Canopy Growth Corporation (WEED.TO) (CGC) Acquires Storz & Bickel

Canopy Growth Corporation (WEED.TO) (CGC) (the “Company” or “Canopy Growth”) has finalized an all-cash transaction to acquire Storz & Bickel GmbH & Co. KG, related entities, and IP (collectively, “Storz & Bickel” or “S&B”) for a purchase price of up to approximately €145 million. With a 22-year track record of breakthrough innovations, Storz & Bickel is widely recognized as the global leader in vaporizer design and manufacturing.

Based in Tuttlingen, Germany, Storz & Bickel are designers and manufacturers of medically approved vaporizers, most notably the Volcano^® Medic and the Mighty^®Medic. Storz & Bickel has spent the last two decades developing an automated and internationally certified factory, achieving ISO 13485 certification in 2009. The company has exported devices to 50 markets around the world.

The acquisition will see Storz & Bickel’s eponymous founders Markus Storz and Jürgen Bickel remaining as a part of the organization to continue driving the business forward alongside Canopy Growth’s management.

“Joining Canopy will enable S&B to take the next significant development step forward. Access to Canopy Growth’s extensive portfolio of test laboratories as well as pharmaceutical and medical-scientific know-how opens up entirely new product development opportunities,” said Jürgen Bickel, CEO, Storz & Bickel. “I am looking forward to actively shaping this development personally in a senior leadership position. On the one hand to ensure continuity and on the other hand to accelerate the development together with the Canopy team to lead it to unprecedented heights.”

“We view this as a marquee acquisition of the most recognized technology company in the industry,” said Bruce Linton, Chairman & Co-CEO, Canopy Growth. “This Company is well positioned for the next wave of federally-regulated products in Canada beyond dried flower and edible oils. By combining Canopy’s existing designs and Canada’s open environment for federally permissible R&D with Storz & Bickel’s deep IP portfolio and management team, Canopy Growth is poised to lead the high-margin vaporizing category around the world.”

Storz & Bickel is a globally executing, profitable business with proven products and consistently increasing revenues. Its IP portfolio of 17 filed patents will improve Canopy Growth’s existing vaporizer design operations, overseen by Chief Technology Officer, Peter Popplewell, PhD.

Drawing on talent from Ottawa’s world-renowned tech ecosystem, Canopy Growth has a team of hardware and software engineers developing a line of advanced vaporizing devices.

Peter Popplewell commented, “S&B quite literally invented the vaporizer market. They make the best performing, highest quality, and most respected products in the segment. Leveraging their IP into the tech-heavy vaporizer designs we have in progress will allow us to bring products to market that will set a new bar in terms of quality, functionality, and consumer safety.”