M&A Deal Summary

Maxcess Acquires Webex

On February 10, 2014, Maxcess acquired machinery company Webex from Bertram Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Maxcess’ 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Maxcess’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Maxcess’ 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-02-10
Target Webex
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Maxcess
Sellers(s) Bertram Capital
Deal Type Merger

Target

Webex

Neenah, Wisconsin, United States
Webex is a designer and manufacturer of precision-engineered rolls and custom web handling machinery for a wide range of web handling and converting applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Maxcess

Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Machinery
DESCRIPTION

Maxcess is a provider of highly engineered, mission critical components used in web process manufacturing applications. Maxcess's line of web accessory products includes web-guiding systems, winding products, slitting products and systems tension controls, and inspection products. The Maxcess umbrella covers the strongest brand names in the industry. Fife pioneered automated web guiding, Tidland invented the very first expanding air shaft and MAGPOWR has the largest installed base of tension products in the industry. Maxcess was founded in 1989 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Wisconsin M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 1 of 5
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-03 Fives North American Combustion

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Fives North American Guiding Systems is an application-focused provider of web and strip guiding, web spreading, and width measurement engineered solutions. Fives Guiding offers custom designed detectors, electro-mechanical actuators, controllers, hydraulic power units and valve stands, spreaders, and guide frames to provide the optimal price/performance solution.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Bertram Capital

Foster City, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bertram Capital is a private equity firm that targets buyout and growth equity investments in lower middle-market companies. Bertram looks for companies with revenues of $20 to $250 million and EBITDA of $5 to $35 million. Sectors of interest include healthcare services and infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, business and financial services, technology, and internet. Bertram will consider both control and non-control investments. Prospective transaction structures include management buyouts, shareholder liquidity events, acquisitions financing's, growth financing's, and PIPE. Bertram Capital was formed in 2006 and is based in Foster City, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 27
Sector: Machinery M&A 2 of 3
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 3
State: Wisconsin M&A 3 of 4
Country: United States M&A 6 of 25
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-14 Maxcess

Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

Maxcess is a provider of highly engineered, mission critical components used in web process manufacturing applications. Maxcess's line of web accessory products includes web-guiding systems, winding products, slitting products and systems tension controls, and inspection products. The Maxcess umbrella covers the strongest brand names in the industry. Fife pioneered automated web guiding, Tidland invented the very first expanding air shaft and MAGPOWR has the largest installed base of tension products in the industry. Maxcess was founded in 1989 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-06 ECS Tuning

Wadsworth, Ohio, United States

ECS Tuning is a provider of designs, produces, and sells proprietary parts and kits for a rapidly growing number of automotive makes and models, and it partners with hundreds of other performance brands to bring the enthusiast community an unparalleled customer experience. ECS Tuning is based in Wadsworth, Ohio.

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