{"id":11951,"date":"2012-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/applied-kilovolts-has-been-acquired-by-itt-exelis\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T04:11:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T08:11:23","slug":"applied-kilovolts-has-been-acquired-by-itt-exelis","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/it\/transaction\/applied-kilovolts-has-been-acquired-by-itt-exelis\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied Kilovolts \u00e8 stata acquisita da ITT Exelis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Livingstone ha assistito gli azionisti di Applied Kilovolts nella vendita dell&#8217;azienda a ITT Exelis, produttore statunitense di tecnologie per la difesa e la sicurezza con una capitalizzazione di mercato di 2,3 miliardi di dollari.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Con sede a Goring-by-Sea, Sussex, Applied Kilovolts \u00e8 riconosciuta a livello mondiale come leader specializzata nelle alimentazioni ad alta tensione per apparecchiature avanzate nel settore delle scienze della vita, fornendo i propri prodotti a quasi tutti i principali produttori mondiali di spettrometri di massa.<\/p>\n<p>I mercati chiave dell&#8217;azienda stanno registrando una crescita globale sostenuta, grazie all\u2019adozione diffusa di tecnologie avanzate per l&#8217;analisi e il testing. Questa acquisizione rappresenta un passo strategico significativo per ITT Exelis, che mira a espandere le proprie capacit\u00e0 al di fuori dei tradizionali settori della difesa e della sicurezza.<\/p>\n<p>Livingstone ha gestito per conto degli azionisti di Applied un processo di vendita confidenziale e mirato, generando un forte interesse strategico internazionale nel settore delle apparecchiature di alimentazione. Exelis, spin-off del colosso statunitense ITT nel 2011, ha saputo soddisfare non solo le aspettative di valutazione degli azionisti, ma anche il desiderio del management di trovare un partner industriale solido e strategicamente allineato per il futuro.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cL&#8217;impegno di Exelis in questa operazione e la perfetta integrazione strategica con la nostra attivit\u00e0 consentiranno ad Applied Kilovolts di continuare a crescere e a sviluppare innovazioni nella tecnologia dell&#8217;alimentazione ad alta tensione. Abbiamo apprezzato la collaborazione con il team di Livingstone, che ha gestito un processo strutturato e rigoroso per identificare gli acquirenti con le giuste motivazioni strategiche. Il loro lavoro instancabile ha garantito le migliori condizioni possibili per gli azionisti\u201d<\/em>, ha dichiarato <strong>Kevin Wheelhouse, Managing Director di Applied Kilovolts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cL\u2019acquisizione di Applied Kilovolts amplia le nostre competenze tecniche, la nostra presenza globale e la nostra base clienti. Riteniamo che questa azienda e i suoi dipendenti si integrino perfettamente con l\u2019organizzazione Exelis, rafforzando la nostra posizione di leader tecnologico e fornitore nel mercato della strumentazione analitica commerciale\u201d<\/em>, ha aggiunto <strong>Ron Gordon, General Manager della divisione power solutions di Exelis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u00c8 stato un piacere collaborare con Kevin e il team di Applied Kilovolts. Hanno costruito nel tempo un\u2019azienda tecnologica di livello mondiale, e siamo certi che sotto la guida di Exelis questa crescita continuer\u00e0 e si accelerer\u00e0. Questa operazione rappresenta un altro importante successo per Livingstone nel settore dell\u2019elettronica, dopo la vendita di Cableform a Hubbell Inc. negli Stati Uniti all&#8217;inizio dell&#8217;anno e cinque operazioni nel settore elettronico concluse nel 2011\u201d<\/em>, ha commentato <strong>Graham Carberry, Director di Livingstone Partners<\/strong>, responsabile del processo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":2966,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-11951","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":"","date":"20120416","client_type":49,"type":[1127],"region":[392,393,1191],"services":[448],"sectors":[741,757],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":"","contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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