M&A Deal Summary

Valeo Acquires Niles CO.

On February 23, 2011, Valeo acquired automotive company Niles CO. for 320M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Valeo’s 3rd transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is Valeo’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Valeo’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-02-23
Target Niles CO.
Sector Automotive
Buyer(s) Valeo
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 320M EUR

Target

Niles CO.

Tokyo, Japan
Niles Co., a Japanese manufacturer of switches

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Valeo

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Automotive
Employees106,100
Revenue 21.5B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Valeo is an automotive provider, partner to all automakers worldwide. Valeo was founded in 1923 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 11
Sector: Automotive M&A 3 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 7
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-30 AML Systems

Paris, France

AML Systems, a spin-off of Valeo lighting business, designs, produces and commercializes.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-14 Jacob Fruitfield Foods

Dublin, Ireland

Jacob Fruitfield Foods Ltd is a manufacturer and distributes of biscuits, sauces, jams .

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