M&A Deal Summary

Middleby Acquires Burford

On May 1, 2017, Middleby acquired machinery company Burford

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Middleby’s 22nd transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Middleby’s 19th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Middleby’s 1st transaction in Oklahoma.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-05-01
Target Burford
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Middleby
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Burford

Maysville, Oklahoma, United States
Burford Corp. is a manufacturer of industrial baking equipment. Burford offers a wide variety of custom equipment backed by a rock solid service department. Burford Corp. was founded in 1961 and is based in Maysville, Oklahoma.

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Buyer

Middleby

Elgin, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1888
Sector Manufacturing
Employees10,722
Revenue 4.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Middleby designs, manufactures, markets, distributes, and services a broad line of food service equipment used in all types of commercial restaurants and institutional kitchens, food preparation, cooking, baking, chilling, and packaging equipment for food processing operations, and premium kitchen equipment including ranges, ovens, refrigerators, ventilation, and dishwashers primarily used in the residential market. Middleby was founded in 1888 and is based in Elgin, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 33 of 73
Sector (Machinery) 22 of 35
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 31 of 67
State (Oklahoma) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 19 of 45
Year (2017) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-18 Follett Corp

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

Follett Corp is a manufacturer of ice machines, ice and water dispensing equipment, ice storage and transport products and medical grade refrigeration products for the foodservice and healthcare industries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-30 Sveba-Dahlén Group AB

Fristad, Sweden

Sveba-Dahlén Group AB is a provider of high-quality bakery equipment with broad international presence. Sveba-Dahlén was founded in 1948 and is based in Fristad, Sweden.

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