Clearwater International UK advises Centriq on its sale to Körber

Clearwater International UK has advised the shareholders of Centriq Group Ltd. (Centriq), a provider of IT solutions to the logistics, supply chain and retail sectors, on its sale to Körber AG.

Centriq Group is headquartered in the UK with operations in France, Germany and the US. It is the holding company for Voiteq and Cirrus Logistics. Voiteq delivers voice-oriented solutions across the full-spectrum of warehouse activities that are built around its middleware product, “VoiceMan”. Together they allow workflows in a warehouse to be directed, measured, monitored, tracked, and reported, improving productivity and providing meaningful operational data. Cirrus Logistics’ decision support software products include: CLASS, the industry standard for warehouse design and simulation, Seaberth, vessel berth scheduling used in ports globally and Cost2Serv, logistics planning and optimisation.

Centriq Group will sit within Körber’s Logistics Systems business area and complements Körber’s strong North American voice business, Vitech, creating one of the world’s largest and most experienced Honeywell Vocollect voice integration teams. The combined organisation offers local and global customers the widest range of proven products and services, to enable them to gain the substantial benefits of voice directed work.