Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 16
Principal Mineral Buys Isola Group, Raises $280 Million for US Circuit Board Supply Chain
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 16

Principal Mineral Buys Isola Group, Raises $280 Million for US Circuit Board Supply Chain

1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 16

Summary

  • Principal Mineral acquired Isola Group, a Cerberus-backed maker of printed-circuit-board components, while separately securing about $280 million in fresh funding to expand its operations.
  • The Dallas-based company is using the deal and new capital to build a US-based supply chain for circuit boards, a critical input for products ranging from cars and aircraft to AI servers.
  • Financial terms for the Isola acquisition were not disclosed, but the funding round was led by Overmatch Ventures and The New Industrial Corp.
  • The move deepens a domestic manufacturing push around electronics components that underpin industrial, transportation and data-center hardware.

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