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Establishing the Smart Community Business - Toshiba Leaps Ahead with the Landis+Gyr Acquisition
GlobalData, June 2011, Pages: 9
Establishing the Smart Community Business - Toshiba Leaps Ahead with the Landis+Gyr Acquisition
Summary
The Acquisition of Landis+Gyr AG, a Swiss electronic-metering company, by Toshiba Corporation of Japan, a world leader in electronics and power management systems substantially enhanced the scope of Toshiba’s smart grid and smart community businesses. The deal has positioned the company as a global competitor with world class capabilities in the smart grid market. Being one of leaders in the smart community business, Toshiba is already involved in a number of smart grid and smart community demonstration projects around the world. By bringing together the diverse capabilities of each company to maximize synergies, Toshiba will be able to venture into new business domains around the smart community concept and an increased focus on integrated energy management solutions. The deal will allow Toshiba to leap ahead of its competitors with the ability to provide customers with consolidated solutions, offering social communities optimum power monitoring and management, plus effective applications and services based on cloud computing technologies.
Scope
- Market prospects of smart community business as a result of Landis+Gyr acquisition by Toshiba
- Growth potential of the combined entity in the global smart metering sector
- Key drivers fostering utilities into Smart Community Business
- Key drivers of the Landis+Gyr acquisition by Toshiba
- Impact of the deal on the Advanced Metering Industry
Reasons to buy
The report allows the reader to -
- Understand the reasons for the acquisition
- Understand the response from the markets
- Understand the impact of the deal on Toshiba Corporation
- Understand the impact of the deal on the Smart Metering industry and Smart Community Business
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