Accenture is set to buy designaffairs, a design consultancy headquartered in Germany. The IT services company did not reveal financial details.
The acquisition will enhance the capabilities of Accenture Industry X.0 to design smart products and services that are ready for manufacturing. Accenture is already offering solutions for supporting smart products, smart services, platforms, and new business models for the digital reinvention of industrial companies.
designaffairs employs more than 100 professionals in studios in Munich and Erlangen (Germany), Shanghai (China) and Portland, Ore. (United States).
Examples of designaffairs’ client work include the Hyundai Driver Information System with its three-dimensional touch interface, Siemens’ Somatom Force CT scanner, and Nescafe’s Milano cloud coffee machine.
