M&A Deal Summary

Moog Acquires VUES Brno s.r.o.

On February 16, 2018, Moog acquired electrical equipment company VUES Brno s.r.o. from Arx Equity Partners for 53M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Moog’s 6th transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Moog’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Moog’s 1st transaction in Czech Republic.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-02-16
Target VUES Brno s.r.o.
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Moog
Sellers(s) Arx Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 53M EUR

Target

VUES Brno s.r.o.

Brno, Czech Republic
VUES Brno s.r.o. is a designer and manufacture of customized electric motors, generators and solutions. VUES serves a variety of applications in the automation, automotive test, energy and industrial markets. Product lines include: servomotors, linear motors, generators, exciters, high speed machines and measuring/test stands. VUES Brno s.r.o. was founded in 1947 and is based in Brno, Czech Republic.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Moog

East Aurora, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1951
Sector Defense
Employees13,500
Revenue 3.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Moog is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision motion control products and systems. Moog’s high-performance systems control military and commercial aircraft, satellites and space vehicles, launch vehicles, missiles, industrial machinery, wind energy, marine applications, and medical equipment. Moog was founded in 1951 and is based in East Aurora, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 28
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 6 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 15 of 18
Country (Czech Republic) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-17 Morgan Advanced Materials - Rotary Transfer Systems Business

United Kingdom

Morgan Advanced Materials - Rotary Transfer Systems Business designs, manufactures and sells electromechanical systems for the transfer of current, signals and data in rotating devices or structures mainly in construction, industrial and marine equipment. It forms part of the Electrical Carbon Global Business Unit of Morgan.

Buy €40M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-02 Gesellschaft für Antriebstechnik mbH

Geisenheim, Germany

Gesellschaft für Antriebstechnik mbH is a provider in the design and manufacture of high-end fluid rotating unions and slip rings. GAT’s products are used in a variety of applications including specialty industrial machinery, machine tools, steel mills, medical products, wind turbines, and semiconductor fabrication. GAT was founded in 1978 and is based in Geisenheim, Germany.

Buy €49M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Arx Equity Partners

Prague, Czech Republic

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 300M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Arx is an independent Central and Eastern European focused private equity firm. Arx seeks companies valued between €10 and €50 million. Funds are generally used to support later stage investments such as expansion financings, management buy-outs and buy-ins, and industry consolidations. Arx will consider opportunities across many industry sectors. Arx was formerly known as DBG Eastern Europe. Arx Equity Partners was formed in 1996 and based in Prague.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 16
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 10
Country (Czech Republic) 5 of 7
Year (2018) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-17 Lexum

Prague, Czech Republic

Lexum is a provider of general ophthalmology and refractive surgery through ten hospitals in the Czech Republic (Prague, Ceske Budejovice, Ostrava, Brno and Tabor) and Poland (Poznan, Krakow, Szczecin, Warsaw and Wroclaw). Working with over 40 surgical ophthalmologists, the business offers a full range of surgical expertise including cataract, glaucoma, retinal, corneal, AMD and cosmetic eye surgery. In 2012, Lexum crossed a historical milestone by performing its 150,000th surgery.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-02 TMX Mobile Solution

Budaörs, Hungary

TMX Mobile Solution is a Hungarian mobile device repair company. The Company delivers a service-offering comprised of physical repair, logistics and refurbishment of mobile phones. They repair approximately 500,000 mobile devices annually for B2B customers that consist of major mobile device OEMs, smartphone insurance providers and mobile operators respectively. TMX Mobile Solution was founded in 1997 and is based in Budaörs, Hungary.

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