October 7, 2025 — Leads & Copy — Tacton, a global leader in CPQ Buyer Engagement solutions for complex manufacturers, has acquired Variantum, a Finnish software company specializing in Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM), Configurable Order Fulfillment (COF), and Configured Installed Base (CIB), and Serenytics, a French-based analytics provider, the company said today.
The move expands Tacton’s platform beyond Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) into engineering, order fulfillment, and service, creating the most complete end-to-end platform for manufacturers of configured products. With Serenytics embedded, the platform now delivers near real-time enterprise insights & analytics into buyer behavior, product performance and lifecycle profitability giving manufactures a single source of truth to make every decision accurate, profitable and data-driven.
According to Klaus Andersen, CEO of Tacton, with Variantum, the company is solving one of manufacturing’s most critical challenges: connecting what is sold with what is engineered, built, and delivered, so manufacturers can unify the entire lifecycle within one platform, ensuring accuracy, speed, and profitability from start to finish.
Founded in 2005 in Espoo, Finland, Variantum brings expertise in lifecycle-wide configuration. Its products help manufacturers ensure lifecycle integrity with a single source of truth for configurability across engineering, sales, and production with Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM), deliver profitably with automated, order-specific manufacturing BOMs, optimized routing, and traceable change management with Configured Order Fulfillment (COF), and grow beyond the initial sale with Configured Installed Base management that enables upgrades, service, and compliance across the product lifecycle (CIB), according to Hanna Kemppainen, CEO of Variantum and now SVP Executive Projects.
Adrien Auclair, founder of Serenytics and now Software Architect at Tacton, said that with Tacton, Serenytics is embedding its vision inside one of the most powerful Buyer Engagement Platforms in complex manufacturing.
The combined capabilities advance Tacton’s vision of the Buyer-Centric Smart Factory. With the addition of Variantum and Serenytics, Tacton can now extend across the entire lifecycle.
About Variantum
Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Variantum specializes in configuration solutions for complex manufacturing. Its product portfolio includes Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM), Configurable Order Fulfillment (COF), and Configured Installed Base Management (CIB). Variantum has served global manufacturers such as KONE, Abloy, and Chiller, helping them connect engineering, sales, and production processes into one seamless flow.
About Serenytics
Serenytics is a SaaS data visualization platform that enables advanced dashboard creation in just a few clicks, with no need for developers. It supports connecting data via CSV, API, SQL, or data warehouses, handling small to very large datasets. Founded in France in 2015, Serenytics makes complex data usable and shareable across teams and systems.
About Tacton
Tacton is a leading SaaS company, redefining CPQ buyer engagement for manufacturers of complex configurable products. By streamlining the buyer journey, Tacton empowers manufacturers to accelerate go-to-market strategies, increase sales, and build brand loyalty. Trusted since 1998 by global leaders such as ABB, Daimler, MAN, Scania, Siemens, Xylem, and Yaskawa, Tacton continues to drive innovation in manufacturing. The company is co-headquartered in Chicago and Stockholm, with regional offices in Karlsruhe, Warsaw, Helsinki, Paris and Tokyo.
Contact:
Klaus Andersen, CEO of Tacton
