M&A Deal Summary

Bel Acquires GigaCom Interconnect AB

On March 9, 2012, Bel acquired electronics company GigaCom Interconnect AB from GigaCom AB

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bel’s 3rd transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Bel’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-03-09
Target GigaCom Interconnect AB
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Bel
Sellers(s) GigaCom AB
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

GigaCom Interconnect AB

Gothenburg, Sweden
GigaCom Interconnect AB, is a supplier of expanded beam fiber optic technology and a participant in the development of next-generation commercial aircraft standards.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Bel

West Orange, New Jersey, United States

Category Company
Founded 1949
Sector Electronics
Employees5,370
Revenue 535M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Bel is a designer and manufacturer of products used in networking, telecommunications, high-speed data transmission, commercial aerospace, military, transportation, and consumer electronics. Bel was founded in 1949 and is based in West Orange, New Jersey.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 18
Sector: Electronics M&A 3 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 9
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-29 Cinch Connectors

Lombard, Illinois, United States

Cinch Connectors, Inc., supplies high quality, high performance connectors and cables globally to the Aerospace, Military/Defense, Commercial Transportation, Oil & Gas, High End Computer, and other markets.

Buy $38M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-01 Fibreco

Great Dunmow, United Kingdom

Fibreco Ltd., is a supplier of expanded beam fiber optic components for applications in military and broadcast communications and offshore energy exploration.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GigaCom AB

Gothenburg, Sweden

Category Company
Sector Electronics
DESCRIPTION

GigaCom AB, specialize in fiber optic components and systems and agencies that focused on these products. GigaCom offers, with our in-depth experience, high technical expertise and a broad product knowledge, our services when our customers need to calculate, plan or negotiate their broadband capacity.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1