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

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Atmel M&A Summary

Atmel has acquired 6 companies of its own. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Atmel’s largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Newport Media for $140M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2006, when it sold Atmel Grenoble SAS to e2v Technologies for $140M. Atmel has acquired in 3 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include semiconductors (50%) and electrical equipment (34%).

Atmel Ownership

Who owns Atmel?

Atmel is owned by Microchip Technology. It was acquired on January 19, 2016.

Atmel Business Overview

Where is Atmel headquartered?

Atmel is headquartered in San Jose, California.

How many employees does Atmel have?

Atmel has 5,000 employees.

What sector is Atmel in?

Atmel is a semiconductors company.

When was Atmel founded?

Atmel was founded in 1984 .

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity10
    • M&A Buy Activity6
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 1

Atmel Corp.

1600 Technology Drive,
San Jose, California 95110
United States,
(408) 441-0311
www.atmel.com

Atmel Corp. is a designer and manufacturer of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Atmel provides the electronics industry with solutions focused on industrial, consumer, communications, computing and automotive markets. Atmel Corp. was established in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 6 - - - - - 6
vol $228M $228M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 4 - - - - - 4
vol $140M $140M
  10

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Atmel - XSense touch sensor assets 2015-04-17 - Divestiture
, United States
Newport Media, Inc. 2014-07-31 140M USD Add-on Acquisition
Lake Forest,, California
IDTI - Smart Metering IC Product Lines 2013-03-07 - Divestiture
, United States
Ozmo, Inc. 2012-12-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Palo Alto, California · www.ozmodevices.com
Advanced Digital Design, S.A. (dba Add Semiconductor) 2011-09-27 - Add-on Acquisition
Zaragoza, Spain
Atmel Wafer Fabrication Operations 2010-06-23 - Divestiture
Aix-en-Provence, France
Quantum Research Group Ltd. 2008-03-07 88M USD Add-on Acquisition
Southampton, United Kingdom
Atmel Grenoble SAS 2006-08-01 140M USD Divestiture
Saint-Egrève, France
Atmel Nantes SAS 2005-12-08 - Divestiture
Nantes,, France
Data Communications Technologies 1998-06-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Semiconductors 3 (50%) 228M (100%) 3 (75%) 140M (100%)
Electrical Equipment 2 (33%) - - -
Technology Hardware 1 (17%) - 1 (25%) -
Total 6 $228M 4 $140M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 140M 1 -
  California 2 140M - -
  North Carolina 1 - - -
France - - 3 140M
Spain 1 - - -
United Kingdom 1 88M - -
Domestic 4 (67%) 140M (61%) 1 (25%) -
Cross-border 2 (33%) 88M (39%) 3 (75%) 140M (100%)
Total 6 $228M 4 $140M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Qatalyst Partners
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $140M
< $100M 1 $88M
TOTAL $228M
Largest Newport Media, Inc.
$140M (2014-07-31)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $140M
TOTAL $140M
Largest Atmel Grenoble SAS
$140M (2006-08-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
17%
1 (17%)
Strategic(s)
17%
1 (17%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
4 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Semiconductors

Revenue

1,386   2013
(millions of USD)

Employees

5,000

Established

1984

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