Pyramid Saimira acquires Aurona Technologies

Pyramid Saimira Theatre announced its strategic acquisition of UK-based Aurona Technologies today.

Pyramid Saimira has acquired a majority stake in Aurona Technologies, a leading video games and interactive entertainment software company headquartered in London.

Santosh Pillai, CEO, Aurona Technologies, will continue in his incumbent role and will also take over as director, Pyramid Saimira Production Services, thereby integrating the operations of both companies.

P S Saminathan, managing director, Pyramid Saimira Group, said, "We are extremely happy to announce this strategic acquisition of Aurona Technologies. This marks the entry of Pyramid Saimira in the high-growth, high-margin animation & gaming Industry. Since our group has access to a huge content library, we will be able to cross-exploit the content properties. Further we are focused on creating a world class vertical on post production / animation / gaming and this acquisition brings not only the existing knowledge base and customer base, but more importantly, high quality management bandwidth, with international exposure."

Welcoming employees of Aurona Technologies to Pyramid Saimira which will now have 15,000 employees across the globe, N Narayanan, director, Pyramid Saimira Group,said: " This acquisition is in keeping with our vision at Pyramid Saimira to be the world's leading entertainment company. This acquisition also marks our entry into the European market, given that there is a lot of potential and synergy there for all the businesses we are involved in. With this, Pyramid Saimira Group is present in 3 continents."