M&A Deal Summary

Datamars Acquires Simcro

On April 3, 2018, Datamars acquired medical products company Simcro from Riverside

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Datamars’ 1st transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is Datamars’ 1st transaction in New Zealand.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-04-03
Target Simcro
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) Datamars
Sellers(s) Riverside
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Simcro

Hamilton, New Zealand
Simcro Ltd. develops specialized animal merchandise like nozzles, injectors and fan sprays for worldwide pharmaceutical firms like Pfizer Inc , Novartis and Sanofi's animal health unit Merial Ltd.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Datamars

Lamone, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Technology Hardware
DESCRIPTION

Datamars is a provider of electronic tagging systems for the pet, livestock, and textile industries. Datamars provide complete systems tuned to deliver optimized performance in a range of vertical segments: professional laundries, animal identification, and other industries where identification in critical environment conditions is necessary. Datamars was founded in 1988 and is based in Lamone, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Medical Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: New Zealand M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-18 Temple Tag

Temple, Texas, United States

Temple Tag LLC is a supplier of livestock identification solutions to the North American market for more than 50 years; it develops, manufactures and markets its products in the US. Temple Tag will continue to focus on the North American market under its own brand and local management and to serve its customers as a US based company with its proven and innovative product portfolio.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-04 Tru-Test Group

Auckland, New Zealand

Tru-Test Group is a livestock equipment manufacturer, helping farmers improve productivity and profitability by delivering the world’s best livestock tools, products, and systems. Tru-Test Group was founded in 1964 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Riverside

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm that seeks investments in profitable lower middle-market companies valued under $400 million. Riverside looks to invest in growth businesses headquartered in North America, Europe, and Asia (primarily Japan and South Korea), that have been in operation for at least five years. Riverside targets investments in a wide array of industries including distribution, automotive, healthcare, education, manufacturing, software, consumer services, plastics, publishing, food, communications, marine, and business services. Riverside was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 134 of 207
Sector: Medical Products M&A 13 of 14
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 53 of 86
Country: New Zealand M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2018 M&A 5 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-01 Netwatch Group

Carlow, United Kingdom

Netwatch Group provides proactive commercial and residential video surveillance in Europe and North America, the Middle East and Africa. Netwatch Group is based in Carlow, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-17 Spirion

Tampa, Florida, United States

Spirion provider of sensitive data discovery and classification solutions. Spirion was founded in 2006 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

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