Manufacturing
Who acquires Manufacturing companies
222 distinct acquirers across 287 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Every buyer below has completed at least one acquisition in this sector.
Top 10 acquirers of Manufacturing companies
Ranked by number of acquisitions recorded in this sector, with the year of each buyer's latest one. A buyer that has done this more than once has a thesis, and a thesis is what makes an approach worth making.
| Acquirer | Deals here | Last deal |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick | 8 | 2024 |
| IDEX | 8 | 2023 |
| Worthington Enterprises | 5 | 2025 |
| IR | 4 | 2025 |
| IMI | 4 | 2022 |
| Cemtrex | 3 | 2026 |
| PMGC Holdings Inc. | 3 | 2026 |
| Standex | 3 | 2025 |
| Kadant | 3 | 2024 |
| Snap-on | 3 | 2023 |
Counted from 287 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Name variants of the same buyer (Inc, Corporation, Ltd) are counted together.
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Recorded transactions
| Target | Acquirer | Date | Value | EV/EBITDA | EV/Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modine Performance Technologies business | Gentherm Incorporated | 2026-10-01 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| SIA "Alzette" (GroGlass) | Apogee Enterprises | 2026-09-18 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Filtration Group Corporation | Parker-Hannifin Corporation | 2026-08-13 | $9.3bn | n/d | n/d |
| Broadwind Abilene wind tower facility | IES Infrastructure | 2026-04-30 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Stainless Design Concepts division of CVD Equipment Corporation | Atlas Copco Group | 2026-04-01 | $17m | n/d | n/d |
| EJECTT INC. | Aerkomm Inc. | 2026-03-11 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Advanced Precision Machining LLC | Pro-Dex | 2026-02-09 | $9m | n/d | n/d |
| Crawford United Corporation | SPX Enterprises | 2026-02-06 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Richland Industries LLC | Cemtrex | 2026-02-05 | $600k | n/d | n/d |
| SVM Machining | PMGC Holdings Inc. | 2026-02-02 | $2m | n/d | 0.8x |
| Amorphous Materials | LightPath Technologies | 2026-01-20 | $7m | n/d | n/d |
| Rubber Leaf Sealing Products (Zhejiang) Co. | Shanghai Yongliansen Import and Export Trading Co. | 2025-11-20 | $3m | n/d | n/d |
| Indarg Engineering | PMGC Holdings Inc. | 2025-10-26 | $550k | n/d | n/d |
| Broadwind Manitowoc industrial fabrication operations | IES Holdings | 2025-09-08 | $14m | n/d | n/d |
| AGA Precision Systems LLC | PMGC Holdings Inc. | 2025-07-18 | $650k | n/d | 0.5x |
| Luxfer Graphic Arts business | Vulcan Metals Specialty Products | 2025-07-02 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Termomeccanica | IR | 2025-07-01 | $180m | n/d | n/d |
| EWM | ESAB | 2025-06-26 | $310m | n/d | n/d |
| Elgen | Worthington Enterprises | 2025-06-19 | $93m | 7.0x | 0.8x |
| VACCO Industries | RBC Bearings | 2025-05-20 | $310m | n/d | n/d |
