M&A Deal Summary

ams Acquires NXP Semiconductors - CMOS Sensor Business

On July 28, 2015, ams acquired semiconductors company NXP Semiconductors - CMOS Sensor Business from NXP Semiconductors

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ams’ 2nd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is ams’ 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-07-28
Target NXP Semiconductors - CMOS Sensor Business
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) ams
Sellers(s) NXP Semiconductors
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

NXP Semiconductors - CMOS Sensor Business

Eindhoven, Netherlands
NXP Semiconductors' CMOS Sensor Business offers advanced monolithic and integrated CMOS sensors that measure several environmental variables such as relative humidity, pressure and temperature in one sensor device.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ams

Premstaetten, Austria

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Semiconductors
Employees19,806
Revenue 3.6B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

ams is a worldwide manufacturer of high-performance sensor and analog solutions. ams was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Premstaetten, Austria.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 9
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 2 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-04 acam-messelectronic

Stutensee, Germany

acam-messelectronic GmbH is a provider of accurate time-based measurement and related sensor solutions. acam-messelectronic designs and markets sensor interface solutions based on the company’s time-to-digital converter (TDC) technology. acam-messelectronic’s time-based converter technology with picosecond resolution creates significant advantages for demanding sensor applications.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-20 CMOSIS NV

Antwerp, Belgium

CMOSIS is a pure-play supplier of standard off-the-shelf and application-specific CMOS image sensors for the industrial and professional market covering applications such as machine vision, high-end DSC markets, scientific, medical, automatic data capture and space.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

NXP Semiconductors

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Semiconductors
Employees33,100
Revenue 12.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to NXP Semiconductors' office in San Jose, California.
Entrance to NXP Semiconductors' office in San Jose, California.

NXP Semiconductors is a provider of semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. NXP Semiconductors was founded in 2006 and is based in Eindhoven, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 4
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-10 Athena SCS

Tokyo, Japan

Athena SCS Ltd. is an independent UK-based developer of state-of-the art smart card solutions for Access, Enterprise, eGovernment, Transportation, Payment and Mobile Solutions, enabling its partners and clients to deliver cutting edge, cost effective digital security solutions.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-07 Nexperia

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Nexperia specialized in development and production of essential semiconductors, Nexperia’s components enable the basic functionality of virtually every electronic design in the world – from automotive and industrial to mobile and consumer applications. Nexperia is based in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

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