M&A Deal Summary

IQE Acquires Kopin Wireless

On January 10, 2013, IQE acquired semiconductors company Kopin Wireless from Kopin for 75M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IQE’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is IQE’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is IQE’s 1st transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-01-10
Target Kopin Wireless
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) IQE
Sellers(s) Kopin
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 75M USD

Target

Kopin Wireless

United States
Kopin Wireless is a manufacturer of heterojunction bipolar transistor (“HBT”) materials which are used in power amplifiers (“PA”), a key wireless component in mobile devices.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IQE

Cardiff, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Semiconductors
Employees619
DESCRIPTION

IQE is a provider of advanced semiconductor wafers with products that cover a diverse range of applications, supported by an innovative outsourced foundry services portfolio that allows the Group to provide a 'one stop shop' for the wafer needs of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Kopin

Westborough, Massachusetts, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Semiconductors
Employees181
Revenue 46M USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Kopin is a developer and provider of ultra-small displays, optics, speech enhancement technology, software, low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed headset computing systems. Kopin was founded in 1984 and is based in Westborough, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-11 Forth Dimension Displays

Scotland, United Kingdom

Forth Dimension Displays Ltd. is a provider of high–resolution near-to-eye (NTE) microdisplay supplier.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-01 e-MDT America

Santa Clara, California, United States

e-MDT America, Inc. is a manufacturer of low-power analog/digital circuit designer.

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