MSA Safety Acquires Bacharach, Inc. from FFL Partners for $337M
May 27, 2021
MSA Safety Incorporated agreed to acquire Bacharach, Inc. from private equity firm FFL Partners for $337 million. The purchase adds Bacharach's gas and refrigerant leak detection and analysis instrumentation to MSA's gas detection portfolio, expanding MSA's addressable markets and product capabilities; Bacharach has roughly $70 million in annual revenue and about 200 employees across the U.S., Canada and Ireland.
- Buyers
- MSA Safety Incorporated
- Targets
- Bacharach, Inc.
- Sellers
- FFL Partners
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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