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New York, NY, September 30, 2019 –(PR.com)– BDA Partners is pleased to announce that its client, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (“Furukawa”), has agreed to establish a joint venture for global magnet wire business with Superior Essex Holding Corporation (“SPSX”).

On formation of the joint venture, Furukawa will integrate its heavy magnet wire business and polyimide tube business (including the medical product Vasculex®) with SPSX’s magnet wire business through a company split and investment in kind. Furukawa will retain its fine magnet wire, three-layer insulated wire and SUS Steel Wire businesses. Upon closing of the transaction, Superior Essex will own a 61% stake in the joint venture and Furukawa will own 39%. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. The transaction is subject to approval by regulatory and anti-trust authorities.

The joint venture is a continuation of Furukawa’s long-standing relationship with SPSX. SPSX is a long-time, reliable business partner, well-known to Western customers, and the world’s largest enamel wire manufacturer, operating 12 manufacturing plants globally including in the United States and China. This joint venture will enable the two companies to provide high value-added products and technological innovations required by customers globally, and to capture significant business opportunities for heavy magnet wire products created by the global expansion of the automobile electrification market.

BDA Partners was the exclusive financial advisor to Furukawa on the transaction.

BDA Deal Team
Koichiro Yasuda, Chairman, Managing Director, Tokyo
Jeff Acton, Managing Director, Co-Head of Tokyo Office
Toshiaki Yokohara, Director, Tokyo
Philip Lazar, Vice President, Tokyo

About Furukawa Electric
Furukawa Electric Group started business in 1884, when its copper-smelting facility and wire manufacturing factory was established. Since then, Furukawa Electric has become a pioneer in the latest technologies by addressing diverse technological issues. Furukawa Electric has released products in a number of areas, including telecommunications, electronics, automobiles, and construction, with the three types of materials it works with at their core, being optics, plastics, and metals. Many of these products have attained a top global market share, and all of its products have contributed to society in numerous business areas. www.furukawa.co.jp

About Superior Essex
Superior Essex is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of wire and cable products. The company’s Magnet Wire and Distribution business segment is the world’s largest producer of magnet wire, an insulated copper or aluminum conductor used by major original equipment manufacturers and distributors. Magnet wire is found in industrial motors, transformers and generators, automotive applications, electrical coils and controls, and appliances. In North America, the company also participates in the telecommunications industry through its Communications Cable business segment. Superior Essex is the industry leader in outside plant copper communications wire and cable products, which are used for voice and data transmission and are installed outdoors. It also manufactures and supplies fiber optic cables and premises copper cables, which are installed within houses and offices. www.superioressex.com

About BDA
BDA Partners is the global investment banking advisor for Asia. We are a premium provider of Asia-related advice to sophisticated clients globally, with over 20 years’ experience advising on cross-border M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring. We provide global reach with our teams in New York and London, and true regional depth through our seven Asian offices in Mumbai, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo. BDA has deep expertise in the Chemicals, Consumer & Retail, Health, Industrials, Services and Technology sectors. We work relentlessly to earn our clients’ trust by delivering insightful advice and outstanding outcomes. BDA Partners has strategic partnerships with William Blair, a premier global investment banking business, and with DBJ (Development Bank of Japan), a Japanese government-owned bank with US$150bn of assets.
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