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Halifax Invests in Q-mation, a Leading Industrial Automation Solution Partner
Halifax Group (“Halifax”), a middle-market private equity firm that partners with management to invest in market-leading companies, announced that it has completed an investment in Q-mation (the “Company”), a leading industrial automation software and hardware distributor and services provider in North America. Q-mation’s CEO, Bob D’Agostino, and the Company’s founders will invest alongside Halifax, and existing management will continue to lead the business. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1987 by Russ Fadel and Tom Holden and based in Horsham, PA, Q-mation is known for its focus on selling and supporting mission-critical industrial automation systems, such as SCADA, HMI and MES software, through its consultative selling approach, high-touch customer support, training and integration services. The Company is a leading partner to AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software driving digital transformation and sustainability, and Strongarm, a premier industrial automation hardware OEM. Q-mation serves a blue-chip customer base across the pharmaceutical & life sciences, CPG, food & beverage, power & utilities, oil & gas, and light industrial manufacturing end markets and benefits from the continued digitization of these sectors’ industrial footprints.