M&A Deal Summary

Madison Industries Acquires Fire Fighting Systems

On November 21, 2024, private equity firm Madison Industries acquired safety/security company Fire Fighting Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Madison Industries’ 4th transaction in the Safety/Security sector.
  • This is Madison Industries’ 1st transaction in Norway.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-11-21
Target Fire Fighting Systems
Sector Safety/Security
Buyer(s) Madison Industries
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Nordhaven Corporate Finance (Financial)

Target

Fire Fighting Systems

Moss, Norway
Fire Fighting Systems (FFS) is a developer of external firefighting systems. FFS has designed and delivered the largest ever land-based mobile firefighting system in addition to external firefighting systems on the most powerful and advanced fireboats. FFS is based in Moss, Norway.

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Buyer

Madison Industries

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Madison Industries is a privately held investment holding firm that targets growth investments in and acquisitions of industrial manufacturing companies. Madison prefers businesses with a defensible market niche, established technology, and significant cash-flow growth potential. Madison will also consider turnaround situations. Target opportunities generally have sales between $50 million and $2 billion. Madison Industries is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 49 of 50
Sector: Safety/Security M&A 4 of 4
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 23 of 24
Country: Norway M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2024 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-14 SimX

Mountain View, California, United States

SimX is a virtual reality medical simulation training platform and home to the largest library of VR-simulated patient encounters. Developed by clinicians for clinicians, SimX is currently used to train doctors, nurses, EMS, healthcare providers, and military personnel to prepare through more accessible, immersive, and affordable simulated patient encounters. SimX was formed in 2013 and is based in Mountain View, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-05-07 Research Products

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Research Products is specialised in residential and commercial indoor air quality. Research Products is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

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