial group that sells high-tech products and solutions. The firm’s measurement and sensor technology business segment consists of companies that sell measurement instruments and systems, sensors, control and automation systems, and monitoring equipment for various industries. All companies within the segment have their own advanced technology products and separate development, design and manufacturing departments. Headquartered in Stockholm, Indutrade operates through more than 200 subsidiaries, with approximately 7,000 employees in 32 countries on four continents. The group’s revenues amount to over US$1.8 billion.

Our role in the transaction

Oaklins’ team in Sweden acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the sellers in connection with the divestment.

Parties
“Oaklins have been instrumental in finding a new long-term and capable owner for AVA that can take part in realizing the company’s full potential internationally. We fit well into Indutrade’s efforts within the measurement and sensor technology segment.”

Owe Källström

CEO, AVA Monitoring AB

Talk to the deal team

Lars Gustafsson

Partner
Stockholm, Sweden
Oaklins Sweden

Jakob Mårtensson

Partner
Stockholm, Sweden
Oaklins Sweden

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