M&A Deal Summary

ams Acquires AppliedSensor

On June 4, 2014, ams acquired chemicals company AppliedSensor from Verdane

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ams’ 1st transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is ams’ 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-06-04
Target AppliedSensor
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) ams
Sellers(s) Verdane
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

AppliedSensor

Reutlingen, Germany
AppliedSensor designs, manufactures and markets chemical gas sensor solutions for appliance, automotive, building technology, consumer and industrial applications. Established in 2000, AppliedSensor is a world-leading supplier of safety, energy efficiency and comfort solutions for global mass markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ams

Premstaetten, Austria

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Semiconductors
Employees19,806
Revenue 3.6B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

ams is a worldwide manufacturer of high-performance sensor and analog solutions. ams was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Premstaetten, Austria.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 9
Sector: Chemicals M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 8
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-17 New Scale Technologies

Victor, New York, United States

New Scale Technologies, Inc. is a manufactures and sells miniature ultrasonic motors and integrated positioning systems.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-04 acam-messelectronic

Stutensee, Germany

acam-messelectronic GmbH is a provider of accurate time-based measurement and related sensor solutions. acam-messelectronic designs and markets sensor interface solutions based on the company’s time-to-digital converter (TDC) technology. acam-messelectronic’s time-based converter technology with picosecond resolution creates significant advantages for demanding sensor applications.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Verdane

Oslo, Norway

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 1.2B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Verdane is a Norwegian private investment focused on acquiring portfolios of investments. In addition to secondary investing, Verdane also invests in co-investment pools as well as makes direct investments in individual growth companies. Sectors of interest include consumer products/services, software, energy, technology, and communications. Verdane provides support to portfolio owners to reduce exposure to private equity risk, achieve liquidity and free owners from the burden of managing direct investments. The majority of Verdane's investments are growth stage, however, the Firm can invest at any stage of development. Verdane was formerly known as Four Seasons Venture AS and was established in 1985. Verdane is based in Oslo, with additional offices in Helsinki and Stockholm.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 48
Sector: Chemicals M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 16 of 34
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-09 Compricer AB

Stockholm, Sweden

Compricer AB is a provider of online price, loan, insurance, and telecom schemes comparison services.

Sell kr135M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-07 WhiteAway

Aarhus, Denmark

Whitegoods online.

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