M&A Deal Summary

Acer Acquires eTEN

On March 3, 2008, Acer acquired media company eTEN

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Acer’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Acer’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-03-03
Target eTEN
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Acer
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

eTEN

Tokyo, Japan
eTEN, Inc. provides broadcasting of weather information programs.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Acer

New Taipei City, Taiwan

Category Company
Founded 1976
Sector Technology Hardware
Revenue 264.7B TWD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Acer designs environmentally friendly products and, with its vendors, has established a green supply chain. The brand’s PC-centric product offering includes notebook and desktop PCs, servers and storage, LCD monitors, projectors, and smartphones and tablets. Sub-brands include the consumer-focused Aspire series, and commercial sector TravelMate and Veriton series. Acer was founded in 1976 and is based in New Taipei City, Taiwan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 7
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 6
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-27 Packard Bell BV

s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Packard Bell BV is a designer and marketer of personal computers, imaging peripherals and other technology products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-08-12 Olidata

Cesena, Italy

Olidata SpA is an Italian producer of personal computers.

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