# BBS Automation acquires ReaLead, Team S.r.l. and ANT Sp. z o.o.

BBS Automation has acquired China-based ReaLead, Italy-based Team S.r.l. (now BBS Winding S.r.l.), and Poland-based ANT Sp. z o.o. to expand its automation solutions and industrial software capabilities. The acquisitions closed in 2018 and 2019.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-11-01
- Where: Garching bei München, Germany (BBS headquarters); multiple locations for targets, Germany
- Status: completed
- Products: automation solutions, winding machines, Industry 4.0 software
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Team Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/9769.md) (target)
- [BBS Automation GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/18475.md) (acquirer)
- [ReaLead](https://endata.com/companies/42750.md) (target)
- [ANT Sp. z o.o.](https://endata.com/companies/43048.md) (target)

## Sources

- [willkie.com](https://www.willkie.com/news/2019/11/bbs-automation-acquires-realead-team-and-ant), 2019-11-01: "Willkie client BBS Automation recently announced that it has stepped up its ambitious consolidation strategy with the closing of its acquisition of ReaLead."

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