Emerson agrees to buy Aventics
艾默生同意收购Aventics

Acquisition complements and strengthens Emerson’s global presence in delivering fluid automation solutions

收购补充并加强了艾默生流体自动化解决方案的全球影响力

May 17, 2018 – Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced it has agreed on terms to acquire Aventics from Triton for a cash purchase price of €527 million. Aventics is among the global leaders in smart pneumatics technologies that power machine and factory automation applications. Emerson is a leader in fluid automation technologies for process and industrial applications, and Aventics significantly expands the Company’s reach in this growing $13 billion market.

2018年5月17日——艾默生（纽约证券交易所股票代码：EMR）今天宣布同意以5.27亿欧元的现金收购价从Triton手中收购Aventics。 Aventics是智能气动技术领域的全球领先企业，致力于机器和工厂自动化应用。艾默生是过程和工业应用流体自动化技术领域的领导者，Aventics极大扩展了艾默生在这个增长迅速的130亿美元市场中的布局。

Aventics builds upon and strengthens Emerson’s capabilities and solutions in key discrete and hybrid automation markets, including food and beverage, packaging, automotive assembly and medical equipment.

Aventics建立并加强了艾默生在重要离散和混合自动化市场（包括食品饮料、包装、汽车组装和医疗设备）的解决方案能力。

Emerson’s expanded offering creates one of the broadest portfolios of fluid control and pneumatic devices that incorporate sensing and monitoring capabilities to improve system uptime and performance, enhance safety and optimize energy usage. These technologies complement Emerson’s extensive innovation and leadership in improving operations through digitalization, pervasive sensing and asset health monitoring.

艾默生的扩展产品创造了最广泛的流体控制和气动设备组合之一，这些设备融合了传感和监控功能，可改善系统正常运行时间和性能，增强安全性并优化能源使用。这些技术与艾默生在数字化、普适测量和资产健康监测方面的广泛创新和领先优势相辅相成。

“We will now offer the industry's widest range of fluid automation products and solutions with unmatched delivery, reliability and performance, and now with the addition of Aventics’ expertise, Emerson is positioned to be the most capable global company when it comes to fluid automation technologies,” said Emerson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David N. Farr.

“我们现在将提供业界最广泛的流体自动化产品和解决方案，在交付能力、可靠性和性能方面具有独一无二的优势。现在，随着Aventics专业技术的加入，艾默生定位成为流体自动化技术方面最有实力的全球公司，”艾默生董事长兼首席执行官David N. Farr说道。

“This acquisition adds another strong, complementary technology portfolio into the Emerson family, creating value for our customers and more opportunities for growth,” Farr added.

“此次收购为艾默生家族增添了另一个强大的互补技术组合，为我们的客户创造价值，并为业绩增长带来更多机会，”Farr补充道。

With central offices in Laatzen, Germany, Aventics has approximately 2,100 employees globally with five manufacturing locations and 2017 sales of $425 million.

Aventics在德国Laatzen设有中央办事处，在全球拥有约2100名员工，拥有五个生产基地，2017年销售额达4.25亿美元。

“Aventics brings technologies, capabilities and expertise that are critical to digitalization of manufacturing, including predictive maintenance through integrated diagnostics, an important priority for our Automation Solutions business,” said Mike Train, Executive President, Emerson Automation Solutions.

艾默生自动化解决方案执行总裁Mike Train表示：“Aventics带来了对制造业数字化至关重要的技术、能力和专业知识，其中包括通过集成诊断进行预测性维护，这是我们自动化解决方案业务的一项重要优先项。”

“With Aventics, we will gain a valuable footprint in Germany, a key market for automation technology and investment,” Train added. “Aventics also brings opportunities for Emerson to better serve customers in hybrid markets like food & beverage, providing intelligent devices and solutions from processing through packaging.”

“有了Aventics，我们将在德国这个自动化技术和投资的关键市场取得积极布局，”Train补充道。“Aventics还为艾默生更好地服务食品饮料等混合市场客户带来了机会，为他们提供从处理到包装的智能设备和解决方案。”

The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 subject to regulatory approvals, Aventics’ finalization of necessary consultations and other customary closing conditions.

此次收购预计将在2018财年第四季度完成，但需获得监管部门批准，Aventics完成必要的磋商和其他惯例成交条件。