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M&A Deal Summary

Littelfuse Acquires Shock-Block

On March 3, 2008, Littelfuse acquired electrical equipment company Shock-Block

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Littelfuse’s 5th transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Littelfuse’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Littelfuse’s 2nd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-03-03
Target Shock-Block
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Littelfuse
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Shock-Block

Dallas, Texas, United States
Shock-Block Corp. is a supplier of specialty high-current ground-fault protection devices for use in a wide variety of industrial applications.

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Buyer

Littelfuse

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1927
Sector Electronics
Employees16,000
Revenue 2.4B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Littelfuse is a provider of circuit protection with growing global platforms in power control and sensing. The company serves customers in electronics, automotive and industrial markets with technologies including fuses, semiconductors, polymers, ceramics, relays and sensors. Littelfuse was founded in 1927 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 27
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 5 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 21
State (Texas) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 5 of 15
Year (2008) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-06-26 Catalina Performance Accessories

Mountainburg, Arkansas, United States

Catalina Performance Accessories markets and distributes the Smart Glow automotive blade fuse product line.

Buy $5M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-09-17 Startco Engineering

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Startco Engineering Ltd. is a recognized leader in ground-fault protection products and custom-power distribution centers that are used in industrial manufacturing and mining applications.

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