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Transactions / Assembly & Test Worldwide
TSCP Sells Assembly & Test Worldwide to ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Retains Ownership of Detroit Tool & Engineering Company
Exit to a strategic buyerannouncedannounced Jan 5, 2011Fact
What happened
- Platform
- not an add-on on record
- Control
- unknown
- Share acquired
- unknown
- Industry
- construction_engineering / engineering
- Target location
- OH, US
- Seller kind
- Sponsor
- Rollover
- unknown
Values, only where disclosed
- Enterprise value
- Not disclosed
- Purchase price
- Not disclosed
- Equity value
- Not disclosed
- Target revenue
- Not disclosed
- Target EBITDA
- Not disclosed
- Multiple
- Not disclosed
Parties and roles
5 named
Buy side
- “TSCP Sells Assembly & Test Worldwide to ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Retains Ownership of Detroit Tool & Engineering Company”
- “Jim Cooper, Senior Managing Partner of Thompson Street said, “I’m confident ATW will create value for ATS moving forward, and that ATS will be good stewards of the ATW business.”
Sell side
- “Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St. Louis, today announced the sale of the U.S.-based and German automation and test systems businesses of Assembly & Test Worldwide, Inc. (ATW) to ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc. (ATS) of Cambridge, Ontario.”
Advisory side
- Quarton PartnersSell-side adviserconfirmed“TSCP was advised by Quarton Partners through the transaction.”
Side not stated
- “TSCP Sells Assembly & Test Worldwide to ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Retains Ownership of Detroit Tool & Engineering Company”
Evidence
“TSCP Sells Assembly & Test Worldwide to ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Retains Ownership of Detroit Tool & Engineering Company”
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