Nordson - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Nordson M&A Summary

Nordson has acquired 37 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years. A total of 7 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Nordson’s largest acquisition to date was in 2023, when it acquired Arag Srl for $960M. Nordson has acquired in 12 different US states, and 7 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include machinery (31%) and manufacturing (25%).

Nordson Business Overview

Where is Nordson headquartered?

Nordson is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio.

What is Nordson’s revenue?

Nordson disclosed revenue of 2,590M USD for 2022 and 2,362M USD for 2021.

How many employees does Nordson have?

Nordson has 7,100 employees.

What sector is Nordson in?

Nordson is a machinery company.

When was Nordson founded?

Nordson was founded in 1935.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity36
    • M&A Buy Activity36
  • Total Sectors Invested 11
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8
  • M&A Advisors 3

Nordson

Nordson Corp.

28601 Clemens Road,
Westlake, Ohio 44145
United States,
(440) 892-1580
www.nordson.com

Nordson delivers precision technology solutions to help customers succeed worldwide. The company engineers, manufactures and markets differentiated products and systems used for dispensing adhesives, coatings, sealants, biomaterials and other materials, fluid management, test and inspection, UV curing and plasma surface treatment, all supported by application expertise and direct global sales and service. Nordson was founded in 1935 and is based in Westlake, Ohio.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 31 2 1 1 1 - 36
vol $2.0B $180M $300M $960M $3.4B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  36

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Arag Srl 2023-06-26 960M USD Add-on Acquisition
Rubiera, Italy · www.aragnet.com
CyberOptics Corp. 2022-08-08 300M USD Add-on Acquisition
Minneapolis, Minnesota · www.cyberoptics.com
Spectris - NDC Technologies Business 2021-08-24 180M USD Divestiture
Egham, United Kingdom
vivaMOS Ltd. 2020-09-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Southampton, United Kingdom · www.vivamos.co.uk
Fluortek, Inc. 2020-06-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Easton, Pennsylvania · www.fluortek.com
Optical Control GMBH & Co. KG 2019-07-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Weibenohe, Germany · www.optical-control.de
Clada Medical Devices 2018-10-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Galway, Ireland · www.cladamedical.com
Sonoscan, Inc. 2018-01-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Elk Grove Village, Illinois · www.sonoscan.com
Vention Medical, Inc. 2017-02-20 705M USD Add-on Acquisition
Salem, New Hampshire · www.ventionmedical.com
InterSelect GmbH 2017-02-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Hagenbach, Germany · www.myinterselect.de
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Vention Medical, Inc. 2017-02-20 Vention Medical, Inc. - Device Manufacturing Business 2017-02-20 1
Salem, New Hampshire · www.ventionmedical.com Salem, New Hampshire

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Machinery 11 (31%) 900M (27%) - -
Manufacturing 9 (25%) 1.4B (42%) - -
Medical Products 4 (11%) 705M (21%) - -
Electronics 3 (8%) - - -
Electrical Equipment 2 (6%) - - -
Semiconductors 2 (6%) - - -
Building Materials 1 (3%) - - -
Distribution 1 (3%) - - -
Packaging 1 (3%) - - -
Plastics 1 (3%) 200M (6%) - -
Test/Measurement Equipment 1 (3%) 180M (5%) - -
Total 36 $3.4B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 22 2.3B - -
  California 6 200M - -
  Pennsylvania 4 200M - -
  Wisconsin 2 400M - -
  Minnesota 2 300M - -
  Washington 1 - - -
  Rhode Island 1 - - -
  North Carolina 1 200M - -
  New Hampshire 1 705M - -
  Michigan 1 - - -
  Illinois 1 - - -
  Connecticut 1 - - -
  Colorado 1 250M - -
Germany 7 - - -
United Kingdom 3 180M - -
Belgium 1 - - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Italy 1 960M - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Domestic 22 (61%) 2.3B (66%) - -
Cross-border 14 (39%) 1.1B (34%) - -
Total 36 $3.4B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
 2
Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking
 1
Legal Deals
Jones Day
 3

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 10 $3.4B
TOTAL $3.4B
Largest Arag Srl
$960M (2023-06-26)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
17%
6 (17%)
Strategic(s)
6%
2 (6%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Machinery

Revenue

2,590   10% 2022
2,362   12% 2021
2,121   4% 2020
2,194   3% 2019
2,255   10% 2018
2,067   15% 2017
1,809   8% 2016
1,688   1% 2015
1,704   11% 2014
1,542   10% 2013
1,409   2012
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Employees

7,100

Established

1935

Public

NASDAQ: NDSN

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