Download and read the November 2023 issue of the A&D Manufacturing Monthly, covering the latest M&A deal activity and valuation trends in the aerospace & defense manufacturing sector, which includes companies with capabilities such as precision machining, forming, sheet metal fabrication, tube bending, welding, brazing, plating, heat treatment, metal finishing, injection molding, composite manufacturing, testing, inspection and assembly. Sign up for the A&D Manufacturing Monthly distribution list to stay up-to-date on the headline acquisitions impacting your market and the current dynamics of the publicly traded strategic companies within the industry.
Key A&D Manufacturing Deals Announced
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Target: Casablanca, Morocco-based GOAM specializes in high-precision blade machining and manufactures various engine components for aircraft engine platforms such as LEAP 1A/1B/1C and CFM56. The company serves a variety of customers in the aerospace industry including Safran, Rolls Royce, General Electric, and Pratt & Whitney.
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Buyer: Miranda de Ebro, Spain-based Aciturri provides aircraft structural assemblies and engine components. It offers product definition engineering services, including calculation, test management, product support, and engineering materials review; development engineering services, such as manufacturing engineering, and engineering materials and processes.
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Terms: Transaction announced on September 29, 2023. Terms not disclosed.
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Target: Pflugerville, TX-based Essentiumis a manufacturer of high speed extrusion 3D printers and materials for private sector (automotive, biomedical, consumer goods, and contract manufacturing) and U.S. federal government aerospace and defense markets. The company's capabilities include casting, jigs and fixtures, masking, rapid prototyping, and tooling.
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Buyer: Ventura, CA-based Nexa3D manufactures and sells 3D printers. The company serves engineers, designers, and manufacturers. Additionally, It offers NXV, a 3D printer based on selflubricant sublayer photo curing technology that uses light to harden a photo-curing resin that is gradually extruded from a tank and NexaX, a file-to-part software platform.
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Terms: Transaction announced on November 6, 2023. Terms not disclosed.
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Target: Torrance, CA-based Creative Pathways provides tube and duct assemblies and specialized solutions to the aerospace industry. The company's key capabilities include tube bending, precision machining, orbital tube welding, TIG welding, Class 100 cleanroom, nondestructive testing, pressure testing, tool design & fabrication, and material resource planning.
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Buyer: Apple Valley, CA-based Tube Bending Technology is engaged in manufacturing and fabricating tubing, and tubing assemblies. The company’s services include tube bending, tube coiling, end finishing, processing, machining, NADCAP and commercial welding, assembly, and torch and induction brazing.
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Terms: Transaction announced on November 6, 2023. Terms not disclosed.
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