Atlanta-based software provider PDI, whose platform helps convenience stores and gas stations manage their operations, has agreed to purchase a British provider of point-of-sale systems.
The acquisition will augment PDI’s existing software by adding on London-based Orbis Technologies Ltd.’s modular combination of POS, back-office and home-office software systems.
Born in Texas as an accounting software solution more than 35 years ago, PDI’s system helps operators manage the gasoline sales, food inventories, back-office operations and more.
The company was spun out of McLane Company Inc. about seven years ago, with the new private-equity ownership investing in a globally oriented growth strategy to help the company tap into the international consolidation happening in the industry. Circle K, for example, one major client in the U.S., has more than 3,000 locations in Europe alone. Now, PDI’s more than 1,500 clients across 50 countries have 200,000 locations combined. PDI itself has offices in more than nine countries and more than 1,300 global employees.
In announcing the Orbis deal, PDI also named Brad McGuinness, a 25-year veteran and payment terminal operator Verifone, as the new president of point-of-sale solutions. Orbis Tech has an affiliate in New Zealand with a Malaysia presence. Orbis Tech Scandinavia is based in Iceland.
