M&A Deal Summary

Accuride Acquires KIC

On April 26, 2017, Accuride acquired automotive company KIC from Industrial Opportunity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Accuride’s 4th transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is Accuride’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Accuride’s 1st transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-04-26
Target KIC
Sector Automotive
Buyer(s) Accuride
Sellers(s) Industrial Opportunity Partners
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

KIC

Vancouver, Washington, United States
KIC LLC is a provider of wheel-end components for medium and heavy-duty trucks and trailers. KIC supplies brake drums, rotors, hub & drum assemblies, steel wheels and aluminum wheels to both original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket distributors. KIC designs and tests its own products and partners with contract manufacturers located throughout the world.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Accuride

Evansville, Indiana, United States

Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Manufacturing
Employees2,100
Revenue 685M USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Accuride is a manufacturer and supplier of wheels and wheel-end components to the global commercial vehicle markets. The company’s products include steel and aluminum commercial vehicle wheels and wheel?end components and assemblies; and steel wheels for the European automotive and global agricultural, construction, and industrial equipment markets. Accuride was founded in 1986 and is based in Evansville, Indiana.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector (Automotive) 4 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 3
State (Washington) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2017) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-02 Brillion Iron Works

Brillion, Wisconsin, United States

Brillion Iron Works, Inc. is a provider of casting design and production of gray, ductile and austempered ductile iron products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-19 mefro wheels

Solingen, Germany

mefro wheels GmbH is a manufacturer and supplier of steel wheels for the global commercial vehicle, off-road and automotive industries. mefro wheels GmbH was founded in 1991 and is based in Solingen, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Industrial Opportunity Partners

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Industrial Opportunity Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and managing middle-market manufacturing and value-added distribution businesses. IOP looks to invest $15 to $100 million in companies with revenues between $50 and $500 million with an EBITDA of $5 to $50 million. Sectors of interest include building products, electronics, foundry, and casting products, precision machining, stamped and fabricated products, automotive components and steel/metal processing. IOP has a particular investment focus on enhancing the operations and optimizing the cost structures of businesses. Industrial Opportunity Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Evanston, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 22
Sector (Automotive) 3 of 6
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Washington) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 8 of 20
Year (2017) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-07 GT Technologies

Westland, Michigan, United States

GT Technologies is a provider of custom-engineered gasoline and diesel engine valvetrain actuation components and assemblies to the global automotive, heavy-duty truck, and off-road vehicle industries. The Company's products include rollers, roller finger followers (RFFs), hydraulic lash adjusters (HLAs), stamped rocker arms, roller tappets, and valvetrain actuation assemblies. GT Technologies was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Westland, Michigan. with manufacturing and assembly operations in Toledo and Defiance, Ohio, Tallahassee, Fla. and Curitiba, Brazil, and a prototype center in Millbury, Ohio.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-20 Kuss Filtration

Bloomer, Washington, United States

Kuss Filtration, Inc. is a provider of light duty automotive and industrial filtration solutions serving original equipment manufacturer customers in the automotive, industrial equipment, materials handling, lawn and garden, agricultural and motorcycle industries.

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