M&A Deal Summary

Regal Rexnord Acquires Benshaw

On July 1, 2014, Regal Rexnord acquired electrical equipment company Benshaw from Curtiss-Wright for 50M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Regal Rexnord’s 10th transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Regal Rexnord’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Regal Rexnord’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Regal Rexnord’s 2nd transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-07-01
Target Benshaw
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Regal Rexnord
Sellers(s) Curtiss-Wright
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 50M USD

Target

Benshaw

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Benshaw designs, develops and manufactures mission critical motor control and protection product solutions for leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and industrial customers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Regal Rexnord

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Category Company
Founded 1955
Sector Electrical Equipment
Employees30,000
Revenue 6.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Regal Beloit's corporate headquarters in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Entrance to Regal Beloit's corporate headquarters in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Regal Rexnord is a manufacturer of electric motors, electrical motion controls, power generation and power transmission products serving markets throughout the world. Regal Rexnord was founded in 1955 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 17
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 10 of 12
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 6
State (Pennsylvania) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 9 of 11
Year (2014) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-07 Hy-Bon Engineering

Midland, Texas, United States

Hy-Bon Engineering Co. Inc. design and fabrication of customized compressor packages for handling low pressure gas streams. Regardless of the application: whether gas from oilfield stock tanks, casinghead gas, field gas collection or biogas from wastewater facilities, digester tanks, landfills or breweries, HY-BON/EDI can design the package required. HY-BON/EDI also designs and manufactures custom compressed natural gas (CNG) packages for municipal applications.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-05 Unico Technologies Group

Franksville, Wisconsin, United States

Unico Technologies Group designs, engineers and assembles technology-enabled high performance motor control solutions for automation and energy efficiency used in a variety of general industrial applications. Unico Technologies Group is based in Franksville, Wisconsin.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Curtiss-Wright

Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Category Company
Founded 1929
Sector Diversified
Employees8,600
Revenue 2.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Curtiss-Wright is a global company that delivers highly engineered, critical function products and services to the commercial, defense, energy, and industrial markets. Curtiss-Wright operates through three segments: Commercial/Industrial, Defense, and Energy. The Commercial segment offers products/services that include surface technology services such as shot peening, laser peening, coatings and advanced surface analytics; industrial products such as electronic throttle control devices and transmission shifters; electro-mechanical actuation control components, and utility systems used on aircraft. The Defense segment produces embedded computing board level modules, integrated subsystems, turret aiming and stabilization products, and weapons handling systems. The Energy segment produces a wide range of hardware, pumps, valves, pressure vessels, fastening systems, specialized containment doors, airlock hatches, spent fuel management products, and fluid sealing technologies for nuclear power plants and nuclear equipment manufacturers. Curtiss-Wright was founded in 1929 and is based in Davidson, North Carolina.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 8
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 8
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 7
Year (2014) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-18 Nuclear Power Services

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Nuclear Power Services is a supplier of products and services to the Canadian nuclear market. NPSI operates an equipment manufacturing and test facility in Canada. The facility provides replacement equipment, aftermarket parts and testing services that improve the safety, reliability and extend the life of operating nuclear power plants.

Buy $8M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-17 Cimarron Energy

Houston, Texas, United States

Cimarron Energy is a manufacturer of engineered oil and natural gas production and processing equipment, providing separation, measurement, flowback, and environmental products, as well as field services, to oil and natural gas exploration and production and midstream companies. Cimarron Energy was established in 1976 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Sell $100M
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