M&A Deal Summary

Analog Devices Acquires BCO Technologies

On August 21, 2000, Analog Devices acquired semiconductors company BCO Technologies for 150M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Analog Devices’ 3rd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Analog Devices’ 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Analog Devices’ 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-08-21
Target BCO Technologies
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Analog Devices
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 150M USD

Target

BCO Technologies

Belfast, United Kingdom
BCO Technologies plc is a supplier of integrated circuit wafers used for fabricating micro-mechanical optical devices for optical communications applications.

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Buyer

Analog Devices

Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1965
Sector Semiconductors
Employees24,000
Revenue 9.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Analog Devices' office in San Jose, California.
Entrance to Analog Devices' office in San Jose, California.

Analog Devices designs, manufactures, and markets a broad portfolio of high-performance analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits used in virtually all types of electronic equipment. Analog Devices was founded in 1965 and is based in Wilmington, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 28
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 19
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 23
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-02-25 Edinburgh Portable Compilers

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edinburgh Portable Compilers Ltd. is a developer of high performance C/C++ and Fortran language compilers for advanced microprocessor architectures. Recognized as a center of excellence for compiler technology, EPC is committed to developing compilers and related tools for Intel's forthcoming Merced(TM) processor, in addition to supporting EPC's current products for IA-32, PowerPC(R), ADI's SHARC(R) and other architectures.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-10-31 Thomas Neuroth AG

Vienna, Austria

Thomas Neuroth AG is a developer of highly integrated circuits for symmetric DSL broadband access.

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