| Amentum - Rapid Solutions | Lockheed Martin | 2025-04-23 | $360m | n/d | n/d |
| AMMO | Olin Corporation | 2025-04-18 | $75m | n/d | n/d |
| Aspen Manufacturing | CSW Industrials | 2025-03-18 | $314m | n/d | n/d |
| Dellner | Wabtec | 2025-03-18 | $960m | n/d | n/d |
| Bristol Metals | Ta Chen International | 2025-03-12 | $45m | n/d | n/d |
| Kobelt | Twin Disc | 2025-02-18 | $17m | n/d | n/d |
| McStarlite | Standex | 2025-02-05 | $57m | n/d | n/d |
| Barnes Group Inc. | Apollo Global Management | 2025-01-27 | $3.6bn | n/d | n/d |
| Form Technologies | Ares Private Equity Group (PE) | 2025-01-21 | $304m | n/d | n/d |
| Pharmaloz Manufacturing | JL Projects | 2025-01-16 | n/d | n/d | n/d |
| Fiber Materials | Tex Tech Industries | 2025-01-13 | $165m | n/d | n/d |
| Bloom Engineering | Wabtec | 2024-12-30 | $69m | n/d | n/d |
| Crane Composites | KPS Capital Partners (PE) | 2024-12-02 | $227m | n/d | n/d |
| Custom Biogenic Systems | Standex | 2024-11-14 | $6m | n/d | n/d |
| Terphane | Oben Group | 2024-11-01 | $116m | n/d | n/d |
| Deflecto | Acacia Research | 2024-10-21 | $104m | n/d | n/d |
| EWP | Insteel Industries | 2024-10-21 | $70m | n/d | 0.8x |
| Regency Mint Manufacturing | A-Mark | 2024-10-14 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| GO Engineering | Concentric | 2024-09-18 | $31m | 9.9x | 0.8x |
| Mogas | Flowserve | 2024-08-13 | $290m | n/d | n/d |
| Marshall Excelsior | Dover | 2024-07-22 | $395m | n/d | n/d |
| AJR Enterprises | UFP Technologies | 2024-07-01 | $110m | 6.0x | 1.5x |
| FemtoTools | Oxford Instruments | 2024-06-11 | $18m | n/d | 1.6x |
| EMI Industries | LSI Industries | 2024-04-18 | $50m | n/d | n/d |
| NanoString Technologies | Bruker | 2024-04-17 | $393m | n/d | n/d |
| Inrad Optics | Luxium Solutions | 2024-04-09 | $19m | n/d | n/d |
| Resco Products | RHI Magnesita | 2024-03-29 | $430m | n/d | n/d |
| Ameron | Arcosa | 2024-03-11 | $180m | 9.0x | 1.9x |
| KWS | Kadant | 2024-01-24 | $84m | n/d | 1.9x |
| Associated Spring | One Equity Partners (PE) | 2024-01-11 | $175m | n/d | n/d |
| Sportech | Patrick | 2024-01-11 | $315m | n/d | n/d |
| American Pacific | Undisclosed | 2024-01-04 | $700m | n/d | n/d |
| Vian | Crane | 2024-01-03 | $103m | n/d | n/d |
| Signature Systems Group | Myers Industries | 2024-01-02 | $350m | n/d | n/d |
| Park-Ohio - Aluminum Products Business | Angstrom-USA LLC | 2023-12-29 | $53m | n/d | n/d |
| Key Knife | Kadant | 2023-12-28 | $156m | n/d | 2.4x |
| American Pacific | NewMarket | 2023-12-04 | $700m | n/d | n/d |
| Mountz | Snap-on | 2023-11-07 | $40m | n/d | n/d |
| Superior Technical Ceramics | IDEX | 2023-10-30 | $206m | n/d | n/d |
| Amiga | Beam | 2023-10-10 | $11m | n/d | n/d |
| Regal Rexnord's Industrial Motors and Generators Businesses | Weg | 2023-09-25 | $400m | n/d | n/d |
| Zeco | Munters AB | 2023-09-04 | $94m | n/d | 1.5x |
| Moritex | Cognex | 2023-08-29 | $275m | n/d | n/d |
| Specline | RBC Bearings | 2023-08-21 | $19m | n/d | 2.2x |
