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Goodrich Acquires Microtecnica S.r.l

On April 1, 2011, Goodrich acquired aerospace company Microtecnica S.r.l from Stirling Square Capital Partners for 330M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Goodrich’s 4th transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is Goodrich’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Goodrich’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-04-01
Target Microtecnica S.r.l
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) Goodrich
Sellers(s) Stirling Square Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 330M EUR

Target

Microtecnica S.r.l

Turin, Italy
Microtecnica is the technology leader and design authority for a range of flight critical aerospace components and sub-systems, primarily involved in flight actuation. The company has a well balanced portfolio of civil and military programmes and is significantly diversified both by aerospace platform and by customer base.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Goodrich

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Category Company
Founded 1870
Sector Aerospace
Revenue 7.0B USD (2010)
DESCRIPTION

Goodrich Corp. is an American aerospace manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector (Aerospace) 4 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 5
Country (Italy) 1 of 1
Year (2011) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-12-21 Atlantic Inertial Systems

Cheshire, Connecticut, United States

Atlantic Inertial Systems is a niche supplier of highly-engineered guidance, stabilization and navigation products and systems for aircraft, weapons and land systems applications.

Buy $375M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-26 Safran Power U.S.A.

Twinsburg, Ohio, United States

Safran Power U.S.A. LLC (fka Goodrich Electric Power Systems) is a manufacturer and distributor of aircraft electrical generators and power distribution systems.

Sell €310M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Stirling Square Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 3.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Stirling Square Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on control investments in mid-market businesses across Europe. Stirling looks for companies that offer potential for operational improvement and growth through organic expansion and cross border acquisitions. Targets companies are generally valued between €50 and €500 million. Sectors of interest include consumer and industrial products, business services, media and communications, pharmaceuticals/healthcare, and mature technology. Stirling Square Capital Partners was formed in 2002 and is located in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 15
Sector (Aerospace) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 4
Country (Italy) 1 of 3
Year (2011) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-08-01 IonBond AG

Olten, Switzerland

IonBond is now the largest provider of PVD coatings in USA and the second-largest in the world, and the aim of the new group is to build up the service and equipment business with maximum effort and commitment in the next years.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-31 Metroweb

Milan, Italy

Metroweb S.p.A. is a fiber optic network operator. Metroweb owns and operates a widely distributed fibre optics network in the Milan metropolitan area as well as in other selected areas of Northern Italy.

Sell $436M
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