# ATS Automation acquires MARCO Limited for £25M

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. acquired MARCO Limited, a provider of yield control and recipe formulation systems for the food, nutraceuticals and cosmetics sectors, for a preliminary cash purchase price of £25 million, with up to an additional £7.3 million payable subject to an earn-out.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-12-16
- Where: United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Value: $33.0M (25.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 70
- Status: completed
- Products: yield control systems, recipe formulation systems, weighing hardware, process control software
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [ATS Automation Tooling Systems](https://endata.com/companies/5706.md) (acquirer)
- [MARCO](https://endata.com/companies/8087.md) (target)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/ats-acquires-specialized-provider-of-productivity-solutions-to-the-global-food-packing-industry-888676229.html), 2019-12-16: "MARCO is a high-quality company that provides ATS with the means of entering a product-based, niche segment of the food industry that is growing at a mid-single digit rate."
- [automationmag.com](https://www.automationmag.com/ats-automation-acquires-u-k-process-control-provider-for-food-industry/), 2019-12-17: "MARCO is a high-quality company that provides ATS with the means of entering a product-based, niche segment of the food industry that is growing at a mid-single digit rate."
- [design-engineering.com](https://www.design-engineering.com/ats-acquires-marco-limited-1004034267/), 2020-01-13: "MARCO is a high-quality company that provides ATS with the means of entering a product-based, niche segment of the food industry that is growing at a mid-single digit rate."

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