# IFS to purchase Poka, Inc

IFS has agreed to purchase Poka, Inc, a connected worker platform that enables factory and field workers to be more efficient and measures productivity across machinery and operators.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2023-08-25
- Status: announced
- Products: connected worker platform
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [IFS Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/11146.md) (acquirer)
- [Poka](https://endata.com/companies/71018.md) (target)
- [Falkonry](https://endata.com/companies/72377.md) (target)

## Sources

- [plantservices.com](https://www.plantservices.com/industry-news/article/33010391/industrial-mergers-and-acquisitions-emerson-dupont-exxon-mobil-and-more), 2023-08-25: "Poka’s connected worker platform enables factory and field workers to be more efficient and enables businesses to measure productivity across machinery and operators globally."
- [plantservices.com](https://www.plantservices.com/technology/podcast/33010711/podcast-2-software-companies-combine-to-help-asset-heavy-industries-improve-production-and-manufacturing), 2023-08-31: "We've just announced that we've signed a deal of merger and acquisition with a Swedish company called IFS."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.