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ASML Holding Acquires MaskTools

On June 7, 1999, ASML Holding acquired semiconductors company MaskTools from MicroUnity Systems Engineering

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ASML Holding’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is ASML Holding’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is ASML Holding’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1999-06-07
Target MaskTools
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) ASML Holding
Sellers(s) MicroUnity Systems Engineering
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

MaskTools

Santa Clara, California, United States
MaskTools is a reticle design and photomask qualification products that help microlithography equipment make use of optical proximity correction (OPC) technology to print device linewidths below 0.2 micron.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ASML Holding

Veldhoven, Netherlands
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Machinery
Employees43,193
Revenue 28.3B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to an ASML facility in Wilton, Connecticut.
Entrance to an ASML facility in Wilton, Connecticut.

ASML Holding is a producer of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. ASML manufactures complex machines that are critical to the production of integrated circuits or chips. ASML was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Veldhoven, Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 6
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 1 of 4
Year: 1999 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-10-02 Silicon Valley Group

San Jose, California, United States

Silicon Valley Group is a supplier of wafer processing equipment for the worldwide semiconductor industry. SVG designs, manufactures, and markets equipment used in the primary stages of semiconductor manufacturing. SVG’s products include photoresist processing equipment; oxidation, diffusion, atmospheric and low-pressure chemical vapor deposition processing systems; photolithography exposure tools that use step-and-scan technology; and precision optical components and systems.

Buy $1.6B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

MicroUnity Systems Engineering

Los Altos, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc. is a series of technologies for processing multimedia data in real time on general purpose processors. MicroUnity technologies have been adopted worldwide to power many of the most advanced computing and communication systems, such as digital set-top boxes, PC's, and cell phones.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 1999 M&A 1 of 1
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