Azenta - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Azenta M&A Summary

Azenta has acquired 25 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years. A total of 5 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 5 assets.

Azenta’s largest acquisition to date was in 2022, when it acquired B Medical Systems S.à r.l. for $462M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold Brooks Automation - Semiconductor Solutions Group to Thomas H. Lee Partners for $3.0B. Azenta has acquired in 7 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (30%) and semiconductors (21%).

Azenta Business Overview

Where is Azenta headquartered?

Azenta is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

What is Azenta’s revenue?

Azenta disclosed revenue of 514M USD for 2021 and 897M USD for 2020.

How many employees does Azenta have?

Azenta has 3,000 employees.

What sector is Azenta in?

Azenta is a life science company.

When was Azenta founded?

Azenta was founded in 1978.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity29
    • M&A Buy Activity24
    • M&A Sell Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 10
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 12
  • M&A Advisors 7

Azenta

Azenta, Inc.

15 Elizabeth Drive,
Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
United States,
(978) 262-2400
www.azenta.com

Azenta is a provider of life sciences solutions worldwide, enabling impactful breakthroughs and therapies to market faster. Azenta provides a full suite of reliable cold-chain sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical research, and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic, and healthcare institutions globally. Azenta was founded in 1978 and is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 18 2 1 2 1 - 24
vol $1.7B $15M $70M $462M $2.3B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 4 - 1 - - - 5
vol $967M $3.0B $4.0B
  29

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Ziath Ltd. 2023-02-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Cambridge, United Kingdom · www.ziath.com
B Medical Systems S.à r.l. 2022-08-08 462M EUR Add-on Acquisition
Hosingen, Luxembourg · www.bmedicalsystems.com
Barkey GmbH & Co. KG 2022-06-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Leopoldshöhe, Germany · www.barkey.de
Brooks Automation, Inc. - Semiconductor Solutions Group 2021-09-20 3.0B USD Divestiture
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Precise Automation, Inc. 2021-04-26 70M USD Add-on Acquisition
Fremont, California · www.preciseautomation.com
Trans-Hit Biomarkers, Inc. 2020-12-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Laval, Quebec · www.trans-hit.com
RURO, Inc. 2020-02-11 15M USD Add-on Acquisition
Frederick, Maryland · www.ruro.com
GENEWIZ, Inc. 2018-09-26 450M USD Add-on Acquisition
South Plainfield, New Jersey · www.genewiz.com
Brooks Automation, Inc. - Cryogenic Business 2018-08-27 675M USD Divestiture
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
BioSpeciMan Corp. 2018-04-24 5M USD Add-on Acquisition
Saint-Laurent, Quebec · www.biospeciman.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Life Science 7 (29%) 555M (24%) - -
Semiconductors 5 (21%) 918M (40%) 2 (40%) 3.1B (78%)
Manufacturing 3 (13%) 83M (4%) - -
Software 2 (8%) 15M (1%) 1 (20%) 125M (3%)
Medical Products 2 (8%) 462M (20%) - -
Machinery 1 (4%) 70M (3%) 1 (20%) 675M (17%)
Electrical Equipment 1 (4%) 31M (1%) - -
Healthcare Services 1 (4%) - - -
Information Technology 1 (4%) 127M (6%) - -
Real Estate 1 (4%) 33M (1%) - -
Test/Measurement Equipment - - 1 (20%) 87M (2%)
Total 24 $2.3B 5 $4.0B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 15 1.7B 5 4.0B
  Massachusetts 3 852M 4 3.9B
  California 5 245M - -
  Maryland 2 15M - -
  Washington 1 10M - -
  New Jersey 1 450M - -
  Indiana 1 127M - -
  Colorado - - 1 87M
United Kingdom 3 81M - -
Canada 2 5M - -
  Quebec 2 5M - -
Germany 2 31M - -
Luxembourg 1 462M - -
Switzerland 1 16M - -
Domestic 15 (63%) 1.7B (74%) 5 (100%) 4.0B (100%)
Cross-border 9 (38%) 595M (26%) - -
Total 24 $2.3B 5 $4.0B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Needham & Co. LLC
2
Evercore Group
1
Jefferies
1
Legal Deals
Taylor Wessing
1
Ropes & Gray
1
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 5 $1.9B
< $100M 12 $421M
TOTAL $2.3B
Largest B Medical Systems S.à r.l.
$462M (2022-08-08)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $3.0B
$100M to $1B 2 $800M
< $100M 2 $167M
TOTAL $4.0B
Largest Brooks Automation, Inc. - Semiconductor Solutions Group
$3.0B (2021-09-20)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
17%
4 (17%)
Strategic(s)
13%
3 (13%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
20%
1 (20%)
Strategic(s)
60%
3 (60%)

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