M&A Deal Summary

Polaris Acquires Swissauto powersports

On February 3, 2010, Polaris acquired automotive company Swissauto powersports

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Polaris’ 1st transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is Polaris’ 1st transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-02-03
Target Swissauto powersports
Sector Automotive
Buyer(s) Polaris
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Swissauto powersports

Burgdorf,, Switzerland
Swissauto powersports LLC, has expertise in designing and developing high-performance and high-efficiency engines and innovative vehicles.

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Buyer

Polaris

Medina, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Founded 1954
Sector Automotive
Employees15,000
Revenue 7.2B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Polaris' corporate headquarters in Medina, Minnesota.
Polaris' corporate headquarters in Medina, Minnesota.

Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets off-road vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER and RZR side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles and on-road electric/hybrid powered vehicles. Polaris was founded in 1954 and is based in Medina, Minnesota.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 19
Sector: Automotive M&A 1 of 12
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 17
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States

Indian Motorcycle is a motorcycle manufacturing company that designs, manufactures, and retails motorcycles. Indian Motorcycle was founded in 1901 and is based in Spirit Lake, Iowa.

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