M&A Deal Summary

MKS Instruments Acquires Newport

On February 23, 2016, MKS Instruments acquired test/measurement equipment company Newport for 980M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MKS Instruments’ 2nd transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is MKS Instruments’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is MKS Instruments’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is MKS Instruments’ 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-02-23
Target Newport
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) MKS Instruments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 980M USD
Advisor(s) J.P. Morgan Securities (Financial)

Target

Newport

Irvine, California, United States
Newport Corp. is a supplier of advanced-technology products and systems to customers in the scientific research, microelectronics, life and health sciences, industrial manufacturing and defense/security markets.

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Buyer

MKS Instruments

Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1961
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees10,000
Revenue 3.6B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

MKS Instruments is a provider of instruments, subsystems and process control solutions that measure, control, power, monitor and analyze critical parameters of advanced manufacturing processes to improve process performance and productivity. MKS Instruments was founded in 1961 and is based in Andover, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 10
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 9
State (California) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 5 of 6
Year (2016) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-18 Precisive

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Precisive is a developer of optical analyzers based on Tunable Filter Spectroscopy (TFS) which provide real-time gas analysis in the natural gas and hydrocarbon processing industries, including refineries, hydrocarbon processing plants, gas-to-power machines, biogas processes and fuel gas transportation and metering, while delivering customers a substantially lower total cost of ownership.

Buy $13M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-03 MKS Instruments AB

Malmo, Sweden

MKS Instruments AB (Umetrics) is a provider of data analytics software for modeling and optimizing development and manufacturing processes. SSB has been a cooperation partner of Umetrics since the end of 2012, distributing and co-marketing their software to major players in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Sell $73M
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