M&A Deal Summary

TransDigm Group Acquires Breeze-Eastern

On November 19, 2015, TransDigm Group acquired aerospace company Breeze-Eastern for 206M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TransDigm Group’s 12th transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is TransDigm Group’s 14th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is TransDigm Group’s 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is TransDigm Group’s 2nd transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-11-19
Target Breeze-Eastern
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) TransDigm Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 206M USD
Advisor(s) Harris Williams (Financial)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Legal)

Target

Breeze-Eastern

Whippany, New Jersey, United States
Breeze-Eastern Corp. is a designer and manufacturer of high performance lifting and pulling devices for military and civilian aircraft, including rescue hoists, winches and cargo hooks, and weapons-lifting systems.

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Buyer

TransDigm Group

Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Aerospace
Employees15,500
Revenue 6.6B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

TransDigm Group is a designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components for use on nearly all commercial and military aircraft platforms. TransDigm's major product lines include pumps, ignition system components, mechanical controls and actuators, engineered connectors, NiCad batteries and chargers, lavatory components and overhead bin latches. TransDigm Group was founded in 1983 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 30
Sector (Aerospace) 12 of 19
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 20
State (New Jersey) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 13 of 23
Year (2015) 7 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 14 of 20
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States

PneuDraulics, Inc. is a manufacturer of proprietary, highly engineered aerospace pneumatic and hydraulic components and sub-systems for commercial transport, regional, business jet and military applications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-24 Data Device

Bohemia, New York, United States

Data Device Corp. is a manufacturer of data bus, motion control, and solid state power controller products for a wide range of aerospace, defense and industrial applications. The company’s products are “designed-in” to a wide range vehicles and platforms, including most major North American and Western European military platforms. The company manufactures its products in New York and Ensenada, Mexico.

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