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Essentra Acquires Jae Yong Co.

On April 24, 2012, Essentra acquired consumer products company Jae Yong Co.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Essentra’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Essentra’s 1st transaction in South Korea.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-04-24
Target Jae Yong Co.
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Essentra
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Jae Yong Co.

Danjin, South Korea
Jae Yong is a globally recognized manufacturer of reservoirs, nibs, and tubes for the writing instruments industry. The company offers nibs, tubes, ink reservoirs, refill pens, holders, and sticks. Its products are used in various applications, such as highlighters, markers, pens, perfume bottles.

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Buyer

Essentra

Oxford, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Plastics
Employees2,880
Revenue 302M GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Essentra is a provider of essential components and solutions, focusing on the manufacture and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded, and metal items. Essentra was founded in 2005 and is based in Oxford, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 21
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 20
Country: South Korea M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 3
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Kidlington, United Kingdom

Securit distributes desktop personal identification (“ID”) card systems, providing printers, software and associated accessories across a wide range of growing end-markets, including Trade Distribution, Education, Government, Health and General Industry.

Buy £6M
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-14 Lymtech Scientific

Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States

Lymtech Scientific is a manufacturer and distributor of porous speciality wiping materials used within the clean environments increasingly required by the medical, life science, electronic and industrial markets.

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