M&A Deal Summary

Mitsui-Soko Acquires Mitsui-Soko Logistics Co.

On February 27, 2012, Mitsui-Soko acquired transportation company Mitsui-Soko Logistics Co. from Longreach Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Mitsui-Soko’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Mitsui-Soko’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-02-27
Target Mitsui-Soko Logistics Co.
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) Mitsui-Soko
Sellers(s) Longreach Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Mitsui-Soko Logistics Co.

Hirakata City, Japan
Mitsui-Soko Logistics Co., Ltd. is a third party logistics service provider, with a majority of it business sourced outside its former parent company. Its main customers are large domestic electronic retail chains and manufacturing companies in Japan, including those now expanding in China and Asia. The Company has a dominant position in providing best practice logistics solutions to its customers by leveraging its existing platform and network. It operates an “asset light” business model with strong growth and efficiency potential.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Mitsui-Soko

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1909
Sector Transportation
Employees7,924
Revenue 280.7B JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Mitsui-Soko is engaged in warehousing, port terminal operations, domestic transportation, international transportation, real estate leasing, etc. Mitsui-Soko was founded in 1909 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Transportation M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Longreach Group

Tokyo, Japan

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 750M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Longreach Group is an independent private equity firm focused on opportunities in Japan and North Asia. The Firm looks to invest as a control or minority investor in businesses operating in the technology, industrial, financial services, business services, and consumer-related sectors. Longreach targets transactions valued from $50 million to $1 billion where the Firm can invest from $30 million to $200 million. The Longreach Group was formed in 2003 and has offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 9
Sector: Transportation M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 5
Country: Japan M&A 2 of 8
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-01 Mitsui-Soko Logistics Co.

Hirakata City, Japan

Mitsui-Soko Logistics Co., Ltd. is a third party logistics service provider, with a majority of it business sourced outside its former parent company. Its main customers are large domestic electronic retail chains and manufacturing companies in Japan, including those now expanding in China and Asia. The Company has a dominant position in providing best practice logistics solutions to its customers by leveraging its existing platform and network. It operates an “asset light” business model with strong growth and efficiency potential.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-21 Via Mechanics

Kanagawa-ken, Japan

Via Mechanics is a manufacturer of micro-drilling machines for printed circuit boards (PCBs) and provides global customers with a range of products including spindle drilling machines, laser drilling machines, and pattern edging lithography equipment (exposure machines). Via Mechanics was founded in 1968 and is based in Kanagawa-ken, Japan.

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