M&A Deal Summary

Knowles Acquires ams AG - Microphone Design Assets

On December 23, 2019, Knowles acquired semiconductors company ams AG - Microphone Design Assets from ams for 58M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Knowles’ 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Knowles’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Knowles’ 1st transaction in Austria.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-12-23
Target ams AG - Microphone Design Assets
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Knowles
Sellers(s) ams
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 58M USD

Target

ams AG - Microphone Design Assets

Unterpremstaetten, Austria
ams AG - MEMS microphone ASIC design business includes intellectual property, rights to source ASIC wafers from multiple foundry partners.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Knowles

Itasca, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1946
Sector Semiconductors
Employees5,500
Revenue 554M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Knowles is a provider of hearing aid transducers and low voltage integrated circuit design, electronic controls and sensors, and precision manufacturing. It has facilities in seven countries spread over North America, Europe, and Asia, with its largest operations located in the United States, China, and Malaysia. Knowles was founded in 1946 and is based in Itasca, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Austria M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-26 Vectron International

Hudson, New Hampshire, United States

Vectron International, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of Frequency Control, Sensor, and Hybrid Product solutions using the very latest techniques in both bulk acoustic wave (BAW) and surface acoustic wave (SAW) based designs from DC to microwave frequencies. Products include crystals and crystal oscillators; frequency translators; clock and data recovery products; SAW filters; Crystal filters and components used in telecommunications, data communications, frequency synthesizers, timing, navigation, military, aerospace and instrumentation systems.

Sell $130M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-11-02 Cornell Dubilier

Liberty, South Carolina, United States

Cornell Dubilier is a designer and manufacturer of custom high-energy discharge capacitors used in a wide range of medical, military, and commercial pulsed energy applications. Cornell Dubilier was formed in 1933 and is based in Liberty, South Carolina.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

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 2 of 2
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Austria M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-19 Incus Laboratories

Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Incus Laboratories Ltd. is a provider of intellectual property (IP) for digital active noise cancellation in headphones and earphones.

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