M&A Deal Summary

Littelfuse Acquires Wilhelm PUDENZ

On September 30, 2005, Littelfuse acquired electrical equipment company Wilhelm PUDENZ

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Littelfuse’s 2nd transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Littelfuse’s 2nd transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-09-30
Target Wilhelm PUDENZ
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Littelfuse
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Wilhelm PUDENZ

Dünsen, Germany
Wilhelm PUDENZ GmbH is a manufacturer and marketer of fuse products.

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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 5 of 27
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 2 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 21
Country (Germany) 2 of 2
Year (2005) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-05-06 Heinrich Industrie AG

Essen, Germany

Heinrich Industrie is the holding company for the WICKMANN Group of circuit protection products, which has three business units: electronic, automotive and electrical.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-02-03 Surgx

San Jose, California, United States

SurgX Corporation licenses the SurgX brand of proprietary surge protection technology for over-voltage circuit protection.

Buy $3M