M&A Deal Summary

Nissei Acquires Negri Bossi

On November 21, 2019, Nissei acquired machinery company Negri Bossi from Ausable Capital Partners and Kingsbury

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nissei’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Nissei’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-11-21
Target Negri Bossi
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Nissei
Sellers(s) Ausable Capital Partners
Kingsbury
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Negri Bossi

Cologno Monzese, Italy
Negri Bossi manufactures and distributes plastic injection molding machinery. Negri Bossi owns manufacturing facilities in Italy and in India. Negri Bossi produces a variety of products to address all of these needs that include large hydraulic machines all the way to all electric machines. Injection molding machinery is used for making such items as automotive and appliance parts, packaging for food, consumer goods and medical needs, plastic parts for various industries such as electronics and consumer products. Negri Bossi was founded in 1947 and is based in Cologno Monzese, Italy.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Nissei

Hanishina, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1947
Sector Machinery
Employees1,268
Revenue 47.5B JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Nissei develops, manufactures, and sells injection molding machines, molds, auto-molding systems, and measuring instruments primarily in Japan. Nissei was founded in 1947 and is based in Hanishina, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Ausable Capital Partners

Santa Monica, California, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2010
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ausable Capital Corp. is a distress-oriented investment firm. AuSable targets companies with $20 million to $1 billion of revenue undergoing varying degrees of operational, financial or market-driven change. Sectors of interest include building materials, energy services, industrial controls, manufacturing, packaging, food, distribution, and aerospace. Prospective transaction situations can include corporate carve-outs, operational and financial restructurings, recapitalizations, MBOs, §363 bankruptcy processes, and consolidation and buy and build strategies. AuSable Capital was established in 2010 and is based in Santa Monica, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-01 Siemens Laserworks

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Siemens Laserworks, Inc. (the “Company”), based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is a specialist fabricator in laser cutting, braking, punching, machining, welding, alodine surface finishing and EMI gasket deposition services. The Company’s primary production focus centered on lean manufacturing concepts: the use of direct-flow manufacturing, Just-In-Time (JIT) production, Vendor-Managed inventory (VMI), Kanban replenishment and sequenced kit production. The Company is the low-cost provider of JIT, specialty steel fabrication services in Western Canada. The operational restructuring plan included a growth strategy to fill increasing demand, a new sales and marketing strategy. The implementation of the plan increased cash flow two-fold in the first year.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-01 Triple Diamond Plastics

Jonesville, Michigan, United States

Triple Diamond Plastics is providing dependable collapsible containers, plastic crates, and plastic pallets for diverse industries. Triple Diamond Plastics was founded in 2005 and is based in Jonesville, Michigan.

Buy -
SELLER

Kingsbury

Rush, New York, United States

Category Company
Sector Machinery
DESCRIPTION

Kingsbury provides engineering and industrial machinery. Kingsbury is based in Rush, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1