M&A Deal Summary

EnerSys Acquires Leclanche - Lead-Acid Battery Business

On December 1, 2006, EnerSys acquired electrical equipment company Leclanche - Lead-Acid Battery Business from Leclanché SA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EnerSys’ 5th transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is EnerSys’ 2nd transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-12-01
Target Leclanche - Lead-Acid Battery Business
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) EnerSys
Sellers(s) Leclanché SA
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Leclanche - Lead-Acid Battery Business

Switzerland
LeclanchA(C) lead-acid battery business engages in the manufacturing, marketing and distributing of industrial batteries.

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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 5 of 21
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 5 of 19
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 6
Country: Switzerland M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2006 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-26 Chaozhou Xuntong Power Source Co.

Chaozhou,, China

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

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-18 Energia AD

Targovishte, Bulgaria

Energia AD is a producer of industrial batteries. EnerSys AD manufactures and distributes lead-acid tubular batteries for locomotive and mining industry.

Buy €13M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Leclanché SA

Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

Category Company
Sector Electrical Equipment
DESCRIPTION

Leclanché SA is a developer and manufacturer of lithium ion batteries in Europe.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1