Divestiture • Electrical Equipment

Fook Tin Technologies Acquires Terraillon Holdings

On September 1, 2002, Fook Tin Technologies acquired electrical equipment company Terraillon Holdings from Measurement Specialties

Acquisition Context
  • This is Fook Tin Technologies’ 1st transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Fook Tin Technologies’ 1st transaction in Ireland.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date September 1, 2002
Target Terraillon Holdings
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Fook Tin Technologies
Sellers(s) Measurement Specialties
Deal Type Divestiture

Target Company

Terraillon Holdings

Dublin, Ireland
Terraillon Holdings Ltd. is a provider of electronic and mechanical bathroom and kitchen scales, as well as other consumer health appliances.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Fook Tin Technologies

China

Category Company
Sector Manufacturing
DESCRIPTION

Fook Tin Technologies Ltd., the Hong Kong-based manufacturer of Terraillon products.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Electrical Equipment 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture 1 of 1
Country: Ireland 1 of 1
Year: 2002 1 of 1

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Measurement Specialties

Hampton, Virginia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees3,721
Revenue 412M USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Measurement Specialties, Inc. designs and manufactures sensors and sensor-based systems to measure precise ranges of physical characteristics such as measuring pressure, linear/rotary position, force, torque, piezoelectric polymer film sensors, custom microstructures, load cells, vibrations and acceleration, optical absorption, humidity, gas concentration, gas flow rate, temperature, fluid properties and fluid level.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Electrical Equipment 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture 1 of 1
Country: Ireland 1 of 1
Year: 2002 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-08-07 Schaevitz Sensors

Hampton, Virginia, United States

Schaevitz Sensors is a sensor brand that designs, manufactures and expertise for low to medium volume, rugged industrial sensors using strain gage, linear differential transformers (LVDT), reluctive displacement, tilt, fluid level, pressure and many other lines of sensor-based products.

Buy $18M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-24 Elekon Industries USA

Torrance, California, United States

Elekon Industries USA, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of optical sensors sold primarily to the medical and security markets. Their primary products include pulse oximetry sensors for use in hospitals and other primary/secondary care environments. These non-invasive sensors are used to measure pulse rate and blood oxygen content.

Buy $8M