| Slack & Parr | Hayward Tyler | 2023-08-07 | $8m | n/d | 0.4x |
| Minntronix | Standex | 2023-07-31 | $30m | n/d | n/d |
| Precision Metal Works | Live Ventures | 2023-07-24 | $28m | n/d | n/d |
| Heisey Mechanical | Cemtrex | 2023-07-07 | $2m | n/d | n/d |
| Arag | Nordson | 2023-06-26 | $960m | n/d | n/d |
| Flex Composite Group | Michelin | 2023-06-19 | $789m | n/d | 3.5x |
| CFT | Lone Star Funds (PE) | 2023-06-15 | $520m | n/d | 1.8x |
| Natech Plastics | STRATEC | 2023-06-07 | $30m | n/d | 1.8x |
| Southern Hydraulic Cylinder | Miller Industries | 2023-05-31 | $18m | n/d | n/d |
| Special Melted Products | Cogne Acciai Speciali | 2023-05-05 | $203m | n/d | n/d |
| Iridian | IDEX | 2023-04-26 | $114m | n/d | n/d |
| Berg Pipe | Borusan Mannesmann | 2023-04-14 | $162m | n/d | n/d |
| TAMCO | SPX Technologies | 2023-04-03 | $125m | n/d | n/d |
| Velan | Flowserve | 2023-02-10 | $245m | 11.7x | 0.6x |
| Tufropes | Aimia | 2023-01-31 | $190m | n/d | n/d |
| Holden America | Trinity Industries | 2023-01-06 | $70m | n/d | n/d |
| FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies | Cactus Wellhead | 2023-01-03 | $621m | n/d | n/d |
| Metal-Fab | Olympic Steel | 2023-01-03 | $131m | n/d | n/d |
| Resolute Industrial | Aggreko | 2022-12-28 | $440m | n/d | n/d |
| Keronite | Curtiss-Wright | 2022-11-16 | $35m | n/d | n/d |
| Reka Cables | Nexans | 2022-11-10 | $60m | n/d | n/d |
| Lee Container | Greif | 2022-11-09 | $300m | n/d | n/d |
| MTL Cool | Due North | 2022-09-19 | $23m | n/d | n/d |
| Muon | IDEX | 2022-09-13 | $789m | n/d | n/d |
| TowHaul | Federal Signal | 2022-09-07 | $46m | n/d | n/d |
| GGB | Timken | 2022-09-06 | $305m | n/d | n/d |
| Ozark Materials | Ingevity | 2022-08-02 | $325m | n/d | n/d |
| Kinetic | Live Ventures | 2022-06-30 | $26m | n/d | n/d |
| CRS | Trajan | 2022-06-17 | $43m | n/d | n/d |
| Bahr Modultechnik | IMI | 2022-05-30 | $110m | n/d | n/d |
| Siemens - Commercial Vehicles Electric Propulsion Business | Meritor | 2022-05-20 | $214m | n/d | n/d |
| Halex Extrusion Dies | Exco Technologies | 2022-05-02 | $45m | n/d | n/d |
| Fill-Rite | Gorman-Rupp | 2022-04-27 | $525m | 15.2x | 3.8x |
| Habonim | ITT | 2022-04-04 | $140m | n/d | 3.2x |
| Hydraquip Hose & Hydraulics | Finning | 2022-03-22 | $100m | 9.0x | 2.5x |
| C. H. Evensen Industriovner | VoW | 2022-03-17 | $6m | n/d | n/d |
| Jorc | IR | 2022-02-02 | $30m | n/d | 2.1x |
| Royal Power Solutions | Eaton | 2022-01-05 | $600m | n/d | n/d |
| ACME | Dover | 2021-12-16 | $295m | n/d | n/d |
| IMG Companies | Ichor | 2021-11-16 | $270m | n/d | n/d |
| Adaptas Solutions | IMI | 2021-11-15 | $271m | n/d | n/d |
| Planetary Systems | Rocket Lab | 2021-11-15 | $42m | n/d | n/d |
| ALIO | Allient | 2021-11-04 | $20m | n/d | n/d |
| Garvey | Columbus McKinnon | 2021-11-04 | $74m | n/d | n/d |
| Tempel Steel | Worthington Enterprises | 2021-11-01 | $255m | 7.3x | 0.7x |
| Orbit | Husqvarna | 2021-10-26 | $480m | n/d | 1.5x |
| GIANT | AO Smith | 2021-10-19 | $192m | n/d | n/d |
