# 3Button Group acquires packaging machinery expert Provident Engineering

3Button Group, a Swedish industrial automation solutions company, has acquired Provident Engineering, which operates under the Machine Systems brand, a supplier of packaging machinery in Scandinavia.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2025-07-07
- Where: Sweden
- Status: announced
- Products: packaging machinery, automated packaging lines
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [3Button Group](https://endata.com/companies/85799.md) (acquirer)
- [Provident Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/85800.md) (target)

## Sources

- [mainsights.io](https://www.mainsights.io/ma-news/swedish-industrial-automation-solutions-firm-3button-group-acquires-packaging-machinery-expert-provident-engineering-machine-systems), 2025-07-07: "The strategic acquisition is a logical next step, increasing opportunities for deeper collaboration and improved integration of Machine Systems’ offering into complete packaging lines and automated solutions."

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