M&A Deal Summary

Coherent Acquires TuiLaser AG

On June 13, 2005, Coherent acquired electronics company TuiLaser AG from Duke Forest Capital for 23M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Coherent’s 3rd transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Coherent’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Coherent’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-06-13
Target TuiLaser AG
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Coherent
Sellers(s) Duke Forest Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 23M EUR

Target

TuiLaser AG

Munich, Germany
TuiLaser AG, is a designer and manufacturer of excimer and advanced solid-state lasers for scientific, OEM medical, and industrial applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Coherent

Santa Clara, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1966
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Revenue 1.2B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Coherent's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
Entrance to Coherent's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

Coherent is a supplier of photonics-based solutions for a broad range of commercial and scientific research applications. Coherent designs, manufactures, services, and markets lasers and related accessories for a diverse group of customers. Coherent was formed in 1966 and is based in Santa Clara, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 10
Sector: Electronics M&A 3 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 9
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-02-13 Positive Light

Los Gatos, California, United States

Positive Light, Inc., is a designer and manufacturer of advanced solid-state lasers for the scientific and industrial markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-24 Nuvonyx

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Nuvonyx, Inc., is a technology provider in high-power laser diode components, arrays, and industrial laser systems for materials processing and defense applications.

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Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Duke Forest Capital is an independent private equity firm focused on providing growth capital to medium-sized technology companies.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 10
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 7
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 8
Year: 2005 M&A 2 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-04 Mediapps SA

Lyon, France

EMEA leader in integrated Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, referenced by the Gartner Group in the “ECM Magic Quadrant”, EVER TEAM brings over 20 years of expertise and innovation in the field of ECM. EVER TEAM is focused on delivering solutions to enable mid to large organizations leverage unstructured business content, enhance business processes productivity and comply with content related regulations through a suite of integrated solutions that are quick to deploy, easy to use and targeting a Return on Investment within a year.

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

Mainz, Germany

dtms GmbH is a provider of contact center solutions and customer intelligence technology in the German-speaking area. Platforms for controlling the telephone accessibility of companies and the use of artificial intelligence to automatically answer customer queries play a decisive role. dtms was established in 1998 and is based in Mainz, Germany.

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