Kulicke & Soffa - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Kulicke & Soffa M&A Summary

Kulicke & Soffa has acquired 8 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 3 assets.

Kulicke & Soffa’s largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Assembléon Netherlands BV for $98M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2008, when it sold Kulicke & Soffa - Wireless Business Unit to W.C. Heraeus for $165M. Kulicke & Soffa has acquired in 3 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include semiconductors (63%) and machinery (25%).

Kulicke & Soffa Business Overview

Where is Kulicke & Soffa headquartered?

Kulicke & Soffa is headquartered in Singapore, Singapore.

What is Kulicke & Soffa’s revenue?

Kulicke & Soffa disclosed revenue of 1,504M USD for 2022 and 1,518M USD for 2021.

How many employees does Kulicke & Soffa have?

Kulicke & Soffa has 2,944 employees.

What sector is Kulicke & Soffa in?

Kulicke & Soffa is a semiconductors company.

When was Kulicke & Soffa founded?

Kulicke & Soffa was founded in 1951.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 7

Kulicke & Soffa

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

No. 01-01, K&S Corporate Headquarters 23A Serangoon North Avenue 5,
Singapore, 554369
Singapore,
+65 6880 9600
www.kns.com

Kulicke & Soffa is a designer and manufacturer of semiconductor assembly equipment. Kulicke and Soffa Industries was founded in 1951 and is based in Singapore.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 6 - 1 - 1 - 8
vol $128M $128M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 3 - - - - - 3
vol $175M $175M
  11

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Advanced Jet Automation Co., Ltd. 2023-02-23 - Add-on Acquisition
New Taipei City, Taiwan
Uniqarta, Inc. 2021-02-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Cambridge, Massachusetts · www.uniqarta.com
Liteq BV 2017-07-06 - Add-on Acquisition
Eindhoven, Netherlands · www.liteq.nl
Assembléon Netherlands BV 2014-12-29 98M USD Add-on Acquisition
La Vedhoven, Netherlands · www.assembleon.com
Orthodyne Electronics Corp. 2008-10-06 - Add-on Acquisition
Irvine, California
Kulicke & Soffa - Wireless Business Unit 2008-09-29 165M USD Divestiture
, United States
Alphasem AG 2006-10-12 30M USD Divestiture
Berg, Switzerland
K&S Wafer Test Assets 2006-01-26 10M USD Divestiture
, United States
FlipChip International LLC 2004-02-10 - Divestiture
Phoenix, Arizona · www.flipchip.com
Probe Technology Corp. 2002-12-01 - Divestiture
San Jose, California
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Semiconductors 5 (63%) 30M (23%) 2 (67%) 10M (6%)
Machinery 2 (25%) 98M (77%) - -
Automotive 1 (13%) - - -
Communications - - 1 (33%) 165M (94%)
Total 8 $128M 3 $175M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 - 3 175M
  California 2 - - -
  Arizona 1 - 1 -
  Massachusetts 1 - - -
Netherlands 2 98M - -
Switzerland 1 30M - -
Taiwan 1 - - -
Domestic - - - -
Cross-border 8 (100%) 128M (100%) 3 (100%) 175M (100%)
Total 8 $128M 3 $175M

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 2 $128M
TOTAL $128M
Largest Assembléon Netherlands BV
$98M (2014-12-29)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $165M
< $100M 1 $10M
TOTAL $175M
Largest Kulicke & Soffa - Wireless Business Unit
$165M (2008-09-29)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Strategic(s)
25%
2 (25%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
3 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Semiconductors

Revenue

1,504   1% 2022
1,518   144% 2021
623   16% 2020
540   40% 2019
889   10% 2018
809   2017
(millions of USD) Show More Show Less

Employees

2,944

Established

1951

Public

NASDAQ: KLIC

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