M&A Deal Summary

Safran Acquires ABnote Czech s.r.o.

On November 7, 2012, Safran acquired information technology company ABnote Czech s.r.o.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Safran’s 3rd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Safran’s 1st transaction in Czech Republic.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-11-07
Target ABnote Czech s.r.o.
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Safran
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

ABnote Czech s.r.o.

Ostrava, Czech Republic
ABnote Czech s.r.o. is a provider of secure document solutions. Its primary products include EMV and mag stripe financial cards (such as debit and credit cards), identification documents (such as passports, national Identity cards and driver's licenses), commercial plastic cards (gift, loyalty and membership), and secure documents (savings bonds, stock certificates, vital records, and checks). The company is also a leader in innovative services and solutions, such as its NFC mobile payment platform, multiple TSMs throughout the world, and personalization, secure warehousing, distribution and fulfillment capabilities worldwide.

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Buyer

Safran

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1924
Sector Aerospace
Employees96,390
Revenue 27.7B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Safran operates in four segments: aerospace propulsion, aircraft equipment, defence, and security. Safran was founded in 1924 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 25
Sector: Information Technology M&A 3 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 19
Country: Czech Republic M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-07 CPS Technologies SAS

Craponne, France

CPS Technologies SAS is a provider of bank card personalization solution in France. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Craponne, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-04 Morpho Detection

Newark, California, United States

Morpho Detection, Inc. is a manufacturer and supplier of detection systems and services to improve mission-critical security at airports, borders and other high-risk critical infrastructure sites such as nuclear power plants, military installations and government buildings. It also provides extensive services to maintain and upgrade its broad installed base of equipment and related products.

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