Littelfuse buys C&K Switches in $540m deal
Littelfuse在美国购买ck开关在一个deal worth $540m.
Littelfuse has a range of technologies, from silicon fuses and connectors to silicon carbide power MOSFETs and the Z80 processor. The deal follows the acquisition of switch maker Carling Technologies and heating and ventilation specialist Hartland Controls last year.
The company acquired Ixys Semiconductor and Monolith Semiconductor in 2018, with the TVS diodes, switching thyristors, and ignition IGBT product lines of ON Semiconductor and the Circuit Protection Devices business of TE Connectivity in 2016. It also acquired battery switch developer Menber’s in Legnago, Italy that year.
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C&K Switches was founded in 1928 and makes high-performance electromechanical switches and interconnect for industrial, transportation, aerospace, and datacom.
C&K Switches has sales of over $200 million a year and has a strong European focus with plants in France, Germany, China, India and Vietnam. The US headquartered company was acquired in 2000 by ITT Industries and spun off in 2007, acquiring Comax in China in 2008.
C&K saw an investment by Sun European Partners in 2017, acquiring Vuillermoz, a micro-mechanical components and tooling company in Germany in 2018 to help eliminate a tool shop bottleneck the Company had been experiencing. Last year C&K acquired EIS Electronics, a producer of cable and connector assemblies, increasing C&K’s customers in the high value aerospace and defence sector.
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