M&A Deal Summary

Polycom Acquires Atlas Communication Engines

On November 23, 1999, Polycom acquired manufacturer Atlas Communication Engines

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Polycom’s 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Polycom’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Polycom’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1999-11-23
Target Atlas Communication Engines
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Polycom
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Atlas Communication Engines

Santa Barbara,, California, United States
Atlas Communication Engines, Inc.,is a OEM supplier of integrated access devices (IADs) and digital subscriber line (DSL) routers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Polycom

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Information Technology
Employees3,451
Revenue 1.1B USD (2017)
DESCRIPTION
Polycom office in Santa Clara, California.
Polycom office in Santa Clara, California.

Polycom, Inc. is a provider in open standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice and video collaboration. Polycom solutions are powered by the Polycom RealPresence Platform, comprehensive software infrastructure and rich APIs that interoperate with the broadest set of communication, business, mobile and cloud applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face video collaboration in any environment. Polycom was formed in 1990 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 16
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 15
State: California M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 2 of 14
Year: 1999 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-01-01 ViaVideo Communications

Austin, Texas, United States

ViaVideo Communications, Inc. is a provider of teleconferencing services.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-02-28 Accord Networks

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Accord Networks Ltd., is a voice and video infrastructure company.

Buy $339M