M&A Deal Summary

Measurement Specialties Acquires YSI Temperature

On April 3, 2006, Measurement Specialties acquired electronics company YSI Temperature from YSI for 14M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 7th transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 10th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-04-03
Target YSI Temperature
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Measurement Specialties
Sellers(s) YSI
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 14M USD

Target

YSI Temperature

Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States
YSI Temperature is a provider in the high-precision temperature market, focusing on engineered solutions for medical/healthcare, aerospace and industrial applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Measurement Specialties

Hampton, Virginia, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees3,721
Revenue 412M USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Measurement Specialties, Inc. designs and manufactures sensors and sensor-based systems to measure precise ranges of physical characteristics such as measuring pressure, linear/rotary position, force, torque, piezoelectric polymer film sensors, custom microstructures, load cells, vibrations and acceleration, optical absorption, humidity, gas concentration, gas flow rate, temperature, fluid properties and fluid level.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 25
Sector (Electronics) 7 of 15
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 8
State (Ohio) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 7 of 14
Year (2006) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-03 BetaTHERM Sensors

Galway, Ireland

BetaTHERM Sensors is a designer and manufacturer of precision thermistors and custom probes used for temperature sensing in aerospace, biomedical, automotive, industrial and consumer goods applications.

Buy $38M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-20 Visyx Technologies

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Visyx Technologies, Inc. is a developer of sensors that can measure fluid properties, including density, viscosity and dielectric constant. Visyx fluid property sensors are based on a unique tuning fork technology originally developed by Psychopathologies.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

YSI

Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1948
Sector Electronics
DESCRIPTION

YSI, Inc., is a developer and manufacturer of sensors, instruments, software, and data collection platforms for environmental water quality monitoring and testing. Reaching beyond our products, we build relationships with our customers through our dedicated customer service, including technical applications and service support.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Electronics) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Ohio) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-10 Design Analysis Associates

Logan, Utah, United States

Since 1971, DAA has been a family-owned business that designs and markets equipment that measure, record, and telemeter hydrological data most notably the WaterLog® datalogger.

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