M&A Deal Summary

Microchip Acquires EqcoLogic NV

On November 21, 2013, Microchip acquired semiconductors company EqcoLogic NV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Microchip’s 4th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Microchip’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-11-21
Target EqcoLogic NV
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Microchip
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

EqcoLogic NV

Brussels, Belgium
EqcoLogic is a technology leader in high speed data transmission over copper cables. EqcoLogic develops equalizers to permit longer cable lengths or higher data rates, and transceivers that transmit bidirectional data and power over conventional coaxial cables.

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Buyer

Microchip

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Semiconductors
Employees22,300
Revenue 7.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Microchip's corporate headquarters in Chandler, Arizona.
Entrance to Microchip's corporate headquarters in Chandler, Arizona.

Microchip develops, manufactures, and sells specialized semiconductor products used by customers for a wide variety of embedded control applications. Microchip's product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, RF, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial EEPROMs, Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories and serial SRAM memories. Microchip was founded in 1989 and is based in Chandler, Arizona.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 13
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 4 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 13
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-02 Standard Microsystems

Hauppauge, New York, United States

Standard Microsystems Corporation designs and distributes silicon-based integrated circuits that utilize analog and mixed-signal technologies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-01 Supertex

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Supertex, Inc. is a mixed signal semiconductor manufacturer, focused in high performance analog and high voltage interface products for use in the medical, flat panel display, automotive, industrial electronics and telecommunications industries.

Buy $394M