Helsinki-headquartered intelligent automation company Digital Workforce Services has snapped up its Dublin-based partner, the Eclair Group.

Eclair provides enterprise clients with automation services through its cognitive platform, Eve. Founded in 2017, it has clients in Ireland, the UK and the US across a variety of different sectors.

Under the merger deal, Eclair will become part of Digital Workforce Services. The Finnish company has experienced fast growth since it completed its IPO in December 2021. It aims to accelerate this growth with mergers and acquisitions, according to its CEO, Mika Vainio-Mattila.

The company is also planning to leverage Eclair’s strong position in the Irish and UK markets. “This acquisition supports our recently updated strategy emphasising expansion of client base especially outside the Nordics,” said Vainio-Mattila.

Eclair’s CEO, Kevin O’Donnell, said his team was “immensely excited” to join Digital Workforce Services, “a strong company and a global leader who can open new business opportunities to our clients and career opportunities to our team.”

“Joining a publicly-listed growth company with a unique offering and a strong brand will further improve our competitiveness and business automation delivery capabilities,” O’Donnell added. Under the merger, he will be the country manager for Digital Workforce Ireland.

Earlier this year, Digital Workforce Services signed five deals with National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. The deals entrust the company to deliver services which will allow NHS trusts to automate at scale using improved cloud-based tools.

Digital Workforce Services was founded in 2015. It currently employs more than 240 intelligent automation specialists in the US, UK, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Poland.

The company offers a range of services and tools to support organisations, including Robot-as-a-Service from the private cloud or Azure environment and robotics consulting.

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