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    Vinci Energies–CDD acquisition: control systems and efficiency gains for plant engineers

    September 11, 2026|

    Reviewed by Tom Sullivan

    Vinci Energies–CDD acquisition: control systems and efficiency gains for plant engineers

    First reported on The Construction Index

    30 Second Briefing

    Vinci Energies has acquired CDD Automation Solutions from the Bühler Group, adding a 32-strong systems integration team specialising in bespoke control systems for Rockwell Automation, Siemens and AVEVA industrial platforms in food and feed plants. The deal brings CDD, founded in 1981 and part of Bühler since 1991, into Vinci Energies’ UK and Ireland ecosystem of more than 230 control systems specialists. Vinci Energies plans to use the acquisition to expand advanced process optimisation, energy efficiency and manufacturing resilience services, while Bühler refocuses on its core plant and equipment offering.

    Technical Brief

    • CDD’s automation scope is explicitly food and feed facilities, so process control is hygiene‑critical.
    • Integration capability spans Rockwell, Siemens and AVEVA platforms, easing brownfield PLC/SCADA migrations in mills and plants.
    • The 32 CDD engineers join an existing 230‑plus control specialists community within Vinci Energies UK & ROI.
    • CDD has over 40 years’ operating history (founded 1981), giving long-run legacy system knowledge.
    • Bühler UK expects to keep collaborating with CDD on bespoke controls where standard OEM packages do not fit.

    Our Take

    Vinci Energies’ earlier acquisition of Novo Technologies in the UK, alongside this CDD Automation Solutions deal, signals a deliberate build-out of both wireless and process-automation capability in the same region, which will matter for complex industrial and infrastructure clients needing integrated OT/IT delivery.

    Bringing 32 CDD specialists into a 230-strong UK control-systems workforce suggests Vinci Energies is moving from project-by-project integration towards a more scalable, in-house automation platform for food, feed and wider process industries across the UK and Ireland.

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