Kontron has bought Fujitsu’s Augsburg-based industrial motherboard business from Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH.

The transfer of the operational business from Fujitsu Technology Solutions to Kontron is planned to start in October.

“The acquisition of the embedded motherboard business of Fujitsu Technology Solutions is a strategic step to expand these products with its own IoT software technology,” said Kontron. “Kontron will also offer employment opportunities to Fujitsu Technology Solutions employees with the relevant skills in the areas research and development, production and sales. Kontron is committed to provide the same level of expertise and skills that the Fujitsu mainboard business customers have known.”

In October last year, Fujitsu Group announced the closure of its Augsburg site by the end of September 2020.

The transaction is subject to anti-trust approvals.

Kontron is owned by S&T AG. According to S&T “Kontron, together with its sister company S&T Technologies offers a portfolio of secure hardware, middleware and services for IoT and Industry 4.0 applications.”