Pilotfish was acquired by the German technology company Voith

Pilotfish, a Gothenburg, Sweden-based developer of cloud-based solutions for the public transport system, announced its acquisition by the German technology company Voith.

The deal, which has financial details undisclosed, was made for 56% of the company. Pilotfish will continue as a separate company under its own brand, but three people from Voith will join its board of directors.

Pilotfish, founded in 1999 and led by CEO Tomas Gabinus, is one of Europe’s leading providers of on-board IT systems and applications, Pilotfish has installed systems in over 10 000 buses, trains and trams, in multiple countries. The company provides applications, hardware and consulting in a portfolio that includes eco-driving, an open standard vehicle communication platform, tachograph download, automatic fault report, navigation and automatic vehicle data transfer directly into cloud-based analytics.

Pilotfish generated approximately 6 million Euros ($6.8M) revenue in 2018. The company has 30 employees and serves customers in Sweden, Norway, Germany and France.

The Voith Group is one of the large family-owned companies in Europe, with broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications. Founded in 1867, the company today has more than 19,000 employees, sales of € 4.2 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus