M&A Deal Summary

Onto Innovation Acquires August Technology

On February 15, 2006, Onto Innovation acquired test/measurement equipment company August Technology for 193M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Onto Innovation’s 1st transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Onto Innovation’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Onto Innovation’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Onto Innovation’s 1st transaction in Minnesota.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-02-15
Target August Technology
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Onto Innovation
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 193M USD

Target

August Technology

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
August Technology Corporation designs, manufactures and markets automated inspection equipment for the semiconductor industry.

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Buyer

Onto Innovation

Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1940
Sector Semiconductors
Employees1,497
Revenue 816M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Onto Innovation is a designer, developer, manufacturer, and supporter of defect inspection, process control metrology, and data analysis systems and software used by the semiconductor device. Onto Innovation's portfolio edge technologies that include: Un-patterned wafer quality; 3D metrology spanning chip features from nanometer-scale transistors to large die interconnects; macro defect inspection of wafers and packages; metal interconnect composition; factory analytics; and lithography for advanced semiconductor packaging. Onto Innovation was founded in 1940 and is based in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 9
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 1 of 2
Type (Merger) 1 of 2
State (Minnesota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 8
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-07-23 ISOA

Richardson, Texas, United States

ISOA is a defect control company based in Richardson, Texas. ISOA is a spin-off from Texas Tech University's International Center for Informatics Research (formerly the Institute for Studies of Organizational Automation).

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-08-03 Adventa Control Technologies

Plano, Texas, United States

Adventa Control Technologies, Inc. provides advanced manufacturing software in the semiconductor industry for wafer fabs and production tools. The company’s software provides solutions for manufacturing execution system (MES), advanced machine control, advance process control, fault detection and intervention and system integration.

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