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CMC Materials Acquires Epoch Material Co.

On December 19, 2008, CMC Materials acquired chemicals company Epoch Material Co. for 66M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CMC Materials’ 2nd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is CMC Materials’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is CMC Materials’ 1st transaction in Taiwan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-12-19
Target Epoch Material Co.
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) CMC Materials
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 66M USD

Target

Epoch Material Co.

Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
Epoch Material Co., Ltd. is a significant manufacturer of copper CMP slurries and CMP cleaning solutions for the semiconductor industry. The company also supplies color filter slurries to the liquid crystal display industry.

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Buyer

CMC Materials

Aurora, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Chemicals
Employees2,100
Revenue 1.2B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

CMC Materials is a supplier of CMP polishing slurries and CMP pads to the semiconductor industry. The company’s products play a critical role in the production of advanced semiconductor devices, helping to enable the manufacture of smaller, faster and more complex devices by its customers. CMC Materials was founded in 1999 and is based in Aurora, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector: Chemicals M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 6
Country: Taiwan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-06-15 QED Technologies

Rochester, New York, United States

QED Technologies serves the global precision optics industry with solutions for high-performance polishing and metrology on the most demanding surfaces and materials. QED systems are utilized by the smallest to largest manufacturers supplying the semiconductor, military, space, R&D, imaging, and other industries. Its contract manufacturing group, QED Optics, is the industry’s go-to resource for a combination of large, challenging, or highly precise optical components that most other manufacturers cannot produce. QED Technologies was formed in 1996 and is based in Rochester, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-22 NexPlanar

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

NexPlanar Corp. has developed unique CMP pad technology that enables it to modulate pad properties, such as hardness, pore size, compressibility and groove profiles, to develop customized solutions for demanding semiconductor applications and integration schemes, including those for emerging technologies.

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