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Prepared for Pratheesh V. | Delivered May 2, 2020
Cooper Wiring Devices
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Goals
Acquisitions made by Cooper Wiring Devices from 1998 to 2009.
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Early Findings
Cooper Wiring Devices is a division of Cooper Industries; now owned by
Eaton
Corporation.
Cooper Wiring Devices did not acquire any company between 1998 to 2009. However, its parent company,
Cooper
Industries, has acquired several companies within this period.
Cooper Industries finalized its acquisition of Eagle Manufacturing Co in March 2000. The company previously acquired
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all wiring companies. The same year, it announced that it was forming a new division known as Cooper Wiring Devices.
On the 27th of March 2000,
Cooper
Industries agreed to buy out Sigmas's B-Line Systems business for $425 million.
In
November
2000, it bought out
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& Quick for $11 million. The same month, it acquired
Shaper
Lighting for $8 million.
In January 2006, Cooper Industries bought out G&H
Technology
for an undisclosed amount. G&H Technology had sales of $21 million at the time.
In December
2007
, Cooper Industries announced that it was acquiring Sure Power Industries, OMNEX Control Systems, and Roam Secure for an aggregate purchase price of
$100 million.
The companies had combined sales if $62 million at the time.
SUMMARY
Our initial research showed that Cooper Wiring & Devices did not acquire any company between 1998 to 2009. Its parent company, Cooper Industries, acquired several companies during this timeline.
We also found that Cooper Wiring & Devices was formed by Cooper Industries in 2000 as an amalgamation of three businesses Cooper Industries purchased.
The acquired companies we found during our initial hour of research have been entered into this
spreadsheet
.
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