Bechtle acquires Inmac Wstore

Regulators green-light takeover
Largest acquisition in the company’s history

Neckarsulm, 4 September 2018 – Bechtle AG today announced the successful acquisition of French IT provider Inmac Wstore S.A.S—its biggest takeover to date—effective on 01 September 2018.

Following the unanimous consent given in July by the Inmac Wstore employees’ workers council, Bechtle has now also obtained all required French regulatory approvals to go ahead with the acquisition. In 2017, Inmac Wstore recorded revenues of around €420m while employing more than 400 people. Bechtle now ranks among the top 5 IT companies in France, which is the third-largest IT market in the EU. As previously announced in July, Inmac Wstore will continue to operate in its existing structure under the established management team headed by Jacques Théfo.

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