M&A Deal Summary

Carl Zeiss Vision Acquires NaWoTec

On June 1, 2005, Carl Zeiss Vision acquired technology hardware company NaWoTec from Cipio Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Carl Zeiss Vision’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Carl Zeiss Vision’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-06-01
Target NaWoTec
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Carl Zeiss Vision
Sellers(s) Cipio Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

NaWoTec

Rossdorf, Germany
NaWoTec GmbH, a spin off from Deutsche Telekom AG, designs and develops systems for nano and microstructuring of surfaces. It serves the biotechnology, optics, electronics, medical, and telecommunications sectors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Carl Zeiss Vision

Aalen, Denmark

Category Company
Sector Manufacturing
Employees9,870
Revenue 847M EUR (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Carl Zeiss Vision was created by the merger of the NYSE listed company Sola International Inc. with the eyeglass lens division of Carl Zeiss AG. The company designs, manufactures and distributes a broad range of eyeglass lenses, primarily focusing on the faster-growing organic lens segment. The company is active in all regions of the world, but is focused on Europe and North America.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Cipio Partners

Munich, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Secondary Investor
Founded 2003
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cipio Partners is an investment management firm focused on secondary investments, as well as early and later-stage venture capital transactions. Sectors of interest include technology, media, and communications. Cipio Partners was formed in 2003 and is based in Munich, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 68
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 35
Country: Germany M&A 3 of 22
Year: 2005 M&A 4 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-05-01 Micro Mechatronic Technologies AG

Siegen, Germany

Micro-mechanical systems design and manufacturing.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-01 PacketVideo

San Diego, California, United States

PacketVideo Corp. is a mobile phone-based multimedia software and media service platforms that have been widely adopted by mobile operators and device manufacturer. PacketVideo provides solutions that allow users to share pictures, music and videos among PCs, mobile phones and consumer electronic devices such as TVs, digital picture frames and audio equipment.

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