Groupe Factoria acquires Digitalmaterial

Niederer Kraft Frey advised Groupe Factoria on the acquisition of Digitalmaterial AG.

Digitalmaterial is an IT service provider based in Winterthur which proposes Managed Services Solutions, Cloud and Modern Workplace, develops IT strategies for its customers, builds and maintains IT environments with cloud backup including Microsoft365 & Azure solutions. Digitalmaterial was founded in 2006 and its actual leadership team since 2020 will continue to run the company with its new partner Groupe Factoria.

Groupe Factoria, that belongs to Groupe Baelen, a French family holding, provides expertise in the digital transformation of companies: IT and outsourcing, electronic document management, telecoms, printing, and interactive screens. Over the past 18 years the Groupe Factoria has experienced significant growth and has been able to remain agile and close to their customers through its ecosystem of 60 expert subsidiaries across France and French overseas departments and its 2 first entities in Switzerland.

The NKF team included partner Philip Spoerlé, senior associate Katalin Siklosi and junior associate Norina Frey (all Transactions) as well as partner Janine Reudt-Demont (IP/IT), partner Fabiano Menghini (Real Estate), senior associate Livia Keller (Employment) and associate Noémie Ammann (Real Estate).