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Mercury Acquires CES Creative Electronic Systems S.A.

On November 3, 2016, Mercury acquired technology hardware company CES Creative Electronic Systems S.A. for 38M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Mercury’s 3rd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Mercury’s 10th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Mercury’s 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-11-03
Target CES Creative Electronic Systems S.A.
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Mercury
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 38M USD

Target

CES Creative Electronic Systems S.A.

Geneva, Switzerland
CES Creative Electronic Systems S.A. is a provider of embedded solutions for military and aerospace mission-critical computing applications. CES specializes in the design, development and manufacture of safety-certifiable product and subsystems solutions including: primary flight control units, flight test computers, mission computers, command and control processors, graphics and video processing and avionics-certified Ethernet and IO.

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Buyer

Mercury

Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Electronics
Employees2,364
Revenue 835M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Mercury is a high-tech commercial provider of secure and sensor processing subsystems that power critical defense and intelligence applications. Mercury was formed in 1981 and is based in Andover, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 17
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 3 of 7
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 15
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-28 Microsemi Corp - Embedded Security RF Business

United States

Microsemi Corp - Embedded Security, RF and Microwave, and Custom Microelectronics Businesses ) offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for aerospace & defense.

Buy $300M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-03 Delta Microwave

Oxnard, California, United States

Delta Microwave, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of high-value radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter wave subassemblies and components for the military, aerospace and space markets. Delta’s products are routinely selected over competitors due to their compact and complex packaged form factors and integrated functionality. Delta Microwave, Inc. was established in 1973 and is headquartered in Oxnard, California.

Buy $41M
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