M&A Deal Summary

Measurement Specialties Acquires Atexis SAS

On January 30, 2009, Measurement Specialties acquired electronics company Atexis SAS for 5M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 11th transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 19th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 4th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-01-30
Target Atexis SAS
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Measurement Specialties
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 5M EUR

Target

Atexis SAS

Fontenay Tresigny, France
Atexis SAS is a designer and manufacturer of custom temperature sensors and probes, with operating ranges from - 200C to 2000C. Atexis utilizes NTC, Pt and thermocouple technologies to provide its customers a broad range of temperature sensing solutions across most major end markets.

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Buyer

Measurement Specialties

Hampton, Virginia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees3,721
Revenue 412M USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Measurement Specialties, Inc. designs and manufactures sensors and sensor-based systems to measure precise ranges of physical characteristics such as measuring pressure, linear/rotary position, force, torque, piezoelectric polymer film sensors, custom microstructures, load cells, vibrations and acceleration, optical absorption, humidity, gas concentration, gas flow rate, temperature, fluid properties and fluid level.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 25
Sector: Electronics M&A 11 of 15
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 17
Country: France M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2009 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 19 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-30 FGP Sensors & Instrumentation

Vernouillet, France

FGP Sensors & Instrumentation is a provider in demanding pressure, acceleration and force sensor applications within the end-user test & measurement market, as well as custom force applications within the aerospace market.

Buy €6M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-08 Pressure Systems

Hampton, Virginia, United States

Pressure Systems, Inc. is a provider in pressure sensing instrumentation for the aerospace research industry, and for water monitoring within operational and resource management applications.

Buy $25M