M&A Deal Summary

KISCO Acquires Specialty Coating Systems

On December 29, 2015, KISCO acquired medical products company Specialty Coating Systems from Berwind

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

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-12-29
Target Specialty Coating Systems
Sector Medical Products
Buyer(s) KISCO
Sellers(s) Berwind
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Specialty Coating Systems

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Specialty Coating Systems provides Parylene conformal coatings for the many industries including medical, electronics, automotive and other industrial applications. SCS primary business is providing customized coating application services. SCS also designs and manufactures Parylene and non-Parylene coating equipment and sells Parylene dimer to customers with in-house coating applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

KISCO

Osaka, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1921
Sector Distribution
Employees274
DESCRIPTION

KISCO Ltd. is a distributor of Pharmaceutical products, synthetic resin, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, other various chemical products and related raw material. Semiconductor devices, ceramics, semiconductor sealing material, semiconductor material and other electronic materials.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Indiana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Berwind

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Category Family Office
Founded 1886
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Berwind Corporation is a family-owned private investment firm focused on building a diversified portfolio of highly successful manufacturing and service companies. Target companies should be leaders in their respective markets, with strong organic growth prospects, and consistently high margins. Specific areas of interest include pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, office and craft, automotive, and natural resources. Acquisitions of any size are considered if they are assimilated into an existing Berwind company. Potential new platform companies range in value between $300 and $1500 million. Berwind Corporation dates back to 1886 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector (Medical Products) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (Indiana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 5
Year (2015) 2 of 2
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Elmer's Products, Inc. is a provider of activity-based adhesive and cutting products that inspire creativity in the classroom, at home, in the office, in the workshop and at the craft table.

Sell $600M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-03 Maxcess

Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

Maxcess is a provider of highly engineered, mission critical components used in web process manufacturing applications. Maxcess's line of web accessory products includes web-guiding systems, winding products, slitting products and systems tension controls, and inspection products. The Maxcess umbrella covers the strongest brand names in the industry. Fife pioneered automated web guiding, Tidland invented the very first expanding air shaft and MAGPOWR has the largest installed base of tension products in the industry. Maxcess was founded in 1989 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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