Production automation technologies (TAP)

TAP (Production Automation Technologies LLC) develops software products for production automation, from planning to dispatching equipment. The company also provides a full range of services for the implementation, technical support and customization of its own solutions for the specific needs of the client. The company's specialists have many years of experience in software development, as well as deep expertise in production management practice (data as of September 2022).

History

2022: Acquisition of 50% stake by Maxima Group of Companies

The Maxima Group of Companies, including Maxima Telecom JSC, announced TAdviser on September 15, 2022 that production process control systems were entering the market. The Group acquired a 50% stake in Production Automation Technologies LLC (TAP), a company developing domestic automated production control systems. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

Maxim Group bought a 50% stake in the Russian developer of automated production control systems

Prior to the acquisition of a 50% stake by the Maxim Group, LLC Production Automation Technologies was owned on a parity basis by Business Programs LLC and Investmir JSC (data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities). How their shares changed after the conclusion of the deal with the Maxim group is not specified.

According to company representatives, the market entry the Russian MES systems (Manufacturing Execution System) corresponds to the strategy of the Maxim group of companies to expand the portfolio of industrial solutions and products for digital production. In particular, the group plans to focus on automation of discrete-type production, enterprises and. mining industry chemical industry One of the key priorities will be projects to transfer industrial customers from foreign domestic software complexes to and increase the efficiency of production operations.

According to Sergei Aslanyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Maxim Group of Companies, the deal with the Russian developer of production control systems will strengthen the company's position in the industrial automation market and strengthen its competence to implement Industry 4.0 solutions.

"Against the background of the departure of foreign MES providers and their suspension of service support, we see a repeatedly increased demand for domestic platforms for planning and managing production processes. The company "Production Automation Technologies" has significant experience in the development of MES systems and their implementation at the largest Russian industrial enterprises. Thanks to the deal, we expect to supplement the map of complex solutions for industrial customers and provide them with access to a full stack of solutions for digitalization of production using the best import-independent developments, "said Sergey Aslanyan.

For his part, Andrei Orlov, director of Production Automation Technologies, believes that the deal with the Maxim group will allow the company to offer its developments to large customers as part of a single portfolio of solutions.