M&A Deal Summary

EnerSys Acquires Alliant Techsystem - Battery Business

On May 18, 2006, EnerSys acquired electrical equipment company Alliant Techsystem - Battery Business from ATK

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EnerSys’ 3rd transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is EnerSys’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is EnerSys’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-05-18
Target Alliant Techsystem - Battery Business
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) EnerSys
Sellers(s) ATK
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Alliant Techsystem - Battery Business

Pennsylvania, United States
Alliant Techsystem - Battery Business has been producing state-of-the-art lithium power sources for over 40 years, primarily for aerospace and defense applications. It is a leader in ambient temperature lithium reserve and active primary batteries, having produced over 30 million batteries for different weapon platforms of the US military.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EnerSys

Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Electrical Equipment
Employees10,797
Revenue 3.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

EnerSys is a provider of stored energy solutions for industrial applications, manufactures and distributes reserve power and motive power batteries, battery chargers, power equipment, battery accessories and outdoor equipment enclosure solutions to customers worldwide. EnerSys was founded in 2000 and is based in Reading, Pennsylvania.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 21
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 3 of 19
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 6
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 1 of 6
Year (2006) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-10-12 Geräte- und Akkumulatorenwerk Zwickau

Zwickau, Germany

Geräte- und Akkumulatorenwerk Zwickau is a producer of specialty nickel-based batteries utilized primarily in the energy, rail, telecommunications and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) industries worldwide.

Buy €3M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-26 Chaozhou Xuntong Power Source

Chaozhou,, China

Chaozhou Xuntong Power Source is a manufacturer of large, 2-volt valve-regulated lead acid batteries for reserve power applications.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ATK

Arlington, Virginia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Defense
Employees16,000
Revenue 4.8B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

ATK is a developer and producer of aerospace, defense, and commercial products. The Company was formed in 1990 as a spin-off from Honeywell.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2006) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-28 Mission Research

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Mission Research Corp. development of advanced technologies that address emerging national security and homeland defense requirements. Over more than three decades MRC has earned an impressive reputation as a national asset in such key areas as directed energy; electro-optical and infrared sensors; aircraft sensor integration; high-performance antennas and radomes; advanced signal processing; and specialized composites.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-03 Swales & Associates

Beltsville,, Maryland, United States

Swales Aerospace, a premier provider of satellite components and subsystems, small spacecraft and engineering services for NASA, Department of Defense and commercial satellite customers.

Buy -
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