M&A Deal Summary

Trimble Acquires TopoSys

On September 26, 2008, Trimble acquired electronics company TopoSys

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Trimble’s 5th transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Trimble’s 6th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-09-26
Target TopoSys
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Trimble
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

TopoSys

Biberach, Germany
TopoSys GmbH, a aerial data collection systems are used by service companies collecting geospatial data by LiDAR and photogrammetry as well as state authorities and municipalities involved in supplying geospatial information.

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Buyer

Trimble

Westminster, Colorado, United States

Category Company
Founded 1978
Sector Information Technology
Employees12,700
Revenue 3.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Trimble Navigation's corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.
Entrance to Trimble Navigation's corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

Trimble is a provider of location-based solutions. The Company integrates its positioning expertise in GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software, wireless communications, and services to provide an array of commercial solutions. Trimble's technology serves a variety of industries including agriculture, engineering and construction, transportation and wireless communications infrastructure. Trimble was founded in 1978 and is based in Westminster, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 27 of 106
Sector: Electronics M&A 5 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 24 of 93
Country: Germany M&A 6 of 11
Year: 2008 M&A 6 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-09-17 RolleiMetric

Germany

RolleiMetric GmbH, develops and commercializes camera systems and software designed for aerial imaging and terrestrial close range photogrammetry.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-31 Tru Count

Ames, Iowa, United States

Tru Count, Inc., is a manufacturer of air and electric clutches that automate individual planter row shut-off. The low-cost Tru Count Air Clutch is placed on each planter row and is controlled with compressed air pneumatically from the tractor cab by a Global Positioning System (GPS) system or manual controller.

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