Littelfuse Acquires Cole Hersee Company for $50M

Littelfuse Acquires Basler Electric Company for ~$350M

December 11, 2025

Manufacturing

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS) completed the acquisition of Basler Electric Company on December 11, 2025 for approximately $350 million in cash. The acquisition brings Basler’s electrical control and protection product portfolio and ~700 employees into Littelfuse to expand high-power application capabilities and deepen presence across mission‑critical industrial end markets such as power generation, grid/utility infrastructure and data centers.

Littelfuse Acquires Hartland Controls

January 28, 2021

Manufacturing

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS) has acquired Hartland Controls, a Rock Falls, Illinois-based manufacturer of electrical control products and engineered assemblies used primarily in HVAC/R and other industrial control applications. The seller was Incline Equity Partners; Hartland reported approximately $70 million in sales for 2020 and will be integrated into Littelfuse's industrial business to expand its control product portfolio and engineering capabilities.

Littelfuse Acquires Carling Technologies

November 30, 2021

Manufacturing

Littelfuse, Inc. acquired Carling Technologies, Inc. for $315 million in cash. The acquisition — completed in November 2021 — brings Carling's switching and circuit protection products, approximately $170 million in annualized sales and ~2,800 employees into Littelfuse's commercial vehicle business to expand its presence in commercial transportation and communications infrastructure markets.

Littelfuse Acquires C&K Switches from Sun Capital for $540 Million

July 19, 2022

Manufacturing

Littelfuse, Inc. has completed the acquisition of C&K, a designer and manufacturer of electromechanical switches, from an affiliate of Sun Capital / Sun European Partners for a total enterprise value of $540 million. C&K, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, has annualized sales of over $200 million and will be reported within Littelfuse's Electronics reporting segment.

Littelfuse Acquires Embed Ltd.

April 12, 2022

Software

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS) has acquired Embed, Ltd., a Coventry, United Kingdom–based embedded software and firmware engineering firm serving transportation end markets. The acquisition expands Littelfuse’s software engineering capabilities to better support increasing electronification and complex software needs in transportation applications.

Truck-Lite Acquires Lumitec

April 17, 2019

Automotive

Truck-Lite, Co., LLC has acquired Lumitec LLC, a designer and manufacturer of extreme-environment LED lighting and lighting control systems for marine, off-highway and specialty vehicle OEM and aftermarket customers. Brown Gibbons Lang & Company served as exclusive financial advisor to Lumitec; terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Truck-Lite’s product and OEM capabilities in marine and specialty vehicle lighting.