M&A Deal Summary

ATS Acquires M+W Process Automation

On July 8, 2014, ATS acquired engineering company M+W Process Automation from M+W Group for 248M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ATS’s 1st transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is ATS’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is ATS’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-07-08
Target M+W Process Automation
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) ATS
Sellers(s) M+W Group
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 248M EUR

Target

M+W Process Automation

Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
website
M+W Process Automation GmbH is a provider of engineering-based automation services and solutions. The Company focuses on the control, performance monitoring and measurement of critical production processes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ATS

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

website

Category Company
Founded 1978
Sector Engineering
Employees6,000
Revenue 2.2B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Automation Tooling Systems facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Automation Tooling Systems facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

ATS is a designer, builder and installer of manufacturing solutions. ATS uses its knowledge and global capabilities to serve the sophisticated automation systems' needs of multinational customers in industries such as consumer products & electronics, energy, life sciences and transportation. ATS was incorporated in 1978 and is based in Cambridge, Ontario.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 13
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (Germany) 1 of 3
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Dayton, Ohio, United States

Assembly & Test Worldwide, Inc. is a provider of automation systems and solutions fundamental to the assembly and testing of a wide variety of consumer and industrial products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-06 Transformix- Intellectual Property Assets

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Transformix's Intellectual property assets for linking and synchronizing the movements of devices and tooling to enable faster assembly systems.

Buy CA$10M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

M+W Group

Stuttgart, Germany

website

Category Company
Founded 1912
Sector Construction
DESCRIPTION

M+W Group GmbH is a provider of engineering, procurement, and construction services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Engineering) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Germany) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Bury, United Kingdom

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