ROBUR, industrial services specialist for digital transformation and ecological change founded in Munich in 2015, will become part of SPIE Group and thus significantly strengthen SPIE’s range of services in the field of industrial services. Following completion of the transaction, ROBUR will be established as a separate division of SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa, which will continue to be led by Jan-Jörg Müller-Seiler and his experienced management team.
“Since 2015, there have been regular reports of companies becoming part of ROBUR. Now we are pleased to announce the signing with SPIE. This means that ROBUR will become part of SPIE,” said Jan-Jörg Müller-Seiler, Managing Director/CEO and Managing Partner of ROBUR, explaining the latest development within ROBUR.
ROBUR is the umbrella under which independent companies from a wide range of fields have bundled their expertise and grown together, companies like Excelsius, FIOS (ex Franke) and Hotwork-USA.
ROBUR will be the third platform acquisition of SPIE Group in Germany and Central Europe. SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa is a subsidiary of SPIE Group, with over 48,000 employees, SPIE Group is committed to a climate-friendly and digital future. In 2022, the company generated a consolidated turnover of EUR 8.1 billion.
ROBUR’s broad range of services in the field of industrial services throughout the life cycle of its customers’ plants is of particular interest to SPIE. Be it in wind power as an important renewable energy source in Germany and Europe or in the digitalization and automation of production processes to increase efficiency.
The final closing of the transaction is expected to take place in February 2024 and is only subject to approval by the antitrust authorities.