M&A Deal Summary

Emerson Acquires Damcos Holding A/S

On January 5, 2007, Emerson acquired marine company Damcos Holding A/S from 3i Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Emerson’s 1st transaction in the Marine sector.
  • This is Emerson’s 1st transaction in Denmark.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-01-05
Target Damcos Holding A/S
Sector Marine
Buyer(s) Emerson
Sellers(s) 3i Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Damcos Holding A/S

Naestved, Denmark
Damcos is a supplier of hydraulic equipment for the local marine shipbuilding industry. Since the early 1990s, the company has developed into a global supplier of marine actuators and integrated marine tank management solutions. Since 2004, Damcos has had a strategic partnership with Emerson to sell Saab Rosemount TankRadar systems to the tanker market. Damcos has production facilities in Naestved; Ry, Denmark; Busan, South Korea; and Shanghai, China.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Emerson

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Category Company
Founded 1890
Sector Diversified
Employees73,000
Revenue 17.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Emerson Electric's corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.
Emerson Electric's corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.

Emerson is a diversified manufacturing and technology company. Emerson offers a wide range of products and services in the industrial, commercial, and consumer markets through its Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions businesses. Emerson was founded in 1890 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 68
Sector: Marine M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 14 of 55
Country: Denmark M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-17 Bristol Babcock

Watertown, Connecticut, United States

Bristol Babcock products and technologies include remote terminal units, flow computers, transmitters, and distributed process controllers. It has manufacturing facilities and offices in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada with additional offices in Mexico, the Middle East, Australia, and China.

Buy $121M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-08 Lionville Systems

Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States

Lionville Systems, Inc. manufactures of medication carts, pharmacy fixtures, anesthesia carts, and medication cabinets for drug distribution in healthcare environments.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

3i Private Equity

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1945
PE ASSETS 21.0B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

3i Private Equity is the private equity arm of 3i Group, a publicly held, global investment firm focused on private equity and infrastructure investing. 3i Private Equity generally targets buyout and growth capital financings and looks for opportunities across Europe, North America, and Asia. The Firm's targeted transaction range is €100 to €500 million. Industries of interest include business services, healthcare, consumer, media, oil/gas & power, technology, and financial services. 3i Group was originally formed in 1945 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 60 of 196
Sector: Marine M&A 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 16 of 63
Country: Denmark M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 26
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 Araven

Zaragoza, Spain

Araven is a designer and marketer of plastic kitchenware for home and for the hospitality industry, and equipment for large areas. Araven was founded in 1976 and is based in Zaragoza, Spain.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-09 Nordic Modular Group

Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, Sweden

Nordic Modular operates production and letting of prefabricated buildings, divided into business lines Temporent and Flexator. Temporent is one of the biggest companies in Sweden renting out temporary premises. Flexator has been a market leader in Sweden for 50 years in building prefabricated buildings. Clients are in the private and public sectors.

Sell kr916M