{"id":26685,"date":"2020-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/clairfield-advises-saab-qps\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T10:11:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T10:11:33","slug":"clairfield-advises-saab-qps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/es\/clairfield-advises-saab-qps\/","title":{"rendered":"Clairfield advises SAAB on the divestment of QPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-35516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saab-300x97.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saab-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saab-1024x330.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saab-768x247.png 768w, https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saab-1536x494.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saab-2048x659.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/>SAAB divested the Dutch-based company QPS (Quality Positioning Services), a provider of hydrographic software solutions for the global maritime industry. The decision is in line with SAAB\u2019s strategy to optimize its product portfolio and to increase focus on their five core areas: Aeronautics, Sensors, Command &amp; Control, Advanced Weapon Systems and Underwater Systems.<\/p>\n<p>QPS\u2019 software tools are used for hydrographic data acquisition, data processing, 4D geospatial processing and analysis, precise marine navigation and the production of Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC).<\/p>\n<p>The company serves a global, well known client base. QPS offers innovative, flexible and continuously improved products, developed by in-house development teams. The company has locations in the Netherlands, Canada, US, and UK and employs approximately 75 full-time employees.<\/p>\n<p>Total Specific Solutions is a leading European vertical market software group. As part of Constellation Software Inc. (CSI), one of North America\u2019s largest software companies and listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange, Total Specific Solutions is always seeking acquisition opportunities to add value to new and their existing vertical markets.<\/p>\n<p>Clairfield International acted as exclusive financial advisor to SAAB AB.<\/p>\n<p>Deal team:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/team_member\/mark-spetter\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NL-Spetter-A-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NL-Spetter-A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NL-Spetter-A-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NL-Spetter-A.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/Team\/mark-spetter\/\">Mark Spetter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/team_member\/martijn-van-den-heuvel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NL-Van-den-Heuvel-A-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NL-Van-den-Heuvel-A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NL-Van-den-Heuvel-A-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NL-Van-den-Heuvel-A.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/Team\/martijn-van-den-heuvel\/\">Martijn van den Heuvel<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAAB divested the Dutch-based company QPS (Quality Positioning Services), a provider of hydrographic software solutions for the global maritime industry. The decision is in line with SAAB\u2019s strategy to optimize its product portfolio and to increase focus on their five core areas: Aeronautics, Sensors, Command &amp; Control, Advanced Weapon Systems and Underwater Systems. QPS\u2019 software &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"sector":[15],"class_list":["post-26685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-notable-deals","sector-tech-software-digital"],"acf":{"intro_text":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Clairfield advises SAAB on the divestment of QPS - Clairfield<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/clairfield-advises-saab-qps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clairfield advises SAAB on the divestment of QPS - Clairfield\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SAAB divested the Dutch-based company QPS (Quality Positioning Services), a provider of hydrographic software solutions for the global maritime industry. 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