M&A Deal Summary

The Carlyle Group Acquires Rigaku

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

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

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-01-06
Target Rigaku
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

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 STATS #
Overall 690 of 744
Sector (Machinery) 17 of 20
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 206 of 220
Country (Japan) 25 of 29
Year (2021) 3 of 28
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