M&A Deal Summary

Arrow Electronics Acquires SEED International - Distribution Business

On June 27, 2011, Arrow Electronics acquired distribution company SEED International - Distribution Business from SEED International

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Arrow Electronics’ 12th transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Arrow Electronics’ 1st transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-06-27
Target SEED International - Distribution Business
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Arrow Electronics
Sellers(s) SEED International
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

SEED International - Distribution Business

China
Seed Distribution Business includes digital signal processor (DSP) and field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The asset is located in China.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Arrow Electronics

Centennial, Colorado, United States

Category Company
Founded 1935
Sector Distribution
Employees21,520
Revenue 27.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Arrow Electronics' corporate headquarters in Centennial, Colorado.
Entrance to Arrow Electronics' corporate headquarters in Centennial, Colorado.

Arrow Electronics is a global supplier of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow's diverse customer base consists of original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and other commercial customers. Arrow Electronics was incorporated in 1935 and is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 34
Sector: Distribution M&A 12 of 15
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 8
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-06 DIASA Informática S.A.

Madrid, Spain

DIASA Informática, S.A. is a European value-added distributor of servers, storage, software, and networking products in Spain and Portugal.The company also offers technical consultancy and training, presales support, installation services and financial services to its approximately 3,000 resellers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-08 Chip One Stop

Yokohama, Japan

Chip One Stop, Inc. is an e-commerce electronics components distributor. Chip One Stop has offices throughout Japan and is focused primarily on supplying electronic components to design engineers. Partnering with more than 700 suppliers of electronic components, the company offers a "one-stop-shopping" experience allowing its customers to access selected stocked parts data, and a sourcing request service through a comprehensive database with more than 8 million line items.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

SEED International

Beijing, China

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Diversified
Employees220
DESCRIPTION

SEED ( Special Electronic Equipment Device) International is the only company in China who has obtained the triple identity as Distributor, Third Party and Authorized Software Provider of Texas Instruments, and company have been dedicating to lead the development of DSP and FPGA technology for a decade.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1