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ATS Acquires Transformix- Intellectual Property Assets

On December 6, 2018, ATS acquired information technology company Transformix- Intellectual Property Assets from Transformix for 10M CAD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ATS’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is ATS’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is ATS’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is ATS’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-12-06
Target Transformix- Intellectual Property Assets
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) ATS
Sellers(s) Transformix
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 10M CAD

Target

Transformix- Intellectual Property Assets

Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Transformix's Intellectual property assets for linking and synchronizing the movements of devices and tooling to enable faster assembly systems.

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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 3 of 15
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 5
PREVIOUS 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
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-19 Comecer

Castel Bolognese, Rwanda

Comecer S.p.A. is a provider in the design, engineering, manufacture, and servicing of advanced aseptic containment and processing systems for the nuclear medicine and pharmaceutical industries. Comecer S.p.A. was founded in 1974 and is based in Castel Bolognese, Italy.

Buy €113M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Transformix

Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Transformix's CNCAssembly system, based on its patented Rapid Speed Matching ("RSM") technology, provides a method of linking and synchronizing the movements of devices and tooling to enable faster and more efficient assembly systems. Transformix was founded in 1995 and is based in Kingston, Canada.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
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