M&A Deal Summary

Wabtec Acquires Unifin International

On October 2, 2009, Wabtec acquired machinery company Unifin International from Koch Chemical Technology Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Wabtec’s 5th transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Wabtec’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Wabtec’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-10-02
Target Unifin International
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Wabtec
Sellers(s) Koch Chemical Technology Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Unifin International

London, Ontario, Canada
Unifin International LP, is a manufacturer of cooling systems and related equipment for the power generation and transmission industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Wabtec

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Category Company
Founded 1869
Sector Machinery
Employees29,000
Revenue 9.7B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Wabtec is a provider of value-added, technology-based products and services for the rail industry. Through its subsidiaries, the company manufactures a range of products for locomotives, freight cars, and passenger transit vehicles. Wabtec builds new switcher and commuter locomotives and provides aftermarket services, including locomotive and freight car fleet maintenance. Wabtec was formed in 1869 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 45
Sector (Machinery) 5 of 13
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 7
State (Ontario) 1 of 3
Country (Canada) 1 of 3
Year (2009) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-08 Standard Car Truck

Park Ridge, Illinois, United States

Standard Car Truck Co., is a rail equipment supplier. Car Truck is a provider in stabilization systems for freight cars, including engineered truck (undercarriage) components such as springs, friction wedges and wear plates.

Buy $300M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-15 Xorail

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Xorail LLC, is a provider of signal and communications engineering services to the railroad industry in North America. Xorail provides a variety of engineering, design and construction services, mainly for railway signaling systems. These services include design solutions for wayside signaling, positive train control systems and highway grade crossing warning systems, site surveys, systems integration, and field construction and installation of wayside equipment.

Buy $40M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Koch Chemical Technology Group

Wichita, Kansas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1945
Sector Machinery
DESCRIPTION

Koch Chemical Technology Group LLC is a designer and manufactures a wide variety of cooling systems.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Machinery) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2009) 1 of 1
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