M&A Deal Summary

HOYA Acquires HOYA Optical Laboratories

On March 1, 2000, HOYA acquired medical products company HOYA Optical Laboratories from Ridgemont Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is HOYA’s 1st transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is HOYA’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is HOYA’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2000-03-01
Target HOYA Optical Laboratories
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) HOYA
Sellers(s) Ridgemont Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

HOYA Optical Laboratories

Lewisville, Texas, United States
HOYA Optical Laboratories, Inc. (Formerly Optical Resources Group, Inc.) a wholesale optical laboratory consolidator. BACI provided subordinated debt and equity capital to support the Company's consolidation strategy. The company was acquired by Hoya Corporation in March 2000.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

HOYA

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1941
Sector Electronics
Employees35,702
Revenue 792.6B JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

HOYA is a manufacturing optical products such as photomasks, photomask blanks and glass magnetic-memory disks, contact lenses and eyeglass lenses using wavefront technology. HOYA was founded in 1941 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 6
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 4
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 4
Year (2000) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-14 Xponent Photonics

Monrovia, California, United States

Xponent Photonics, Inc. designs and manufactures Surface Mount Photonics chipsets.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ridgemont Equity Partners

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 7.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ridgemont Equity Partners is an independent private equity firm specializing in middle-market buy-outs, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. The Firm targets to invest in companies located in North America, preferably in US and Canada. REP looks to invest up to $500 million in companies with EBIDTA of $5 - $50 million. The Firm seeks to hold both majority and minority equity interest in portfolio companies. Specific areas of interest include basin industries and services, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, media and technology. Ridgemont Equity Partners is a spun-off of Banc of America Capital Investors (BACI). Ridgemont Equity Partners was formed in August 2010 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 91
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 36
State (Texas) 1 of 20
Country (United States) 6 of 80
Year (2000) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-09-01 Zodiac Pool Care

Vista, California, United States

Polaris Pool Systems, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of branded automatic swimming pool cleaners and other swimming pool automation, maintenance and decoration products.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-04-27 Yazam

New York, New York, United States

Yazam, Inc. provides investment-banking services, including access to value-added investors, and assistance in strategizing, training, and positioning.

Buy -
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