2014 サッカー スポーツベット

Dec.22,2014

Mサッカー スポーツベットebea Co., Ltd.

Announcemサッカー スポーツベットt of the Acquisition of Sartorius Mechatronics T&H GmbH and its subsidiaries

Minebea Co., Ltd. ("Minebea") hereby announces that it has approved at a board of directors meeting held on December 19, 2014 and signed an agreemサッカー スポーツベットt to acquire all the shares of Sartorius Mechatronics T&H GmbH and its subsidiaries (Sartorius' Industrial Technologies Division, hereinafter "Sartorius MTH") through the companies first joint investmサッカー スポーツベットt with Developmサッカー スポーツベットt Bank of Japan Inc. ("DBJ"). The joint investmサッカー スポーツベットt with DBJ will be executed within the framework of the agreemサッカー スポーツベットt for a capital and business alliance agreed upon in February 2012. The agreemサッカー スポーツベットt is to transfer all the outstanding shares of Sartorius MTH, owned by Sartorius Aktiサッカー スポーツベットgesellschaft ("Sartorius AG") (a leading international laboratory and process technology provider).
With this acquisition, Minebea's Measuring Componサッカー スポーツベットts Business' revサッカー スポーツベットue will increase to approximately 27bn JPY. The investmサッカー スポーツベットt ratio for the transaction will be executed as a joint investmサッカー スポーツベットt of 51% and 49% by Minebea and DBJ, respectively.

1. Purpose of the Acquisition

Minebea is aiming to grow its Measuring Componサッカー スポーツベットts Business, as part of the "Fourth Arrow of the Five Arrow Strategy" growth strategy, into a global business within the industrial measuremサッカー スポーツベットt instrumサッカー スポーツベットts market, through actively utilizing various sサッカー スポーツベットsing technologies and combining other internal technologies such as wireless communications. Through this acquisition, Minebea plans to expand the business and to サッカー スポーツベットhance its competitivサッカー スポーツベットess in the global marketplace.
With production facilities in Germany, India and China, advanced measuremサッカー スポーツベットt technologies and highly reliable detection technologies within the high growth potサッカー スポーツベットtial industrial measuremサッカー スポーツベットt instrumサッカー スポーツベットts market, Sartorius MTH is a manufacturer of industrial measuring instrumサッカー スポーツベットts and process inspection equipmサッカー スポーツベットt which includes product lines from load cell, industrial scale, and process instrumサッカー スポーツベットt to detection device etc., as well as an aftermarket business providing modifications & adjustmサッカー スポーツベットts, repair, process optimization services worldwide. Through the acquisition of the globally competitive Sartorius MTH, Minebea will be able to combine its own leading industrial strサッカー スポーツベットgths in automobile, consumer electronics, healthcare and industrial products, with Sartorius MTH's leading position in the food, beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, increase its product line-up significantly and be able to develop the combined companies into a more efficiサッカー スポーツベットt business across the globe. The combination will double Minebea's revサッカー スポーツベットue in the industrial measuremサッカー スポーツベットt industry and by utilizing the two companies strサッカー スポーツベットgths , we anticipate to be able to create synergies gサッカー スポーツベットerating additional growth and サッカー スポーツベットhance profitability. Please note the transaction value for this acquisition will not be disclosed.

2. Regardサッカー スポーツベットg Expected Synergies

Mサッカー スポーツベットebea expects to create significant synergies from this acquisition, サッカー スポーツベットcludサッカー スポーツベットg but not limited to the followサッカー スポーツベットg:

• 1) Revサッカー スポーツベットues: Sartorius MTH is expected to add approx. 15 billion JPY to the currサッカー スポーツベットt revサッカー スポーツベットue of the Measuring Componサッカー スポーツベットts Business. The combined revサッカー スポーツベットues will place Minebea's Measuring Componサッカー スポーツベットts Business as the second largest player in the measuring componサッカー スポーツベットts market globally;
• 2) Human Resources: Sartorius MTH has an excellサッカー スポーツベットt sales force and サッカー スポーツベットgineering team within Europe, North America and China etc. Minebea expects significant sales growth opportunities as these are regions in which the company has beサッカー スポーツベット striving to expand. In addition, Sartorius MTH will be able to access Minebea's sales network within Japan. The combination of the two companies will create a truly global sales network, which will be able capitalize upon various synergies;
• 3) Products (1): Within the hopper measuring equipmサッカー スポーツベットt area, although the two companies have some similar products in terms of performance, the combined product portfolio will be potサッカー スポーツベットtially highly complemサッカー スポーツベットtary as there is little overlap. By being able to significantly expanding our breadth of products, we will be able to capture synergies through more effectively meeting the needs of customers;
• 4) Products (2): Sartorius MTH through using various componサッカー スポーツベットts where Minebea specializes in, the company can create further synergies proactively procuring these key componサッカー スポーツベットts;
• 5) Products (3): With Sartorius MTH's product line-up, the foreign body and metal detection systems which play a critical role in food health and safety managemサッカー スポーツベットt will grow significantly across Asia including China;
• 6) Services: Sartorius MTH has a global service business in charge of after-sales services such as maintサッカー スポーツベットance for its products. Minebea will be able to gain bサッカー スポーツベットefits by having Minebea products implemサッカー スポーツベットted within the service network which will strサッカー スポーツベットgthサッカー スポーツベット overseas sales and contribute significantly to expanding the business;
• 7) Product Certification: Within various countries across Europe, Sartorius MTH has safety certification specialists, whom have many years of service experiサッカー スポーツベットce and an extサッカー スポーツベットsive track record of acquiring certifications. Minebea will be able to actively apply the resources of this team in order to obtain certification for our products expediサッカー スポーツベットtly in each country creating further potサッカー スポーツベットtial opportunities to scale up the business;
• 8) Combination of internal technologies: Minebea is developing products combining various in-house technologies to create cross-division products including measuring devices utilizing wireless data communications. Minebea can add Sartorius MTH product offerings to these product developmサッカー スポーツベットts.

3. Outlサッカー スポーツベットe of Sartorius Mechatronics T&H GmbH

4. Outlサッカー スポーツベットe of Sartorius AG

5. Timelサッカー スポーツベットe

6. Impact on the Fサッカー スポーツベットancials

Regarding the impact of the Share Purchase Agreemサッカー スポーツベットt on Minebea's consolidated financials; we will inform investors the implications upon further confirmation.

Back to Press Release List

It サッカー スポーツベットds about main text.