Add-on Acquisition • Machinery

Danaher Acquires Kollmorgen

On May 4, 2000, Danaher acquired machinery company Kollmorgen for 325M USD

Acquisition Context

This is Danaher’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
This is Danaher’s 17th largest (disclosed) transaction.
This is Danaher’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
This is Danaher’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	May 4, 2000
Target	Kollmorgen
Sector	Machinery
Buyer(s)	Danaher
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value	325M USD

Target Company

Kollmorgen

Radford, Virginia, United States

Kollmorgen a provider of motion systems and components for machine builders around the globe, with over 70 years of motion control design and application expertise. Through world-class knowledge in motion, industry-leading quality and deep expertise in linking and integrating standard and custom products, Kollmorgen delivers breakthrough solutions unmatched in performance, reliability and ease-of-use, giving machine builders an irrefutable marketplace advantage.

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Buyer

Danaher

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Category	Company
Founded	1969
Sector	Diversified
Employees	61,000
Revenue	23.9B USD (2024)

DESCRIPTION

Danaher designs, manufactures and markets professional, medical, industrial and commercial products and services. Danaher's research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative facilities are located in more than 50 countries. Danaher's business consists of five segments: Test & Measurement; Environmental; Life Sciences & Diagnostics; Dental; and Industrial Technologies. Danaher was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	2 of 43
Sector: Machinery	1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition	1 of 39
State: Virginia	1 of 3
Country: United States	2 of 28
Year: 2000	2 of 2
Size (of disclosed)	17 of 23

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2000-01-01	Water Specialties Porterville, California, United States Water Specialties Corporation is a producer of flow measurement and control equipment for the municipal water/wastewater, irrigation and industrial water/wastewater markets.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2000-01-01

Water Specialties

Porterville, California, United States

Water Specialties Corporation is a producer of flow measurement and control equipment for the municipal water/wastewater, irrigation and industrial water/wastewater markets.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2002-01-10	Videojet Technologies Wood Dale, Illinois, United States Videojet Technologies Inc. a manufacturer of coding and marking solutions. Covering all major technologies, including continuous and thermal ink jet, laser, thermal transfer overprinting and case coding, Videojet has over 275,000 units installed. Together with a wide range of supplies, a portfolio of package coding management and track & trace software, and the industry’s largest service network, we offer our customers total solutions and true Uptime Peace of Mind™.	Buy	$400M

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2002-01-10

Videojet Technologies

Wood Dale, Illinois, United States

Videojet Technologies Inc. a manufacturer of coding and marking solutions. Covering all major technologies, including continuous and thermal ink jet, laser, thermal transfer overprinting and case coding, Videojet has over 275,000 units installed. Together with a wide range of supplies, a portfolio of package coding management and track & trace software, and the industry’s largest service network, we offer our customers total solutions and true Uptime Peace of Mind™.

Buy

$400M

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