Emerson buys out AspenTech

2025-03-12 · Publisher : Emerson · Domain : Industry 4.0 & 5.0

Emerson completes the purchase of the AspenTech shares it did not yet own, at $265 per share. The process industry optimization software vendor becomes a wholly owned subsidiary and leaves Nasdaq.

### Background On 12 March 2025, Emerson announces it has completed the acquisition of all **Aspen Technology (AspenTech)** shares it did not already own. The vendor of modeling, optimization and asset management software for process industries becomes a wholly owned subsidiary and its shares stop trading on Nasdaq. ### Key facts - Price: **$265 per share** in cash; the agreement was announced on 27 January 2025. - Value of the remaining stake: about **$7.2 billion**, according to Reuters. - The tender offer, which expired on 11 March, collected about 72% of the targeted shares; the rest was acquired by merger on 12 March. - AspenTech becomes an independent business unit consolidated in the Control Systems & Software segment; Antonio Pietri steps down and Vincent M. Servello takes over. - Emerson presents the deal as a key milestone in the final phase of its portfolio transformation. ### Why it matters For chemicals, refining or energy, AspenTech's process models and Emerson's control systems come under one roof. It is one of the moves bringing automation and industrial software closer, with a dedicated AI platform (AspenTech AVA) launched in May 2026. ### Takeaway A historic automation player takes full control of a major process simulation vendor: industrial software consolidation speeds up in 2025.

Tags : Acquisition, Logiciel industriel, Industrie de process, Emerson