M&A Deal Summary

Madison Dearborn Partners Acquires Align Precision

On April 19, 2021, private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners acquired manufacturer Align Precision from ARCH Global

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 76th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Madison Dearborn Partners’ 2nd transaction in Arizona.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-04-19
Target Align Precision
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Madison Dearborn Partners
Sellers(s) ARCH Global
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Align Precision

Tempe, Arizona, United States
Align Precision is a producer of precision-machined components for manufacturers in the aerospace and defense, transformative technologies, and industrial markets. Align Precision pursues a customer-centric growth strategy focused on investing in its capabilities, capacity, and people to provide best-in-class service to customers in its specific end markets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Madison Dearborn Partners

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 28.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a large private equity firm that targets buyouts of private or publicly held companies, divestitures of larger companies, recapitalizations of family-owned or closely-held companies, acquisition-oriented financings, and financings to fund internal growth. MDP's target investment size is $100 to $600 million in buyout oriented transactions and $100 to $400 million in growth capital commitments. Areas of interest include basic industries (natural resources, chemicals, energy and power, automotive, building products, food, metals and mining, refining, paper, packaging and forest products, and general manufacturing), as well as communications, consumer products/services, financial services, and healthcare. Madison Dearborn Partners was formed in 1992 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 90 of 99
Sector (Manufacturing) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 9 of 10
State (Arizona) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 76 of 85
Year (2021) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-21 Specialty Building Products

Duluth, Georgia, United States

Specialty Building Products is a distributor of specialty residential building products and provider of critical logistics solutions for the complex building products supply chain. SBP has entrenched market positions across high-growth product categories including exterior siding and trim, composite decking and railing, moulding and millwork, interior finish and engineered wood. Specialty Building Products is based in Duluth, Georgia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-06 Zilliant

Austin, Texas, United States

Zilliant is a provider of technological pricing solutions for B2B (business-to-business) and B2C (business-to-consumer) companies. The company uses customers’ existing transactional data to improve price analysis and decisions, enabling its customers to adopt an end-to-end, data-driven approach to price optimization, price list management, quoting, and negotiation to maximize profitability. Zilliant was formed in 1998 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ARCH Global

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States

Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Medical Products
Employees2,000
DESCRIPTION

ARCH Global is a manufacturer of consumable cutting tools, medical instruments and implants and precision components. ARCH’s products serve a diverse set of large and growing end markets, including general industrial, medical, transportation and aerospace and defense. ARCH Global was formed in 2011 and is based in Livonia, Michigan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Manufacturing) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (Arizona) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2021) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-09 Tier One

Newtown, Connecticut, United States

Tier One is a contract manufacturer of high-precision assemblies and other devices serving various segments of the life science research, and medical diagnostic and laboratory equipment markets. Tier One was founded in 2003 and is based in Newtown, Connecticut.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-13 VfD Technologies

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

VfD Technologies is a technology driven precision manufacture for medical device, automation and robotics, and transportation applications. VfD Technologies was founded in 2008 and is based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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