Digi-Star Is Acquired by Topcon

Industrial

Digi-Star, a portfolio company of Baird Capital, sale to Topcon


Summary

Digi-Star Investments, Inc. (“Digi-Star”), a Baird Capital US Private Equity ("Baird Capital") portfolio company, recently announced its sale to Topcon Positioning Group ("Topcon") for cash consideration of $133 million.

Baird served as financial advisor to Digi-Star on this transaction.

About

Digi-Star is a leading global manufacturer of electronic sensing systems, machine control units, precision load cells and data management software to optimize agricultural and industrial equipment performance. Digi-Star is headquartered in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin with operations in North America and Europe.

Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments in strategically targeted sectors around the world. Since 1989, Baird Capital’s U.S. Private Equity group has invested in growing and profitable lower-middle-market companies in the Services, Healthcare and Products sectors. Having invested in more than 285 companies over its history, Baird Capital partners with entrepreneurs and, leveraging its executive networks, strives to build exceptional companies. Baird Capital is the direct private investment arm of Robert W. Baird & Co. Baird Capital is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Topcon designs, manufactures and distributes precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, BIM, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets. Its brands include Topcon, Sokkia, Tierra, Wachendorf Elektronik and 2LS. Topcon is headquartered in Livermore, California, and is an operating segment of Topcon Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Industrial

Digi-Star, a portfolio company of Baird Capital, sale to Topcon

Date
April 2015
Company
Digi-Star Investments, Inc.
Transaction
M&A - Sellside
Sectors
Industrial
Verticals
Machinery & Equipment
Target Geography
North America
Acquiror Geography
Asia

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