Emerson Expands Automation Leadership With Agreement to Acquire Flexim
收購Flexim，艾默生擴大自動化領域領導地位

August 16, 2023 – Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire FLEXIM Flexible Industriemeßtechnik GmbH (“Flexim”), a global leader in clamp-on ultrasonic flow measurement for liquids, gases and steam.

8月16日消息——艾默生今日宣布已達成一項并購全球領先的液體、氣體和蒸汽外夾式超聲波流量測量公司FLEXIM Flexible Industriemeßtechnik GmbH （“Flexim”) 的最終協議。

Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Flexim brings highly differentiated, complementary technology and strong customer relationships to Emerson, with an installed base of more than 100,000 flowmeters, as well as approximately 450 employees. Flexim provides highly accurate, low-maintenance clamp-on ultrasonic flow measurement technology for a broad range of attractive end markets, including chemical, water & wastewater, life sciences, food & beverage, and power generation. The transaction will expand Emerson’s automation portfolio and measurement capabilities, complementing its existing flow measurement positions in Coriolis, differential pressure, magmeter and vortex flow measurement. Underpinned by favorable end market growth and technology leadership, the global ultrasonic clamp-on flowmeter market is expected to grow in the high single digits annually longer-term. Upon the close of the transaction, Flexim’s Berlin headquarters is planned to become Emerson’s Ultrasonic Flow Measurement Center of Excellence.

Flexim總部位于德國柏林，流量計總安裝量超過100,000臺，擁有約450名員工。Flexim 的加入為艾默生帶來了高度差異化且互補的技術以及強大的客戶關系。Flexim提供高精度、低維護的外夾式超聲波流量測量技術，服務于一系列廣泛且具吸引力的終端市場，包括化工、水和污水處理、生命科學、食品與飲料以及發電等市場。這筆交易將擴大艾默生的自動化產品組合并加強測量能力，提升現有的科里奧利、差壓、磁力和渦街流量測量的實力。得益于有利的終端市場增長和技術領先地位，全球外夾式超聲波流量計市場預計將長期以每年高個位數的速度增長。交易完成后，Flexim的柏林總部計劃成為艾默生的超聲波流量測量卓越中心。

The transaction is expected to close by the end of Emerson’s fiscal 2023, subject to customary closing conditions. Flexim is expected to be accretive to Emerson’s sales growth, gross margins and adjusted EBITA margins. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Flexim will be reported in Emerson’s Measurement & Analytical segment.

根據慣例交割條件，這筆交易預計將在艾默生的2023財年年末完成。Flexim預計將增加艾默生的銷售增長、毛利率和調整后的所得稅前利潤。交易條款未披露。Flexim將在艾默生的測量與分析業務中呈報。

For the transaction, Evercore is serving as financial advisor and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is serving as legal advisor.

Evercore擔任這筆交易的財務顧問，Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP擔任法律顧問。