Oxford Instruments - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Oxford Instruments M&A Summary

Oxford Instruments has acquired 5 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 3 assets.

Oxford Instruments’ largest acquisition to date was in 2021, when it acquired WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie for $47M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2016, when it sold Oxford Instruments Superconducting Wire to Bruker Energy and Supercon Technologies for $18M. Oxford Instruments has acquired in 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include technology hardware (40%) and manufacturing (20%).

Oxford Instruments Business Overview

Where is Oxford Instruments headquartered?

Oxford Instruments is headquartered in Abingdon, United Kingdom.

What is Oxford Instruments’ revenue?

Oxford Instruments disclosed revenue of 470M GBP for 2024 and 445M GBP for 2023.

How many employees does Oxford Instruments have?

Oxford Instruments has 2 employees.

What sector is Oxford Instruments in?

Oxford Instruments is a technology hardware company.

When was Oxford Instruments founded?

Oxford Instruments was founded in 1959.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity8
    • M&A Buy Activity5
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments Plc

Tubney Woods,
Abingdon, OX13 5QX
United Kingdom,
+44 18 6539 3200
www.oxinst.com

Oxford Instruments is a provider of high technology tools and systems for research and industry. Oxford Instruments was founded in 1959 and is based in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 2 - 1 - - 2 5
vol $47M $35M $83M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 3 - - - - - 3
vol $18M $18M
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
FemtoTools AG 2024-06-11 18M CHF Add-on Acquisition
Buchs, Switzerland · www.femtotools.com
First Light Imaging SAS 2024-01-10 18M EUR Add-on Acquisition
Aix-en-Provence, France · www.first-light-imaging.com
WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH 2021-06-16 47M EUR Add-on Acquisition
Ulm, Germany · www.witec.de
Oxford Instruments Superconducting Wire LLC 2016-11-17 18M USD Divestiture
Tubney Woods, United Kingdom · www.oxford-instruments.com
Oxford Instruments - Austin division 2015-11-23 - Divestiture
Austin, Texas
Andor Technology plc 2012-11-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Belfast, United Kingdom · www.andor.com
HKL Technology A/S 2005-04-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Hobro, Denmark · www.hkltechnology.com
Space Cryomagnetics Ltd. 2005-01-01 - Spin Off
Abingdon, United Kingdom · www.scientificmagnetics.co.uk
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Technology Hardware 2 (40%) 65M (79%) - -
Manufacturing 1 (20%) 18M (21%) - -
Medical Products 1 (20%) - - -
Software 1 (20%) - - -
Electrical Equipment - - 1 (33%) -
Machinery - - 1 (33%) -
Semiconductors - - 1 (33%) 18M (100%)
Total 5 $83M 3 $18M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United Kingdom 1 - 2 18M
Denmark 1 - - -
France 1 18M - -
Germany 1 47M - -
Switzerland 1 18M - -
United States - - 1 -
  Texas - - 1 -
Domestic 1 (20%) - 2 (67%) 18M (100%)
Cross-border 4 (80%) 83M (100%) 1 (33%) -
Total 5 $83M 3 $18M

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 3 $83M
TOTAL $83M
Largest WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH
$47M (2021-06-16)
sell # Total
< $100M 1 $18M
TOTAL $18M
Largest Oxford Instruments Superconducting Wire LLC
$18M (2016-11-17)

M&A Connections

Deals
Divested to
Strategic(s)
67%
2 (67%)

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