M&A Deal Summary

Datalogic Acquires PSC Scanning

On October 24, 2005, Datalogic acquired technology hardware company PSC Scanning from Littlejohn

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Datalogic’s 3rd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Datalogic’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Datalogic’s 1st transaction in Oregon.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-10-24
Target PSC Scanning
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Datalogic
Sellers(s) Littlejohn
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

PSC Scanning

Eugene, Oregon, United States
PSC Scanning, Inc. is a provider of breakthrough data-capture products and services and is the number one provider of fixed position bioptic and single plane bar code scanners used at the retail point of sale. Wired or wireless, PSC products serve multiple industries including the retail, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and logistics sectors. PSC offers a broad array of products and services including retail automation, automated data collection and mobile & wireless.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Datalogic

Bologna, Italy

Category Company
Founded 1972
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees2,674
Revenue 494M EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Datalogic is a manufacturer of bar code readers and radio frequency identification system products for the worldwide retail, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, and healthcare industries. Datalogic was founded in 1972 and is based in Bologna, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 11
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 8
State: Oregon M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 5
Year: 2005 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-03-01 Informatics

Plano, Texas, United States

Informatics, Inc. sells and distributes products and solutions for the management of inventories and mobile assets tailored for small and medium sized companies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-01 Datalogic ADC

Eugene, Oregon, United States

Datalogic ADC, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of automatic data capture equipment including barcode scanners and imagers.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Littlejohn

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 7.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Littlejohn is a private equity firm that makes control investments in mid-sized companies undergoing change; either in capital structure, strategy, operations, or growth. Littlejohn looks to commit $50 to $250 million of equity, mezzanine, or credit capital in companies with annual revenues of $100 to $800 million. Sectors of interest include industrial equipment, packaging, chemicals, automotive and transportation parts and equipment, food and food processing, healthcare, plastics, aerospace/defense, distribution, environmental and infrastructure services, and consumer products. The Firm avoids investing in real estate, fashion, retail, and businesses engaged in high technology. Littlejohn prefers opportunities located in the US, but also considers opportunities in Europe and Canada. Littlejohn was formed in 1996 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 50
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 22
State: Oregon M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 5 of 46
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-10-01 Clean Earth

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

Clean Earth is a U.S.-based environmental-services company that provides hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal, recycling, soil remediation, dredged-material processing, and electronic/industrial-waste management services. It operates a large network of fully-permitted Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) across the United States, offering services to industries such as manufacturing, chemical, retail, energy, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, and government. Clean Earth was established in 1990 and is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-21 KAG

North Canton, Ohio, United States

KAG provides transportation and logistics services to the fuel, chemical, liquid food and merchant gas sectors in the U.S. and Canada. KAG was founded in 1997 and is based in North Canton, Ohio.

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