Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko to acquire Takagi for $750m.

Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko, a Japanese middle-market private equity firm, agreed to acquire Takagi, a manufacturing company that offers water purifiers, energy-saving products, and plastic injection moulding processing, for $750m. Leveraging the business foundation that the Takagi Group has built, NSSK aims to provide support through its unique NSSK Value-up Program (“NVP”), its business expertise, and its domestic and international network, working with the current management team so that the Company Group can achieve more robust growth in its next stage of development. NSSK will support the planning and implementation of business expansion and improvement measures such as the execution of a major capital expenditure program for its new factory, enhancement and productivity increases in its marketing and sales initiatives, among others.