M&A Deal Summary

Measurement Specialties Acquires Humirel S.A.

On December 20, 2004, Measurement Specialties acquired electronics company Humirel S.A. for 19M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 3rd transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Measurement Specialties’ 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-12-20
Target Humirel S.A.
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Measurement Specialties
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 19M EUR

Target

Humirel S.A.

Toulouse, France
Humirel S.A. is a designer and manufacturer of humidity sensors and assemblies for automotive, heavy truck, HVAC and consumer product markets. Humirel products are used in OEM applications such as automotive windshield defogging, diesel engine performance and emissions management and control, and consumer durable goods for humidity measurement, among others.

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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 7 of 25
Sector: Electronics M&A 3 of 15
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 17
Country: France M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2004 M&A 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-07-19 Entran Devices

Fairfield, New Jersey, United States

Entran Devices, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of acceleration, pressure and force sensors sold primarily to the automotive crash test and motorsport racing markets. Their primary products include piezo-resistive accelerometers sold to various customers for use in destructive automotive crash testing, both on crash dummies and on the car itself.

Buy $10M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-12 MWS Sensorik

Pfaffenhofen, Germany

MWS Sensorik GmbH is a maker of accelerometers and other sensors, which it distributes primarily to the automotive crash test market. Customers include Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Daimler-Chrysler.

Buy $1M