M&A Deal Summary

CRH Acquires Ancon

On April 16, 2008, CRH acquired building materials company Ancon from Tyco International for 109M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CRH’s 7th transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is CRH’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is CRH’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-04-16
Target Ancon
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) CRH
Sellers(s) Tyco International
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 109M EUR

Target

Ancon

Sheffield, United Kingdom
Ancon designs and manufactures high integrity steel products for the construction industry, supplying customers worldwide in a variety of sectors from small-scale residential developments to major infrastructure projects. The company employs 380 people at three sites in the UK and nine overseas offices located in Mainland Europe, Middle East and Australia. The head office is located in Sheffield, UK.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CRH

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1936
Sector Building Materials
Employees79,800
Revenue 35.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

CRH is the parent company for an international group of diversified building materials businesses which are engaged in the manufacture and supply of a wide range of building materials and in the operation of builders’ merchanting and DIY stores. CRH was incorporated in 1936 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 31
Sector: Building Materials M&A 7 of 20
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2008 M&A 3 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-30 Yatai Group

Changchun, China

Yatai Group provides businesses including property development, cement manufacturing, and securities. Others include coal mining, pharmaceuticals, and trading. Yatai Group was founded in 1984 and is based in Changchun, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-05-23 My Home Industries

Hyderabad, India

My Home Industries Ltd. provides Cement product for business and house hold needs in India.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Tyco International

Mahon, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1960
Sector Safety/Security
Employees57,000
Revenue 9.9B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Tyco office in Irvine, California.
Tyco office in Irvine, California.

Tyco International Ltd. is a global provider of security products and services, fire detection and suppression products and services and life safety products. The Company's portfolio of products and services, sold under brands such as Tyco, SimplexGrinnell, Sensormatic, Wormald, Ansul, Simplex, Scott and ADT serve security, fire detection and suppression and life safety needs across commercial, industrial, retail, institutional and governmental markets. Tyco International Ltd. was established in 1960 and is headquartered in Mahon, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 18
Sector: Building Materials M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 8 of 14
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-13 Trident Tek

Germantown, Maryland, United States

Trident Tek, Inc., is uniquely qualified to deliver advanced storage solutions to the nationwide community of value added resellers and system integrators. Trident Tek's integrated solutions products are designed, developed and tested to meet real-world needs. Our products combine the best in hardware and software technologies to create innovative turnkey solutions which are then tested and refined to surpass our customers' expecations.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-16 Calpurnia

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Calpurnia Corp., provides intelligent video analysis solutions for the retail industry. It offers Video Investigator software for loss prevention and store intelligence solutions.

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