Altera - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Altera M&A Summary

Altera has acquired 7 companies of its own. It has also divested 1 asset.

Altera’s largest acquisition to date was in 2013, when it acquired Enpirion for $141M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2000, when it sold WaferTech to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing for $350M. Altera has acquired in 2 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include technology hardware (43%) and semiconductors (43%).

Altera Ownership

Who owns Altera?

Altera is owned by Intel. It was acquired on December 28, 2015.

Altera Business Overview

Where is Altera headquartered?

Altera is headquartered in San Jose, California.

How many employees does Altera have?

Altera has 3,100 employees.

What sector is Altera in?

Altera is a semiconductors company.

When was Altera founded?

Altera was founded in 1983.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity8
    • M&A Buy Activity7
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Altera Corp.

101 Innovation Drive,
San Jose, California 95134
United States,
(408) 544-7000
www.altera.com

Altera Corp. is a provider of programmable solutions for electronic systems. Altera supplies access to programmable logic, process technologies, IP cores and development tools.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 7 - - - - - 7
vol $141M $141M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
vol $350M $350M
  8

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Lime Microsystems 2014-06-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Surrey, · www.limemicro.com
Enpirion, Inc. 2013-05-14 141M USD Add-on Acquisition
Hampton, New Jersey · www.enpirion.com
TPACK AS 2013-04-15 - Divestiture
Herlev, Denmark
Avalon Microelectronics Inc. 2010-12-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Mount Pearl, Newfoundland · www.avalonmicro.ca
WaferTech, LLC 2000-12-15 350M USD Stake Sale
Camas, Washington · www.wafertech.com
Northwest Logic Inc. 2000-09-18 - Add-on Acquisition
Hillsboro, Oregon
Designpro, Inc. 2000-05-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Nepean, Ontario
Hammercores, Inc. 1999-10-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Maple, Ontario
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Semiconductors 3 (43%) 141M (100%) 1 (100%) 350M (100%)
Technology Hardware 3 (43%) - - -
Media 1 (14%) - - -
Total 7 $141M 1 $350M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
Canada 3 - - -
  Ontario 2 - - -
  Newfoundland 1 - - -
United States 2 141M 1 350M
  Oregon 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 141M - -
  Washington - - 1 350M
1 - - -
Denmark 1 - - -
Domestic 2 (29%) 141M (100%) 1 (100%) 350M (100%)
Cross-border 5 (71%) - - -
Total 7 $141M 1 $350M

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $141M
TOTAL $141M
Largest Enpirion, Inc.
$141M (2013-05-14)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $350M
TOTAL $350M
Largest WaferTech, LLC
$350M (2000-12-15)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
14%
1 (14%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

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