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The Carlyle Group Acquires Rigaku

On January 6, 2021, private equity firm The Carlyle Group acquired machinery company Rigaku

Acquisition Context
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 17th transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is The Carlyle Group’s 25th transaction in Japan.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date January 6, 2021
Target Rigaku
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

Rigaku

Tokyo, Japan
Rigaku is a provider of analytical and industrial instrumentation technology. Rigaku offers general X-ray diffraction, thin-film analysis, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, small-angle X-ray scattering, protein and small molecule X-ray crystallography, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray optics, semiconductor metrology, X-ray sources, computed tomography, non-destructive testing, and thermal analysis. Rigaku was founded in 1951 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Buyer

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.

Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 692 of 750
Sector: Machinery 17 of 20
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 206 of 221
Country: Japan 25 of 30
Year: 2021 3 of 28
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-06 Amp Solar Group

Port Credit, Ontario, Canada

Amp Solar Group is a global renewable energy infrastructure manager, developer, and owner. Amp Energy has successfully developed over 1.8 gigawatts of distributed and utility-scale renewable generation projects, hybrid generation plus storage projects, and stand-alone battery storage projects around the world. Amp Solar Group was founded in 2009 and is based in Port Credit, Ontario.

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2021-01-08 Abbisko Therapeutics

Shanghai, China

Abbisko Therapeutics is an oncology focused biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative medicines for unmet medical needs in China and around the world. Abbisko Therapeutics was founded in 2016 and is based in Shanghai, China.

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