The strategic acquisition combines deep SAP expertise with corporate functions for corporate orchestations and enables organizations to modernize operation in cloud and hybrid landscapes.
Frankfurt, Germany, September 10, 2025-(business wire)-Stone branchA leading provider of Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAP) that has announced the takeover of Honico SystemsA recognized pioneer in SAP automation. This strategic step combines Stonebranch with Honico's SAP-native technology to offer the most comprehensive, hybrid SAP automation solution that is available today.
Honico is best known for its flagship solution. BatchmanAn advanced workload automation platform specializing in SAP landscapes. With Batchman, companies can easily manage complex SAP jobs and provide improved visibility, control and automation across mission-critical SAP business processes.
“This acquisition is an important milestone for Stonebranch, while we are further expanding our leadership on the soap market” Giuseppe Damiani, CEO of Stonebranch. “Honico's unprecedented expertise in SAP automation complements our vision of providing end-to-end orchestration in all company systems. Together we offer our customers an even greater control, visibility and efficiency in the automation of their most critical business processes and in SAP, cloud-native applications or legacy systems.”
A strategic step towards Unified Enterprise Automation
Stonebranch intends to integrate Honico's powerful SAP automation solutions directly into its industry management Stonebranch Universal Automation Center (UAC) Platform. With the combined offers, organizations are organized in hybrid IT environments, including SAP systems, cloud platforms and local infrastructure, orchestrating and automating. In addition, Batchman is still offered as an independent solution.
Today's corporate customers are increasingly demanding automation solutions, both of which organize seamlessly JUICE And Non-SAP Environments. Companies are under pressure to reduce automation silos and ensure that business processes without manual interventions flow efficiently via different platforms. Combined, Stonebranch and Honico are directly used and enable companies to achieve real end-to-end orchestration, to transmit data seamlessly, to optimize the operation and to accelerate initiatives for digital transformation.
Creation of a SAP automation power plant
Stonebranch and Honico bring an impressive portfolio of SAP certifications and confirm their deep specialist knowledge and their technical orientation with SAP technologies. You hold SAP-certified integrations with SAP S/4HANA® and climb with SAP S/4HANA® Cloud. They are certified by SAP as ABAP-Add-on for SAP NetWeaver® to ensure seamless integration with the latest SAP environments and legacy systems.