M&A Deal Summary

Rotork Acquires Bifold Fluidpower

On August 28, 2015, Rotork acquired electrical equipment company Bifold Fluidpower from LDC for 125M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rotork’s 5th transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Rotork’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Rotork’s 4th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-08-28
Target Bifold Fluidpower
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Rotork
Sellers(s) LDC
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 125M GBP

Target

Bifold Fluidpower

Manchester, United Kingdom
Bifold Fluidpower Ltd. is a designer and manufacturer of switching instrument valves and pumps for the oil and gas industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Rotork

Bath, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1957
Sector Manufacturing
Employees3,493
Revenue 754M GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Rotork is a manufacturer and flow control company that operates in any market where the flow of gasses or liquids needs to be controlled. It has established manufacturing facilities, a global network of local offices and agents who can truly provide a worldwide service. You will be able to locally source Rotork's products, supported by life-of-plant maintenance, repair and upgrade services. Rotork was founded in 1957 and is based in Bath, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 21
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 5 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 18 of 18
Country: United Kingdom M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-04 M&M International

Milan, Italy

M&M International is a manufacturer of piston actuated valves and solenoid valves. M&M International is based in Milan, Italy.

Buy €10M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-21 M&M International

Milan, Italy

M&M International is a manufacturer of piston actuated valves and solenoid valves. M&M International is based in Milan, Italy.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

LDC

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 3.9B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

LDC is the private equity and investment arm of Lloyds Banking Group. LDC invests in mid-market companies throughout the UK. LDC seeks high growth businesses with at least two years of profitability (greater than £1 million). The Firm looks to commit £2 to £100 million in companies generating at least £5 million in revenue. Areas of interest include cleantech/environmental, construction/property, financial services, healthcare, industrials, retail/consumer, support services, TMT and travel/leisure. Prospective transaction types includes acquisition financings, development capital, equity release, MBOs, MBIs, mergers, private placements, and secondary buy-outs. LDC was formed in 1981 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 89 of 210
Sector: Electrical Equipment M&A 3 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 42 of 97
Country: United Kingdom M&A 86 of 204
Year: 2015 M&A 8 of 11
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 62
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-11 Centiq

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Centiq have been designing, building, managing and optimising SAP platforms, even deploying the very first SAP HANA implementation in the UK. Centiq was founded in 1998 and is based in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-01 Airline Components Services

Essex , United Kingdom

Airline Components Services specialises in the supply and repair cycle management of rotable flying controls and structural components to Airlines, Air Transport Operators, aircraft spare parts traders and MRO’s throughout the world. Airline Components Services was founded in 2005 and is based in Essex, United Kingdom.

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