MedPlast Adds Integer’s Surgical and Orthopedics Lines

MedPlast Adds Integer’s Surgical and Orthopedics Lines

MedPlast Inc., a portfolio company of JLL Partners and Water Street Healthcare Partners, announced the largest deal in the Medical Device sector in May 2018. The company, which provides integrated custom plastic processing solutions for finished medical devices, acquired the advanced surgical and orthopedics lines (ASO) from Integer (NYSE: ITGR) for $600 million. The transaction includes 10 manufacturing facilities. The ASO business comprises products and services for the laparoscopy, general surgery, biopsy and drug delivery, arthroscopic devices and components and orthopedic markets. Integer, formerly known as Greatbatch, rebranded in 2016 under the Integer name. With this acquisition,... Read More »

Medical Device Maker Scooped Up for $1.7 Billion

Greatbatch, Inc. (NYSE: GB) is touting its “transformative deal” to acquire privately held Lake Region Medical for $1.73 billion. Transformative in that the combined company will be one of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers, serving the cardiac, neuromodulation, vascular, orthopedics and advanced surgical markets and posting revenue of approximately $1.5 billion. The transaction is expected to be double-digit accretive to cash EPS in 2016, the first full fiscal year post-closing, and meaningfully more accretive thereafter. It expects to achieve net annual synergies at the operating profit level of $25 million in 2016, which is expected to increase to at least $60 million in... Read More »