M&A Deal Summary

Air Water Acquires Nihonkaisui Co.

On September 28, 2007, Air Water acquired food company Nihonkaisui Co. from Advantage Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Air Water’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Air Water’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-09-28
Target Nihonkaisui Co.
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Air Water
Sellers(s) Advantage Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Nihonkaisui Co.

Tokyo, Japan
Nihonkaisui Co., Ltd. provides Salt manufacturing services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Air Water

Osaka, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1929
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Employees20,836
Revenue 1.08T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Air Water provides electronics, chemical, medical, and energy businesses. Air Water was founded in 1929 and is based in Osaka, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-17 Hitec Power Protection

Almelo, Netherlands

Hitec Power Protection is a developer, manufacturer, delivers and services emergency power solutions called UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) to ensure uninterruptible, continuous and conditioned power supply to mission critical processes. These UPS systems store kinetic energy through an induction coupling, which during a power outage bridges the necessary time to start a diesel generator. Hitec delivers mainly to datacentres, financial institutions, semiconductor producers, hospitals and airports. Hitec Power Protection was founded in 1894 and is based in Almelo, Netherlands.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Advantage Partners

Singapore, Singapore

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 4.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advantage Partners LLP is a Japanese private equity firm focused on investing public and private companies. Advantage targets businesses operating in the fields of distribution/retail, consumer products, manufacturing, telecommunications, IT/software and financial services. The Firm will consider a variety of transactions including corporate divestitures, acquisitions, buyouts, public to private, recapitalizations, and growth capital financings. Advantage Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Tokyo.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 36
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 22
Country: Japan M&A 10 of 33
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-01 Credge

Shibuya-ku, Japan

Credge Limited engages in planning, manufacturing, and sales of clothing for women, men.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-01 Tokyo Star Bank

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Star Bank is a provider of various commercial banking services to corporates and individuals in Japan. Tokyo Star Bank was founded in 2001 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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