M&A Deal Summary

e2v Technologies Acquires Atmel Grenoble SAS

On August 1, 2006, e2v Technologies acquired semiconductors company Atmel Grenoble SAS from Atmel for 140M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is e2v Technologies’ 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is e2v Technologies’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is e2v Technologies’ 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-08-01
Target Atmel Grenoble SAS
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) e2v Technologies
Sellers(s) Atmel
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 140M USD

Target

Atmel Grenoble SAS

Saint-Egrève, France
Atmel Grenoble SAS, engages in designing, manufacturing, and selling of semiconductors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

e2v Technologies

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Sector Electrical Equipment
Revenue 236M GBP (2016)
DESCRIPTION

e2v Technologies Plc is a provider of radio frequency (RF), microwave and sensing components and sub-systems.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-28 Gresham Scientific Instruments

High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Gresham is an independent manufacturer of x-ray detectors and associated products for energy dispersive x-ray and x-ray fluorescence spectrometry.

Buy £5M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-16 SGX Sensortech

Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

SGX Sensortech Ltd. is a designer and manufacturer of sensors that provide environmental, health & safety research and analysis to customers in Europe and Asia. Its products include high specification x-ray detection sensors used in a range of industries such as the pharmaceutical sector and academic research, pollutant gasses sensors for the automotive industry and combustible and toxic gas sensors used in the mining, industrial and chemical sectors.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Atmel

San Jose, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Semiconductors
Employees5,000
Revenue 1.4B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION
Atmel's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Atmel's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

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.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Semiconductors) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 4
Country (France) 2 of 3
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-08 Atmel Nantes SAS

Nantes,, France

Atmel Nantes SAS manufactures semiconductors. The company produces semiconductors in BiCMOS, CMOS, and non-volatile technologies.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-07 Quantum Research Group

Southampton, United Kingdom

Quantum is a provider of capacitive touch sense products and technologies. The Company's award winning QTouch(TM) and QMatrix(TM) technologies are embedded in over 30 dedicated touch sense controllers from Quantum as well as licensed to silicon partners, addressing various applications in the mobile communication and entertainment markets as well as in PC, appliances and automotive applications.

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