Nordson - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Nordson M&A Summary

Nordson has acquired 38 companies, including 7 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 13 different US states, and 7 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include machinery (30%) 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 2,628M USD for 2023 and 2,590M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Nordson have?

Nordson has 7,700 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 Activity37
- M&A Buy Activity37
Total Sectors Invested 11
Total Countries Invested 7
M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8
M&A Advisors 4

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 (1.2/yr)	#	31	2	1	1	1	1	37
Buy (1.2/yr)	vol	$2.0B		$180M	$300M	$960M	$815M	$4.2B
Sell (0.0/yr)	#	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
								37

Most Recent M&A

Company	Date	Value	Type
Atrion Corp.	2024-05-28	815M USD	Add-on Acquisition
Allen, Texas · www.atrioncorp.com
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
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 (30%)	900M (21%)	-	-
Manufacturing	9 (24%)	1.4B (33%)	-	-
Medical Products	5 (14%)	1.5B (36%)	-	-
Electronics	3 (8%)	-	-	-
Electrical Equipment	2 (5%)	-	-	-
Semiconductors	2 (5%)	-	-	-
Building Materials	1 (3%)	-	-	-
Distribution	1 (3%)	-	-	-
Packaging	1 (3%)	-	-	-
Plastics	1 (3%)	200M (5%)	-	-
Test/Measurement Equipment	1 (3%)	180M (4%)	-	-
Total	37	$4.2B	-	-

By Geo

State/Country		Buy	Value	Sell	Value
United States		23	3.1B	-	-
	California	6	200M	-	-
	Pennsylvania	4	200M	-	-
	Wisconsin	2	400M	-	-
	Minnesota	2	300M	-	-
	Washington	1	-	-	-
	Texas	1	815M	-	-
	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		23 (62%)	3.1B (73%)	-	-
Cross-border		14 (38%)	1.1B (27%)	-	-
Total		37	$4.2B	-	-

Top M&A Advisors

Financial	Deals
Morgan Stanley	3
Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking	1

Legal	Deals
Jones Day	3
Davis Polk & Wardwell	1

Deal Values

buy	#	Total
$100M to $1B	11	$4.2B
TOTAL		$4.2B
Largest	Arag Srl $960M (2023-06-26)

M&A Connections

		Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)	16%	6 (16%)
Strategic(s)	5%	2 (5%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Machinery

Revenue

2,628 2%	2023
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
(millions of USD)	Show More Show Less

Employees

7,700

Established

1935

Public

NASDAQ: NDSN

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