M&A Deal Summary

MKS Instruments Acquires Plasmart

On August 30, 2012, MKS Instruments acquired semiconductors company Plasmart

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MKS Instruments’ 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is MKS Instruments’ 1st transaction in South Korea.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-08-30
Target Plasmart
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) MKS Instruments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Plasmart

Daejeon, South Korea
Plasmart, Inc. is a developer of radio frequency (RF) plasma generation and monitoring systems for the semiconductor, flat panel display, AMOLED and solar photovoltaic industries.

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Buyer

MKS Instruments

Andover, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1961
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees10,200
Revenue 3.6B USD (2024)
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 3 of 10
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 9
Country: South Korea M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
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