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Standard Motor Products acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Standard Motor Products bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Gwo Yng (additional 15% equity interest, step acquisition giving 80% control)
Word for word“In July 2023, we acquired an additional 15 % equity interest in the joint venture for RMB 27,378,290 (approximately $ 4 million), thereby increasing our equity interest in Gwo Yng to 80 %.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionJuly 2023—
Kade Trading GmbH
Word for word“In October 2022, we acquired 100 % of the capital stock of Kade Trading GmbH (“Kade”) headquartered in Glinde, Germany for Euros 2.7 million (approximately $ 2.7 million) plus a Euros 0.5 million (approximately $ 0.5 million) earn-out based upon Kade’s performance in 2024 and 2025.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionOctober 2022Euros 2.7 million (approximately $ 2.7 million) plus a Euros 0.5 million (approximately $ 0.5 million) earn-out
Trombetta business
Word for word“In May 2021, we acquired the Trombetta business for $111.7 million.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionMay 2021$111.7 million
Soot sensor product lines from Stoneridge, Inc.
Word for word“In connection with our acquisitions in March 2021 and November 2021 of certain soot sensor product lines from Stoneridge, Inc., we incurred certain integration expenses in connection with the relocation of certain inventory, machinery, and equip ment from Stoneridge’s facilities in Lexington, Ohio and Tallinn, Estonia to our existing facilities in Independence, Kansas and Bialystok, Poland, respectively.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionMarch 2021 and November 2021—
Brake business
Word for word“In 1986, we acquired a brake business, which we subsequently sold in March 1998.” 10-K for 2023
divestitureMarch 1998—
AX V Nissens III ApS (now known as SMP Nissens III ApS) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (Nissens Automotive)
Word for word“In addition to our legacy SMP business, we acquired European automotive aftermarket parts supplier AX V Nissens III ApS (now known as SMP Nissens III ApS) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (“Nissens Automotive”) in a transaction which closed on November 1, 2024.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionNovember 1, 2024—
Foshan GWO YNG SMP Vehicle Climate Control & Cooling Products Co., Ltd. (Gwo Yng), additional 15% equity interest
Word for word“Cash used in investing activities during 2023 primarily consisted of (i) the payment of $4.0 million for our acquisition of an additional 15% equity interest in Foshan GWO YNG SMP Vehicle Climate Control & Cooling Products Co., Ltd. (“Gwo Yng”) and (ii) capital expenditures of $28.6 million, partially offset by $6.8 million of cash acquired in the Gwo Yng step acquisition.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition—$4.0 million
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Cash received from selling businesses
2016-12-31$67.3 million—
2017-12-31$6.8 million$0
2018-12-31$9.9 million$0
2019-12-31$43.5 million$4.8 million
2020-12-31$0$0
2021-12-31$125.4 million$0
2022-12-31$1.9 million—
2024-12-31$372.5 million—
2025-12-31$0—

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Standard Motor Products’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.