# STERIS plc acquires Cantel Medical Corp for $3.6 billion

STERIS plc acquired Cantel Medical Corp for approximately $3.6 billion in equity value ($4.6 billion enterprise value), adding infection-prevention products and a new Dental segment.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2021-06-01
- Where: Little Falls, New Jersey, United States
- Value: $3.60B
- Status: completed
- Products: infection-prevention products, endoscopy reprocessing equipment, dental infection-prevention products
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Cantel Medical](https://endata.com/companies/25940.md) (target)
- [Steris](https://endata.com/companies/37791.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [vectorshift.ai](https://vectorshift.ai/research/deals/steris-cantel-medical-2021), 2021-06-02: "Management framed Cantel as a complementary extension of STERIS's product and service portfolio that broadened its infection-prevention leadership, reached new dental customers, and was expected to deliver about $110 million of EBIT synergies by year four while being accretive to adjusted EPS in yea"

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