| senseFly | AgEagle | 2021-10-18 | $23m | n/d | 1.8x |
| ParkUSA | Northwest Pipe | 2021-10-05 | $87m | 6.2x | 1.3x |
| Easytech | Silgan | 2021-10-04 | $37m | 4.7x | 0.8x |
| PCI | Celestica | 2021-09-21 | $306m | n/d | n/d |
| Pleatco Filtration | Pentair | 2021-09-15 | $255m | n/d | n/d |
| Sizewise Rentals | Agiliti | 2021-09-14 | $230m | n/d | n/d |
| Airxcel | THOR Industries | 2021-09-01 | $750m | n/d | n/d |
| TeraXion | indie Semiconductor | 2021-08-31 | $159m | n/d | n/d |
| ATI Industrial Automation | Novanta | 2021-07-19 | $172m | n/d | n/d |
| Clouth Group | Kadant | 2021-06-17 | $88m | n/d | 1.9x |
| Shiloh Industries - U.S. BlankLight Business | Worthington Enterprises | 2021-06-08 | $105m | 5.1x | 0.6x |
| Tegam | Advanced Energy | 2021-06-02 | $18m | n/d | 1.8x |
| Barber-Nichols | Graham | 2021-06-01 | $70m | n/d | 1.3x |
| Deep Sea Electronics | Generac | 2021-06-01 | $373m | n/d | n/d |
| Quickparts | Trilantic North America (PE) | 2021-06-01 | $82m | n/d | n/d |
| Stako | Westport | 2021-05-28 | $6m | n/d | n/d |
| Carlisle Brake & Friction | CentroMotion | 2021-05-25 | $375m | n/d | 1.4x |
| JSI Store Fixtures | LSI Industries | 2021-05-24 | $90m | n/d | n/d |
| Process Flow Technologies | Verzatec | 2021-05-24 | $360m | n/d | n/d |
| Airtech Vacuum | IDEX | 2021-04-27 | $470m | n/d | n/d |
| FoamPartner | Recticel | 2021-04-01 | $281m | n/d | n/d |
| HWC | Omni Cable | 2021-03-25 | $91m | 18.7x | 0.3x |
| ITASA | Neenah | 2021-03-02 | $231m | n/d | n/d |
| ADEY Innovation Ltd. | Polypipe Group | 2021-02-11 | $323m | n/d | n/d |
| General Tools & Instruments LLC | Worthington Enterprises | 2021-02-01 | $115m | n/d | n/d |
| 3D Hubs, Inc. | Proto Labs | 2021-01-19 | $330m | n/d | n/d |
| EnvisionTEC | Desktop Metal | 2021-01-15 | $300m | n/d | n/d |
| Novasep's Viral Vector Manufacturing Business | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 2021-01-15 | $817m | n/d | n/d |
| PCML | Total Capital Partners (PE) | 2021-01-14 | $19m | n/d | n/d |
| Allied Enterprises | Concentric | 2021-01-01 | $11m | n/d | n/d |
| Sparton Corp. | Elbit Systems of America LLC | 2020-12-23 | $380m | n/d | n/d |
| Compart Systems Pte Ltd. | Shanghai Wanye Enterprises | 2020-12-22 | $398m | n/d | n/d |
| Assembled Products | ATWEC | 2020-11-11 | $3m | n/d | n/d |
| Potters | TJC (PE) | 2020-10-15 | $650m | n/d | n/d |
| Balboa Water Group | Helios Technologies | 2020-10-12 | $219m | n/d | n/d |
| AutoCrib | Snap-on | 2020-09-29 | $36m | n/d | 1.2x |
| Alluxa | EnPro | 2020-09-28 | $255m | n/d | n/d |
| Lioli Ceramica Pvt. Ltd. | Caesarstone | 2020-08-31 | $34m | n/d | 1.9x |
| Total Containment Solutions Ltd. | Envair Technology | 2020-08-04 | $3m | n/d | n/d |
The 150 most recent of 287 recorded transactions in this sector. n/d means not disclosed. Most transactions close without a published multiple, which is why the disclosed count matters more than the median.
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