269 news items tagged merger
GlobalWafers raises bid to acquire Siltronic
Monday 25 January 2021GlobalWafers has announced that the price for its tender offer to all Siltronic shareholders has been increased to EUR145 (US$176.53) per share.
ASE Technology posts record profit for 2020
Tuesday 19 January 2021Backend house ASE Technology has reported net profit of NT$27.59 billion (US$985.37 million) on consolidated revenue of NT$476.98 billion for 2020, with both results hitting the highest...
Pegatron expects merger with Casetek to complete in January 2021
Tuesday 1 December 2020Pegatron expects its merger with Casetek Holdings to complete on January 15, 2021, earlier than its original target timeframe, thanks to faster-than-expected approval by related au...
Bough Lin to resign as SPIL chairman
Monday 30 November 2020Bough Lin will resign as chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), according to ASE Technology, the parent company for SPIL.
GlobalWafers in talks to acquire Siltronic
Monday 30 November 2020Germany-based Siltronic has disclosed it is in advanced, near to final discussions to enter into a business combination agreement with Taiwan-based GlobalWafers.
2020 second-highest year for semi M&A, says IC Insights
Wednesday 30 September 2020Two huge purchase agreements in July and September have guaranteed that 2020 will become at least the second-largest year in history for semiconductor merger and acquisition announcements,...
Pegatron to merge with Casetek
Friday 14 August 2020Pegatron has announced plans to merge with its metal chassis-making affiliate Casetek Holdings in a NT$14.5 billion (US$492.84 million) deal that aims to optimize the group's resources...
100 IC wafer fabs closed or repurposed since 2009, says IC Insights
Monday 30 March 2020Over the past decade, the IC industry has been paring down its older capacity as manufacturers have consolidated or transitioned to the fab-lite or fabless business models, according...
China lifts restrictive conditions on ASE-SPIL merger
Thursday 26 March 2020The Anti-Monopoly Bureau in China has lifted its restrictive conditions on the joint establishment of ASE Technology Holding by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware...
Nuvoton braces for impact from acquiring loss-making business from Panasonic
Tuesday 10 December 2019Acquiring Panasonic's loss-making semiconductor business will have a negative impact on Nuvoton Technology's profitability in the short term, and it may take time for the business...
Synergy from acquiring Kemet: Q&A with Yageo chairman Pierre Chen
Tuesday 19 November 2019Taiwan-based Yageo announced recently plans to acquire fellow US-based passive component company Kemet in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.8 billion. The acquisition is expected...
Diodes takeover of Lite-On Semi faces pressure from China
Friday 18 October 2019Diodes' planned takeover of Lite-On Semiconductor has gained regulatory approvals in the US and Taiwan, but China's regulatory body has recently claimed that both firms have failed...
ASE, PTI post revenue decreases in 1Q19
Thursday 11 April 2019Major Taiwan-based backend houses ASE Technology Holding and Powertech Technology (PTI) have both reported sequential decreases of 22.1% and 13.2%, respectively, in consolidated revenues...
Kaimei, Teapo announce merger through share swap
Thursday 14 March 2019Kaimei Electronic and Teapo Electronic have agreed to merge through exchange of one Kaimei share for 1.165 Teapo shares, with Kaimei to be the surviving company, according to the...
Backend firms KYEC, Kingpak and GEM to see sales buck seasonal trends in 1H19
Tuesday 12 March 2019King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Kingpak Technology and GEM Services are expected to see their sales growth exceed the seasonal average in the first half of 2019, outperforming their...
ASE expects revenues to drop in 1Q19
Thursday 31 January 2019ASE Technology Holding expects revenues to drop in the first quarter of 2019, due to inventory correction at customers engaged in the handset- and communication-related IC sector...
Auto parts maker AVY to merge with Jabon via share swap
Tuesday 29 January 2019Taiwan's metal stamping parts maker AVY Precision Technology will merge with powder metallurgy specialist Jabon International via a share swap, in an effort to focus more on developing...
Value of semiconductor M&A falls considerably
Friday 18 January 2019The historic flood of merger and acquisition agreements that swept through the semiconductor industry in 2015 and 2016 slowed significantly in 2017 and then eased back further in...
Worldwide semiconductor revenues grow 13% in 2018, says Gartner
Tuesday 15 January 2019Worldwide semiconductor revenues totaled US$476.7 billion in 2018, a 13.4% increase from 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Memory strengthened its position as the...
Stay focused: Q&A with NXP executive Steve Owen
Tuesday 18 September 2018NXP Semiconductors has gone through several periods of restructuring since its departure from Philips, followed by privatization, and mergers and acquisitions. Steve Owen, executive...
Tsinghua Unigroup to buy stake in ASE subsidiary
Tuesday 14 August 2018Tsinghua Unigroup has agreed to buy a 30% stake in Suzhou ASEN Semiconductors, which is wholly owned by ASE Technology Holding, according to the Taiwan-based IC assembly and test...
ASE posts 5.5% revenue growth in July
Friday 10 August 2018ASE Technology Holding, a Taiwan-based provider of IC assembly and test services, has reported consolidated revenues for July 2018 increased 5.5% sequentially to NT$32.74 billion...
KYEC to merge with fellow backend company
Wednesday 8 August 2018King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has agreed to merge with Dawning Leading Technology (DL-Tek), in which KYEC already holds a 33.5% stake, according to the companies. The merger is set...
ASE Industrial likely to post 20% revenue growth in 3Q18
Monday 30 July 2018ASE Industrial holding, the parent company of IC backend houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), is expected to report revenue...
Yageo to buy Pulse Electronics for US$740 million
Wednesday 23 May 2018Taiwan-based Yageo has reached a deal to buy US-based Pulse Electronics, a supplier of electronic components, for US$740 million in cash.