Capstone Partners advised PINpoint Information Systems—a leading manufacturing execution system (MES) provider based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada—on its acquisition by Advantive. The transaction closed on 7/1/25 and terms of the deal were not disclosed.
PINpoint Information Systems is a global leader in Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software, enabling manufacturers to achieve optimal production efficiency through real-time data insights, quality control, and process management solutions. For over 25 years, PINpoint has empowered manufacturers worldwide with innovative technology that drives continuous improvement. Learn more about PINpoint here.
Steven Dana and the Capstone team brought deep expertise in industrial software, fluency in the M&A process, and a level of responsiveness that proved critical at every stage. They understood our priorities, framed the right strategic options, and executed with precision. They delivered an outcome that materially exceeded our expectations by creating and sustaining competitive tension throughout the process.
“The acquisition of PINpoint by Advantive brings together two highly complementary platforms to deliver a more complete solution for discrete manufactures. It also marks another step in the consolidation of MES and surrounding software layers, as the market moves toward unified platforms for plant-floor operations,” commented Steven Dana, Managing Director at Capstone Partners.
Advantive is a leading provider of mission-critical software for specialty manufacturing and distribution companies, offering purpose-built ERP, MES, and SPC software solutions. Serving over 7,270 customers and operating in 88 countries, Advantive’s software solutions simplify complex processes, optimize operations visibility and throughput, and drive improved quality, profitability, and revenue growth. Deeply embedded into key end-to-end workflows, Advantive’s software uses automation, seamless integration and real-time data to streamline plant scheduling, order management, quality control, sales order forecasting and pricing, ecommerce and delivery – making the complex, simple. Learn more about Advantive here.
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