News - Mergers and Acquisitions
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Reactive Group acquires Arraid, a US-based legacy data storage specialist, and revamps products for the defense and industrial automation, and semiconductor manufacturing markets
Reactive Group, a leading independent company specializing in the design, manufacture, sales and support of data storage and networking products, has acquired Arraid Inc., based in Phoenix, Arizona in the USA. Arraid is a manufacturer of replacement data storage solutions for ageing disk, tape and floppy drives on legacy computer systems and its acquisition is a natural extension of Reactive Group's specialist engineering heritage in prolonging the life of legacy computer systems.
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Cavium to Acquire QLogic
Opportunity to drive significant growth at scale in data center and storage markets
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Two More Verific Licensees Achieve Successful Exits
Longtime Customers Yogitech, Rocketick Acquired by Intel, Cadence, Respectively
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Mercury Systems to Acquire Embedded Security, RF and Microwave, and Custom Microelectronics Businesses from Microsemi Corporation
• Acquisition creates Defense industry's largest commercial embedded secure processing company • Adds secure solid-state storage to Mercury's industry-leading processing capabilities • Nearly doubles Mercury's RF and Microwave business, adding capabilities, scale and synergies • Provides new capabilities in embedded security and custom microelectronics • Transaction expected to be highly accretive to FY17 adjusted EPS and adjusted EBITDA margin • Expects to raise target financial model to 22 - 26% adjusted EBITDA margin in FY17
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Microsemi Announces Definitive Agreement to Divest Business to Mercury Systems, Inc.
- Company Focusing on Core Strategic Solutions, Continuing Move Toward Higher Value IC and SoC Offerings - Improves Company's Overall Profitability Metrics and Growth Profile
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Integrated Microwave Technologies (IMT) Acquired by xG Technology, Inc.
IMT Customers Now Have Access to the Secure, Deployable-on-Demand xMax Mobile Broadband System for their Critical Communications
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e2v strengthens semiconductors business with acquisition of Signal Processing Devices
e2v has strengthened its investment in high performance electronic solutions with the acquisition of Swedish signal processing design and development company, Signal Processing (SP) Devices.
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XP POWER Acquires EMCO High Voltage Corporation
XP Power announced today that it has acquired the business and assets of EMCO High Voltage Corporation ("EMCO"), a designer and manufacturer of high voltage power modules, for a total cash consideration of US$ 12.0 million (£7.8 million). EMCO, based in Northern California and with manufacturing operations in Nevada, supplies the industrial and medical sectors with a broad range of standard, modified and custom high voltage products.
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Brite Semiconductor Acquires Architectural License to Uniquify's DDR Technology to Consolidate Core IP Technology
Architectural license enables Brite to develop full DDR IP offerings for SMIC 40nm and 28nm，including LPDDR2, DDR3, LPDDR3, DDR4, and LPDDR4
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Core Avionics & Industrial Announces the Acquisition of OpenGL Graphics Driver Intellectual Property for a Range of Graphics Processors for use in Safety Critical Real Time Systems
CoreAVI announces the purchase of all residual intellectual property assets of ALT Software through ALT Software's bankruptcy proceedings in Canada, where ALT Software had been headquartered. This acquisition allows for support of legacy and future graphics systems based on these technologies and expands CoreAVI's existing line of OpenGL Graphics Driver products, resulting in the broadest offering in the industry.
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GEtting closer to “all in” on Industrial Internet – GE divests embedded systems business unit
If you weren’t 100 percent they were all in on the Industrial Internet, you are now. The latest chapter in a saga of moves to restructure the GE leviathan was made public yesterday, with the company officially announcing the sale of its Embedded Systems business unit to venture capitalist firm Veritas Capital for an undisclosed [...]
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Dialog Semiconductor to acquire Atmel for $4.6 Billion
London, United Kingdom and San Jose, California - Dialog Semiconductor (XTRA: DLG) and Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) announced today that Dialog has agreed to acquire Atmel in a cash and stock transaction for total consideration of approximately $4.6 billion. The acquisition creates a global leader in both Power Management (2) and Embedded Processing solutions. The transaction results in a fast growing and innovative powerhouse, supporting Mobile Power, IoT and Automotive customers. The combined company will address an attractive, fast growing market opportunity of approximately $20 billion by 2019.
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Keysight Technologies Announces Purchase of Electroservices Enterprises Ltd.
Move Further Expands Calibration, Asset Management Services Offering in Europe
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SWINDON Senses a Bright Future
SWINDON acquired by Sensata Technologies a $2.4bn global business in Almelo, The Netherlands, and one of the MEMS Industry Group's top 30 companies
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Harris Williams & Co. Advises JR Automation Technologies, LLC on its Sale to Crestview Partners
Harris Williams & Co. acted as the exclusive financial advisor to JR Automation Technologies and the company's shareholders, The Huizenga Group. The transaction was led by Bill Roman, Jay Hernandez and Nicholas Dager of Harris Williams & Co.'s Boston office.
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Sparton Acquires Stealth.com
Founded in 1990, Stealth.com, located in Woodbridge, Ontario, is a build-to-order, specialty configurator of high performance ruggedized industrial grade computers systems and peripherals that include mini PCs, rackmount server PCs, portable PCs, and LCD touch screen displays. These products service Military, Government, Industrial, and Commercial markets.
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Cypress and Spansion Complete $5 Billion All-Stock Merger
Merger Creates $2 Billion Global Leader in MCUs and Specialized Memories for Embedded Systems No. 1 in SRAMs, No. 1 in NOR flash and No. 3 in MCUs and Memories for the Automotive Market
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ReFLEX CES takes over PLDA Group's hardware business
ReFLEX CES, a provider of Modified-Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) solutions and turnkey embedded systems, has added the hardware businesses of its sister companies in the PLDA Group, PLDA and Accelize.
