M&A Deal Summary

Natus Acquires Grass Technologies Products

On January 31, 2013, Natus acquired medical products company Grass Technologies Products from AstroNova for 19M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Natus’ 7th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Natus’ 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Natus’ 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Natus’ 2nd transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-01-31
Target Grass Technologies Products
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Natus
Sellers(s) AstroNova
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 19M USD

Target

Grass Technologies Products

Middleton, Wisconsin, United States
website
Grass Technologies Product Group includes clinically differentiated neurodiagnostic and monitoring products, including a portfolio of polysomnography (PSG) and electroencephalography (EEG) systems for both clinical and research use and related accessories and proprietary electrodes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Natus

Middleton, Wisconsin, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Medical Products
Revenue 473M USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Natus is a provider of healthcare products used for the screening, detection, treatment, monitoring and tracking of common medical ailments in newborn care, hearing impairment, neurological dysfunction, epilepsy, sleep disorders, and balance and mobility disorders. Natus was founded in 1987 and is based in Pleasanton, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 12
Sector (Medical Products) 7 of 11
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
State (Wisconsin) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 7 of 8
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-23 CareFusion Nicolet

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

The Nicolet business develops clinically differentiated neurodiagnostic and monitoring products, including a portfolio of electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) systems and related accessories, as well as vascular and obstetric doppler sensors and connectivity products.

Buy $58M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-26 GN Otometrics

Ballerup, Denmark

GN Otometrics is a manufacturer of hearing diagnostics and balance assessment equipment, disposables & software, currently being sold in over 86 countries.

Buy $145M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AstroNova

West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees339
Revenue 117M USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

AstroNova is a manufacturer of specialty high tech printing systems and data acquisition systems. Astro-Med, Inc. products include color label printers and consumables sold under the QuickLabel Systems brand as well as rugged printers for aerospace and defense applications and data acquisition products sold under the Astro-Med brand. AstroNova was founded in 1969 and is based in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-12 Trojanlabel ApS

Herlev, Denmark

Trojanlabel ApS is a manufacturer of products including digital color label presses and specialty printing systems for a broad range of end markets.

Buy kr.64M
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