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OSRAM and Infineon Technologies Acquire Osram Opto Semiconductors & Co.

On January 1, 1999, OSRAM and Infineon Technologies acquired semiconductors company Osram Opto Semiconductors & Co.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is OSRAM’s 1st and Infineon Technologies’ 2nd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is OSRAM’s 1st and Infineon Technologies’ 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1999-01-01
Target Osram Opto Semiconductors & Co.
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) OSRAM
Infineon Technologies
Deal Type Joint Venture

Target

Osram Opto Semiconductors & Co.

Regensburg, Germany
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH & Co. engages in the research, development, and manufacture of optoelectronic semiconductors. Osram Opto Semiconductors operates facilities in Regensburg (Germany), San José (USA) and Penang (Malaysia). Production is currently being strongly expanded: In June, the foundation stone was laid for a new LED chip factory in Regensburg, which is due to start production at the end of 2002. Capacities for LED assembly in Malaysia were doubled during the current fiscal year.

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Buyer

OSRAM

Munich, Germany
Category Company
Sector Manufacturing
Employees40,000
Revenue 4.7B EUR (2010)
DESCRIPTION

OSRAM (Munich) belongs to the Industry Sector of Siemens and is one of the two leading light manufacturers in the world.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 11
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 1999 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-01 Traxon Technologies

Shatin, China

Traxon Technologies Ltd. is a provider of professional LED systems & solutions which include luminaires and lighting control systems. LED solutions for the architecture, hospitality and shop segments.

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Infineon Technologies

Neubiberg, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Semiconductors
Employees56,371
Revenue 15.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Infineon Technologies offers semiconductors and system solutions for automotive and industrial electronics and chip card and security applications. Infineon Technologies was founded in 1999 and is based in Neubiberg, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 19
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 2 of 12
Type: Joint Venture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 3
Year: 1999 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-01-01 Altis Semiconductor SNC

Corbeil Essonnes, France

Altis Semiconductor SNC is a manufacturer of semiconductor components for communications, automotive and security applications in 250 to 130 nanometer technologies.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-10-02 Ardent Technologies

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Ardent Technologies, Inc. is a semiconductor company developing high integration silicon devices for the networking and communications market. Ardent's initial products are targeted at the gigabit connectivity solutions in enterprise LAN and WAN applications. The company recently announced GeNX2000, its first product family of high performance, high bandwidth, gigabit ready switching devices for building mainstream enterprise LAN switches.

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