LOS ANGELES, March 5, 2012 – Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired MCA Solutions, Inc. (“MCA”), a leading provider of Service Planning and Optimization (“SPO”) software. The company offers advanced inventory, forecasting and supply planning solutions, enabling customers to monitor performance and manage inventory levels that support their global service operations. MCA will be integrated with Servigistics, a Marlin portfolio company, creating the mar ket’s broadest and deepest solution for post-sales service automation.
“We are eager and excited to integrate MCA into our organization as we see inherent cross-selling opportunities within our respective customer bases,” stated Eric Hinkle, CEO of Servigistics. “In addition to an impressive suite of SPO products, the addition of recognized thought leaders Morris Cohen and Vipul Agrawal to the Servigistics team enhances our ability to help customers optimize their service operations around the world.”
“The MCA acquisition demonstrates Marlin’s continued commitment to both accelerating Servigistics’ strategic growth and maintaining its position as the leading provider of Service Lifecycle Management solutions,” added Jonah Sulak, a principal at Marlin.
About Marlin Equity Partners
Marlin Equity Partners is a Los Angeles, CA-based private investment firm with over $1 billion of capital under management. The firm is focused on providing corporate parents, shareholders and other stakeholders with tailored solutions that meet their business and liquidity needs. Marlin invests in businesses across multiple industries that are in the process of undergoing varying degrees of operational, financial or market-driven change where its capital base, industry relationships and extensive network of operational resources significantly strengthens a company’s outlook and enhances value. Since its inception, Marlin, through its group of funds and related companies, has successfully completed over 50 acquisitions. For more information, please visit www.marlinequity.com.
About Servigistics
Servigistics is the leading global enterprise software solution provider for Service Lifecycle Management (“SLM”). The company’s award-winning SLM solutions suite enables companies across diverse industries to successfully execute a service -led growth strategy that delivers value across the entire global service supply chain. Servigistics’ Oracle Fusion and SAP Netweaver-certified solutions address all the key post-sale service areas including service parts planning and pricing, field service management, service logistics, warranty management, service knowledge and content management. Servigistics is based in Atlanta, with regional headquarters in the UK, Japan and India. For more information, please visit www.servigistics.com.
For additional information, please contact Peter Spasov at (310) 364-0100 or via e-mail at pspasov@marlinequity.com.