Acer - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Acer M&A Summary

Acer has acquired 7 companies. It has also divested 1 asset.

Acer’s largest acquisition to date was in 2007, when it acquired Gateway for $710M. Acer has acquired in 1 US state, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include technology hardware (72%) and media (15%).

Acer Business Overview

Where is Acer headquartered?

Acer is headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

What is Acer’s revenue?

Acer disclosed revenue of 241,308M TWD for 2023 and 275,424M TWD for 2022.

What sector is Acer in?

Acer is a technology hardware company.

When was Acer founded?

Acer was founded in 1976.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity8
    • M&A Buy Activity7
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 4

Acer

Acer, Inc.

No. 88, Xintai 5th Road 8th Floor Sec. 1 Xizhi District,
New Taipei City, 221
Taiwan,
886 2 2696 1234
www.acer.com

Acer designs environmentally friendly products and, with its vendors, has established a green supply chain. The brand’s PC-centric product offering includes notebook and desktop PCs, servers and storage, LCD monitors, projectors, and smartphones and tablets. Sub-brands include the consumer-focused Aspire series, and commercial sector TravelMate and Veriton series. Acer was founded in 1976 and is based in New Taipei City, Taiwan.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 7 - - - - - 7
vol $1.1B $1.1B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
  8

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Olidata S.p.A. 2014-08-20 - Stake Sale
Cesena, Italy · www.olidata.it
Acer Cloud Technology Co. 2011-07-22 373M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Mountain View, California · www.igware.com
Olidata S.p.A. 2009-08-12 - Stake Purchase
Cesena, Italy · www.olidata.it
eTEN, Inc. 2008-03-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Tokyo, Japan · www.eten-inc.jp
Packard Bell BV 2008-02-27 - Add-on Acquisition
s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands · www.packardbell.nl
Gateway, Inc. 2007-10-16 710M USD Add-on Acquisition
Irvine, California · www.gateway.com
Altos Computer Corp. 1990-07-05 - Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California
Counterpoint Computers 1987-12-04 - Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Acer America Corp.    - Texas Instruments - Mobile Computing Business 1997-01-23 1
San Jose, California · www.us.acer.com , United States

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Technology Hardware 5 (71%) 710M (66%) 1 (100%) -
Media 1 (14%) - - -
Software 1 (14%) 373M (34%) - -
Total 7 $1.1B 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 1.1B - -
  California 4 1.1B - -
Italy 1 - 1 -
Japan 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Domestic - - - -
Cross-border 7 (100%) 1.1B (100%) 1 (100%) -
Total 7 $1.1B 1 -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $1.1B
TOTAL $1.1B
Largest Gateway, Inc.
$710M (2007-10-16)

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