M&A Deal Summary

Neophotonics Acquires EMCORE - Tunable Laser Product Lines

On January 5, 2015, Neophotonics acquired electrical equipment company EMCORE - Tunable Laser Product Lines from EMCORE for 18M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Neophotonics’ 1st transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Neophotonics’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Neophotonics’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Neophotonics’ 1st transaction in New Mexico.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-01-05
Target EMCORE - Tunable Laser Product Lines
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Neophotonics
Sellers(s) EMCORE
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 18M USD

Target

EMCORE - Tunable Laser Product Lines

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Neophotonics

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Semiconductors
Employees2,541
Revenue 371M USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Neophotonics is a designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high-speed communications networks. Neophotonics was founded in 1996 and is based in San Jose, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (New Mexico) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-22 LAPIS Semiconductor - Semiconductor Optical Components Business Unit

Yokohama, Japan

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-19 Neophotonics - Low Speed Transceiver Business

San Jose, California, United States

Neophotonics Corp. - Low Speed Transceiver Business designs, manufactures and sells a portfolio of optical communication transceiver products, including PON, or passive optical network, transceivers as well as optical transceivers used in telecom client, access and enterprise network applications.

Sell $26M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EMCORE

Alhambra, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Semiconductors
Employees350
Revenue 98M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

EMCORE is a provider of compound semiconductor-based products for the fiber optics markets. EMCORE’s Fiber Optics business segment provides optical components, subsystems and systems for high-speed telecommunications, Cable Television (CATV) and Fiber-To-The-Premise (FTTP) networks, as well as products for satellite communications, video transport and specialty photonics technologies for defense and homeland security applications. EMCORE was founded in 1984 and is based in Alhambra, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (New Mexico) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-17 SolAero

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

SolAero is a manufacturer of highly efficient, radiation-hard solar cells, Coverglass Interconnected Cells (CICs), and solar panels for space power applications. Since 2001, SolAero products have powered 160 successful space missions with zero on-orbit failures. SolAero Technologies was founded in 1998 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Sell $150M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-10 Systron Donner Inertial

Concord, California, United States

Systron Donner, Inc. is a provider of quartz microelectromechanical systems (QMEMS) used in inertial sensing products that provide precision guidance, navigation, and locational solutions, Systron Donner develops products that have been used in everything from business aircraft to fighter jets to the MARS Rover. Systron Donner, Inc. was founded in 1953 and is based in Concord, California.

Buy $26M
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