M&A Deal Summary

Abracon Acquires AEL Crystals

On March 9, 2021, Abracon acquired test/measurement equipment company AEL Crystals

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Abracon’s 1st transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Abracon’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-03-09
Target AEL Crystals
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Abracon
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

AEL Crystals

Surrey, United Kingdom
AEL Crystals is a provider of frequency control components, including quartz-based frequency control components, MEMS products, filters, and antenna products. AEL sells into the industrial, automotive, telecommunications, security, and audio-visual end markets throughout EMEA and globally through its distribution partners. AEL Crystals was founded in 1991 and is based in Surrey, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Abracon

Bee Cave, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Technology Hardware
DESCRIPTION

Abracon is a manufacturer of frequency control, signal conditioning, clock distribution and magnetic components. Abracon offers a wide selection of Quartz Timing Crystals, Crystal and MEMS Oscillators, Real Time Clocks, Antennas, Bluetooth Modules, Ceramic Resonators, SAW Filters and Resonators, Inductors, Transformers, Circuit Protection Components and Wireless RF Antennas. Abracon was founded in 1992 and is based in Bee Cave, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 4
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-08 Fox Electronics

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Fox Electronics, is a manufacturer of high-precision, high-reliability frequency control products to the electronics market, with more than 10,000 customers worldwide. Fox Electronics was founded in 1979 and is based in Fort Myers, Florida.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-07 ProAnt

Umeå, Sweden

ProAnt is a Swedish antenna company involved in the development, production, and sales of antennas based on patents and patent-pending technology. The company offers customized, embedded, and external antennas for M2M applications. ProAnt was founded in 2005 and is based in Umeå, Sweden.

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