M&A Deal Summary

Filtration Group Acquires Porex

On October 22, 2013, Filtration Group acquired manufacturer Porex from Aurora Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Filtration Group’s 4th transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Filtration Group’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Filtration Group’s 1st transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-10-22
Target Porex
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Filtration Group
Sellers(s) Aurora Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Financial)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Legal)

Target

Porex

Fairburn, Georgia, United States
Porex is a developer and manufacturer and distributor of porous plastic products. The company primarily serves the healtcare and surgical end markets, and also supports high-performance applications in the consumer and industrial sectors. Porex was founded in 1961 and is based in Fairburn, Georgia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Filtration Group

Austin, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1942
Sector Manufacturing
Revenue 1.3B USD (2017)
DESCRIPTION

Filtration Group is a filtration company. Serving industry leaders across the globe, Filtration Group operates facilities in 20 countries under four strategic business units: Medical/Bioscience, Liquid/Process, Environmental Air and Fluid. Filtration Group provides solutions to customers in the food & beverage; water, micro-electronics & telecommunications; environmental air; medical, pharma & bioscience; hydraulic fluid, mining & minerals; industrial finishing and energy industries. Filtration Group was founded in 1942 and is based in Austin, Texas. .

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 17
Sector (Manufacturing) 4 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 12
State (Georgia) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 11
Year (2013) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-03 Clear Edge Filtration

Walbeck, Germany

Clear Edge Filtration manufactures and supplies industrial process filtration products and filter media to companies engaged in filtering liquids from solids, dewatering, collecting and filtering dust, air filtration, filtering and purifying hot gases, and other industrial process applications. Clear Edge Filtration was founded in 1960 and is based in Walbeck, Germany.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-01 Zinga

Reedsburg, Wisconsin, United States

Zinga is a provider of filtration and reservoir accessory products solutions for the mobile hydraulic market. Zinga features manufacturing process capabilities in engineering, aluminum die casting, machining, and steel fabrication. Zinga was formed in 1976 and is based in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Aurora Capital Partners

Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 4.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Aurora Capital Partners is a private investment firm that manages private equity funds as well as investment vehicles focused on debt/equity securities. Targeted businesses are generally industry leaders that operate in defensible markets with sustainable margins. Sectors of interest include aerospace, industrial products, and services, packaging, plastics, distribution, manufacturing, media, retail, and chemicals. Aurora will only consider majority/control positions. Aurora's investment horizon is typically three to seven years. Aurora Capital Partners was formed in 1991 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 23
Sector (Manufacturing) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 7
State (Georgia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 12 of 22
Year (2013) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-05 Mitchell

San Diego, California, United States

Mitchell is a provider of information, workflow, and performance management solutions to the automotive insurance claims and collision repair industries. Mitchell was founded in 1946 and is based in San Diego, California.

Sell $1.1B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-04 Zywave

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Zywave is a provider of SaaS solutions that drive improved performance in sales, marketing and customer retention for commercial insurance and benefits brokerages. The company’s products deliver more initial prospect meetings, better close rates, shorter selling cycles and higher customer retention in the intensely competitive brokerage market. Zywave serves the vast majority of the leading brokerages in the U.S. including both large and small- to medium-sized brokers in all 50 states. Zywave is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Buy -
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