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Cypress and Spansion to Merge in $4 Billion All-Stock Transaction
The combined company will: • Be a $2 billion global leader in microcontrollers and specialized memories for embedded systems • Be No. 1 worldwide in NOR Flash memories • Be No. 1 worldwide in SRAM memories • Provide significant EPS accretion with $135 million in annual synergies • Provide ~50% ownership each for Cypress and Spansion shareholders • Pay an $0.11 per share quarterly dividend to all shareholders • Have T.J. Rodgers of Cypress as CEO and Ray Bingham of Spansion as non-executive chairman
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KORE Wireless Group to Acquire RacoWireless
Combined Entity with Heightened Scale Will Drive Global Adoption and Innovation in the Fastest-Growing Segment of the Wireless Communications Industry
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EnerNOC Enhances Energy Intelligence Software Platform With Acquisition of World Energy Solutions
EnerNOC to Acquire Leading Cloud-Based Supply Procurement Software Vendor
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SiTime to be Acquired by MegaChips for $200M
Largest acquisition of a venture-backed semiconductor company in 2014
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JMC Capital Partners Announces the Acquisition of Nematron
Headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan, Nematron is a manufacturer of innovative computer and visualization solutions for the industrial automation industry.
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TE Connectivity Completes Acquisition of the SEACON Group
Expands Range of Connectivity Solutions for the Oil and Gas Sector
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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Tail-f Systems
Acquisition Advances Cisco's Cloud Virtualization Portfolio with Industry-Leading Network Service Orchestration Technology
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Staci Corporation Acquired By Centre Lane Partners, Llc
STACI Corporation, a leading Electronics Manufacturing Service (EMS) provider, was recently acquired by Centre Lane Partners, LLC.
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Molex Acquires the Heavy-duty Connector Business of Italy-Based Manufacturer Westec s.r.l.
Acquisition expands global presence of Molex industrial connector business
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Lenovo Plans to Acquire IBM's x86 Server Business
The purchase price is approximately US$2.3 billion, approximately two billion of which will be paid in cash and the balance in Lenovo stock.
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RivieraWaves Licenses its Bluetooth Smart 4.1 Intellectual Property to Dialog Semiconductor.
RivieraWaves Bluetooth Smart IPs enable best in class Bluetooth Smart ICs Sophia-Antipolis, France - April 28th, 2014 - RivieraWaves, leading provider of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi silicon and software intellectual property (IP), today announced that Dialog Semiconductor has licensed RivieraWaves Bluetooth Smart 4.1 baseband controller, software protocol stack and profiles for use in its Bluetooth Smart ICs.
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Thermo Bond Buildings acquires Precast Concrete assets of Mobile/Modular Express II, LLC
Thermo Bond Buildings, LLC, a leading provider of Custom Lightweight Equipment Enclosures for the Telecom, Government, Fiber and Power Generation Industries, today announced that they have acquired the Precast Concrete Assets of Mobile/Modular Express II.
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Aeroflex Announces the Acquisition of Shenick Network Systems
Acquisition of Unique Software Based Virtual Test Solution Expands Aeroflex Into Next Generation Networks
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The Embedded Computing and Power Business of Emerson Network Power is Now Artesyn Embedded Technologies
Rebrand launched following transition to new ownership - A new name with a long heritage in power conversion and network computing solutions
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Avnet, Inc. Acquires Remaining Interest in MSC Investoren GmbH
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) announced today that it has acquired the remaining interest in MSC Investoren GmbH ("MSC Group").
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OpenSystems acquires Embedded Star, FPGA and EDA sites, extends reach in embedded publishing
OpenSystems Media has acquired the assets of Online Destiny, a leading provider of blogs and websites for the embedded, FPGA, and EDA market segments. Incorporating Online Destiny's resources into the OpenSystems Media portfolio furthers the company's readership and expands the company's lead generation capabilities, enabling clients to extend their influence on the embedded marketplace.
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Excelitas Technologies Completes Acquisition of Qioptiq
Transforms Excelitas into an End-to-End Provider of Advanced Photonic Subsystems and Solutions
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VMware Acquires Desktone, Pioneer of Desktop-As-A-Service
Desktone's Innovative DaaS Platform and VMware Horizon View(tm) offers service providers the industry leading platform for cloud delivery of Windows desktops and applications to any user, anywhere, on any device
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Curtiss-Wright Acquires Parvus Corporation
Leading Provider of Rugged Computing and Networking Systems Serving the Defense and Industrial Markets
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N.A.T. acquired assets of former MicroBlade Inc.
N.A.T., a leading manufacturer and provider for infrastructure and board level products as well as turnkey-solution for MicroTCA, announce the acquisition of the assets of former MicroBlade Inc..
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Emerson Reaches Agreement to Sell Majority Interest In Embedded Computing & Power Business to Platinum Equity
Emerson will receive approximately $300 million in cash and will retain a 49 percent noncontrolling interest in the business, which will operate as an independent company. Share repurchase will be increased by $600 million to offset associated earnings dilution.
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ASSET InterTech and Arium join forces to increase visibility into complex system development
ASSET(r) InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com), the leading supplier of tools for embedded instrumentation, today acquired Arium (www.arium.com), an Irvine, Calif., provider of software debug tools for systems based on Intel(r) and ARM(r) processors. Arium's debug tools will be integrated into ASSET's ScanWorks(r) platform for debug, validation and test, making it the most powerful and comprehensive non-intrusive toolset for chip and circuit board designers, manufacturing test engineers and troubleshooting support personnel.
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