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Capgemini has acquired Design + Industrial, an Australian consultancy that specializes in developing consumer electronics and other high-tech products.

Capgemini is one of the largest players in Europe’s IT services market. A less well-known fact about the firm is that it also has a sizable physical engineering division. In the manufacturing sector, Capgemini helps plant operations optimize their production equipment to boost output and reduce costs. The firm also designs physical products such as electronics and, when needed, develops software for powering them.

Design + Industry has a similar focus. The Australian firm provides physical product design services that help large companies offload work from their internal R&D teams. Over the nearly four decades it has been in business, Design + Industry developed a dizzying array of products ranging from camping cups and furniture to smart locks.

The firm’s clients include some of the world’s most well-known brands. Not long ago, Domino’s Pizza hired Design + Industrial to develop a new delivery bike for its couriers. The design that the consultancy came up with features a temperature-controlled pizza storage device optimized to withstand bumpy roads.

Design + Industry also has experience in the industrial sector, which is a major focus area for Capgemini. The former firm was part of the consortium that designed Australia’s first hydrogen energy storage system, which is deployed at a solar farm north of Melbourne. The system uses a combination of traditional lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen modules to store electricity. 

William Rozé, the head of Capgemini’s engineering business, commented in prepared remarks that “D+I will reinforce our product design capabilities in Australia spanning the medtech, industrial and consumer sectors. This acquisition is another example of Capgemini’s growth ambition and investment in this market.”

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