M&A Deal Summary

TDK Acquires ICsense NV

On March 28, 2017, TDK acquired semiconductors company ICsense NV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is TDK’s 3rd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is TDK’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-03-28
Target ICsense NV
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) TDK
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

ICsense NV

Leuven, Belgium
ICsense NV is a provider of Hall-effect sensors and embedded motor controllers for the Automotive and Industrial markets. It’s core business is ASIC development and the supply and custom IC design services. ICsense has the largest fab-independent European design group with world-class expertise in analog, digital, mixed-signal and high-voltage IC design.

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Buyer

TDK

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1935
Sector Electronics
Employees108,895
Revenue 2.20T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

TDK is an electronics company. TDK commercialize ferrite, a key material in electronic and magnetic products. TDK's portfolio includes electronic components, modules and systems* marketed under the product brands TDK and EPCOS, power supplies, magnetic application products as well as energy devices, flash memory application devices, and others. TDK was founded in 1935 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 6
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 5
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-03 RF360 Holdings Singapore Pte.

Singapore, Singapore

RF360 Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd. develops and manufactures innovative RFFE filtering solutions for mobile devices and fast-growing business segments, such as IoT, drones, robotics, automotive applications and more. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of filters and filter technologies, including surface acoustic wave (SAW), temperature-compensated surface acoustic wave (TC-SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) solutions to support the wide range of frequency bands being deployed in networks across the globe. RF360 was formed in 2017 and is based in Singapore.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-19 SoftEye

San Diego, California, United States

SoftEye is a U.S.-based systems solution company developing custom chips, cameras, software and algorithms for use in smart glasses. Its always-on custom chips and sensor systems feature a novel hardware- and software-based eye intent technology that enables low-power eye tracking and object recognition. This technology is a critical element in delivering a complete AR/VR display system and will also create a new Human Machine Interface (HMI) for interacting with AI through eye movement. SoftEye is based in San Diego, California.

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