M&A Deal Summary

CTS Acquires Fordahl SA

On December 16, 2010, CTS acquired electronics company Fordahl SA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CTS’s 5th transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is CTS’s 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-12-16
Target Fordahl SA
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) CTS
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Fordahl SA

Brügg, Switzerland
Fordahl SA engages in the area of high end miniature frequency control products used in telecommunications, data communications, timing, navigation, military, aerospace and instrumentation systems. Products are marketed globally through sales offices in Europe, North America and Asia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CTS

Lisle, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1896
Sector Electronics
Employees3,549
Revenue 516M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
CTS' corporate headquarters in Elkhart, Indiana.
CTS' corporate headquarters in Elkhart, Indiana.

CTS is a designer and manufacturer of electronic components and sensors and a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) to OEMs in the automotive, communications, medical, defense and aerospace, industrial, and computer markets. CTS was founded in 1896 and is based in Lisle, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 15
Sector: Electronics M&A 5 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 12
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-13 Orion Manufacturing

California, United States

Orion is a contract electronics manufacturer providing turnkey electronics manufacturing services to customers in the defense and aerospace, industrial and medical markets.

Buy $10M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-17 Valpey-Fisher

Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States

Valpey-Fisher Corporation engaged in the design, development and manufacture of high-accuracy subsystems integrated into digital and optical telecommunications systems in use throughout the world for voice, data and military communications.

Buy $18M