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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-134811"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALOT"
cik: "0000008146"
company_name: "AstroNova, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T07:46:03.321757+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AstroNova acquires MTEX NS for €24.3M; expects $8-10M revenue add this fiscal year

## Summary
- Enterprise value €24.3M plus up to €4M earnout based on revenue growth targets over three years.
- AstroNova expects the deal to add $8-10M in revenue in the current fiscal year.
- MTEX NS is a Portugal-based digital printing leader; becomes wholly owned subsidiary; CEO Elói Ferreira remains.
- Acquisition funded via amended senior bank debt facilities; adds packaging, label, and DTF printing adjacencies.
- Expands AstroNova's Product Identification segment and geographic reach in Europe, Middle East, Americas.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-134811
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALOT
- cik: 0000008146
- company_name: AstroNova, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8146/000119312524134811/0001193125-24-134811-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8146/000119312524134811/d836247d8k.htm

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