Accenture has acquired T.A. Cook, a consultancy specializing in asset performance management and capital projects for clients in capital-intensive industries and infrastructure.
The acquisition will strengthen Accenture’s capabilities for improving asset performance, increasing safety, and reducing environmental impact and cost in the chemicals, life sciences, metals and mining, and oil and gas industries.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Founded in 1994, T.A. Cook is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and has additional offices in Canada, Hong Kong and the United States. The company has 130 consultants, engineers, and development coaches. They will join Accenture’s Industry X group.
T.A. Cook is the latest in a series of 26 acquisitions Accenture has made since 2017 to build its Industry X capabilities. In October, Accenture bought Advoco, a US-based systems integrator for Hexagon’s Infor EAM solutions, which will scale Accenture’s capabilities for intelligent asset management solutions.
Other recent acquisitions include international engineering consulting and services firm umlaut, operations technology provider Electro 80 (Australia), industrial robotics and automation services provider Pollux (Brazil), operations consultancy Myrtle (US) and technology consultancy SALT Solutions (Germany).
