M&A Deal Summary

Landshut Silicon Foundry Acquires Atmel Wafer Fabrication Operations

On June 23, 2010, Landshut Silicon Foundry acquired semiconductors company Atmel Wafer Fabrication Operations from Atmel

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Landshut Silicon Foundry’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Landshut Silicon Foundry’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-06-23
Target Atmel Wafer Fabrication Operations
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Landshut Silicon Foundry
Sellers(s) Atmel
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Atmel Wafer Fabrication Operations

Aix-en-Provence, France
Atmel Corporation, Wafer Fabrication Operation in Rousset, France is an analog and mixed-signal foundry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Landshut Silicon Foundry

Germany

Category Company
Sector Semiconductors
DESCRIPTION

Landshut Silicon Foundry GmbH, operates as a manufacturer of semiconductors.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Atmel

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Semiconductors
Employees5,000
Revenue 1.4B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION
Atmel's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Atmel's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

Atmel Corp. is a designer and manufacturer of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Atmel provides the electronics industry with solutions focused on industrial, consumer, communications, computing and automotive markets. Atmel Corp. was established in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: France M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
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