M&A Deal Summary

ATS Acquires Assembly & Test Worldwide

On January 5, 2011, ATS acquired machinery company Assembly & Test Worldwide from Thompson Street Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ATS’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is ATS’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is ATS’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-01-05
Target Assembly & Test Worldwide
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) ATS
Sellers(s) Thompson Street Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Assembly & Test Worldwide

Dayton, Ohio, United States
Assembly & Test Worldwide, Inc. is a provider of automation systems and solutions fundamental to the assembly and testing of a wide variety of consumer and industrial products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ATS

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1978
Sector Engineering
Employees7,500
Revenue 2.5B CAD (2025)
DESCRIPTION
Automation Tooling Systems facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Automation Tooling Systems facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

ATS is a designer, builder and installer of manufacturing solutions. ATS uses its knowledge and global capabilities to serve the sophisticated automation systems' needs of multinational customers in industries such as consumer products & electronics, energy, life sciences and transportation. ATS was incorporated in 1978 and is based in Cambridge, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 15
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 13
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 5
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-08 M+W Process Automation

Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

M+W Process Automation GmbH is a provider of engineering-based automation services and solutions. The Company focuses on the control, performance monitoring and measurement of critical production processes.

Buy €248M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Thompson Street Capital Partners

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 2.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Thompson Street Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets control stakes in profitable, mid-sized North American companies with $5 to $20 million of EBITDA. Thompson Street looks for family businesses, private companies seeking liquidity, corporate divestitures, and public companies going private. Areas of interest include healthcare services, business services, electronics, information technology, and engineered products companies. Thompson Street will not consider investments in start-ups, early stage companies, or real estate. Thompson Street Capital was founded in 2000 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 49
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 24
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 5 of 49
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-10-06 Wright Metal Products

Simpsonville, South Carolina, United States

A leading provider of steel shipping containers for power sports and lawn and garden vehicles.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-04 Thermon

Austin, Texas, United States

Thermon is a manufacturer of heat tracing equipment for petrochemical, oil and gas, engineering, and power end-markets. With operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, the company serves customers worldwide. Thermon was founded in 1954 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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