M&A Deal Summary

IDEX Acquires Advanced Thin Films

On January 28, 2011, IDEX acquired chemicals company Advanced Thin Films

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IDEX’s 1st transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is IDEX’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is IDEX’s 1st transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-01-28
Target Advanced Thin Films
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) IDEX
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Advanced Thin Films

Boulder, Colorado, United States
Advanced Thin Films LLC is a designer and manufactures precision thin film coatings.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IDEX

Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Manufacturing
Employees8,800
Revenue 3.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

IDEX is engaged in the development, design, and manufacture of fluidics systems and specialty-engineered products. IDEX was founded in 1987 and is based in Northbrook, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 28
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 25
State (Colorado) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 18
Year (2011) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-11 Microfluidics International

Westwood, Massachusetts, United States

Microfluidics International Corporation is a provider in the design and manufacture of laboratory and commercial equipment used in the production of micro and nano scale materials for the pharmaceutical and chemical markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-11 CVI Melles Griot

Carlsbad,, California, United States

CVI Melles Griot, Inc.design and manufacture of precision photonic solutions used in the Life Sciences, Research, Semiconductor, Security and Defense markets. CVI produces critical enabling products for demanding applications such as spectroscopy, cytometry, remote sensing, target designation and interferometry.

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