M&A Deal Summary

Ligon Industries Acquires Stahl Specialty Co.

On December 31, 2010, Ligon Industries acquired machinery company Stahl Specialty Co. from Speyside Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ligon Industries’ 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Ligon Industries’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ligon Industries’ 1st transaction in Missouri.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-12-31
Target Stahl Specialty Co.
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Ligon Industries
Sellers(s) Speyside Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Stahl Specialty Co.

Kingsville, Missouri, United States
Stahl Specialty Co. is a manufacturer and supplier of permanent and semi-permanent mold aluminum castings.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ligon Industries

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Manufacturing
DESCRIPTION

Ligon Industries, LLC along with its affiliates Ligon Capital, LLC and Ligon Holdings, LLC (“Ligon”) is a Birmingham, Alabama based privately owned manufacturing company formed in January 1999. Since its inception, Ligon has consistently grown by internal investments and acquisitions.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Missouri M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-30 Energy Manufacturing Co.

Monticello, Iowa, United States

Energy Manufacturing Co., Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of hydraulic cylinders, valves, electrohydraulic and mechanohydraulic power systems, and related components and accessories. The Company sells its products to a broad base of more than 800 customers that includes original equipment manufacturers in the refuse compactor, recycling bailer, truck hoist, agricultural, construction, material handling, distribution, log-splitting and forestry, aerial lift, and lawn and turf care industries, among others, as well as fluid power distributors and catalog houses. Energy is based in Monticello, Iowa.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Speyside Equity

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Speyside Equity is a private equity firm focused on investments in traditional businesses with a history of profitability. Speyside generally looks for non-core divestitures from multinational businesses and will consider opportunities in the specialty chemicals, food/ingredients, and metal forming sectors. The Firm's geographic coverage includes North America and Western Europe. Speyside Equity was established in 2004 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 8
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Missouri M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 6
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-05-16 United Initiators

Pullach, Germany

United Initiators is a global manufacturer of peroxides, persulfates and other specialty initiators. United Initiators’ products comprise organic peroxides, persulfates, hydrogen peroxide and speciality chemicals, which have a wide range of applications including the production of acrylics and latex polymers, paint, plastics, bleaching agents, denture cleaners, teeth whiteners and disinfectants. United Initiators was founded in 1911 and is based in Pullach, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-11 United Initiators

Pullach, Germany

United Initiators is a global manufacturer of peroxides, persulfates and other specialty initiators. United Initiators’ products comprise organic peroxides, persulfates, hydrogen peroxide and speciality chemicals, which have a wide range of applications including the production of acrylics and latex polymers, paint, plastics, bleaching agents, denture cleaners, teeth whiteners and disinfectants. United Initiators was founded in 1911 and is based in Pullach, Germany.

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