M&A Deal Summary

Inventus Power Acquires Palladium Energy

On May 4, 2015, Inventus Power acquired electrical equipment company Palladium Energy from Marlin Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Inventus Power’s 1st transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Inventus Power’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Inventus Power’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-05-04
Target Palladium Energy
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Inventus Power
Sellers(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Palladium Energy

Woodridge, Illinois, United States
Palladium Energy provides custom battery solutions for electronic devices and electrical equipment such as cell phones, personal navigation devices, medical devices and data storage equipment. With a 35-year history, Palladium is an industry leader in the design and engineering of battery systems that optimize performance, dimension, size/weight, time-to-market and cost.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Inventus Power

Woodridge, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1960
Sector Electrical Equipment
DESCRIPTION

Inventus Power is a provider of fully integrated, custom engineered rechargeable power systems, focused on low to medium volume products for mission critical electronic applications. Inventus Power was founded in 1960 and is based in Woodridge, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-25 Applied Power

United States

Applied Power is a leading designer and manufacturer of primary and secondary battery assemblies serving attractive end markets, including the high-growth medical market. Applied Power has historically targeted non-consumer vertical markets including medical computer carts, non-invasive medical devices, instrumentation and defense.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 8.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.

Marlin Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquiring distressed businesses with sales of $10 million to $2 billion. Marlin has a special interest in non-core or underperforming divisions of larger corporations, as well as companies facing some sort of financial, operational or market-related transition. Marlin is a generalist investor and will consider opportunities in technology (software, IT, payment systems, hardware, communications, internet), healthcare, consumer (apparel, retail, consumer products, food/beverage), services (business, financial, consumer, education), manufacturing (automotive, industrial, metals, plastics), aerospace, defense, and media. Marlin prefers businesses with scalable business models, strong installed customer bases, defensible market positions, and barriers to entry. Marlin Equity Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Hermosa Beach, California with an additional office in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 65
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 10 of 43
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 10 of 48
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-14 Fidelis Cybersecurity

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Fidelis Cybersecurity is a provider of threat detection, hunting, and response solutions. Fidelis combats the full spectrum of cybercrime, data theft, and espionage by providing full visibility across hybrid cloud / on-prem environments, automating threat and data theft detection, empowering threat hunting and optimizing incident response with context, speed, and accuracy.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-26 Iptor

Solna, Sweden

Iptor is a provider of distribution resource management software – business applications for the wholesale, distribution and manufacturer/distributor markets. Iptor was founded in 1978 and is based in Solna, Sweden.

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