M&A Deal Summary

Tower Semiconductor Acquires Jazz Semiconductor

On September 25, 2006, Tower Semiconductor acquired semiconductors company Jazz Semiconductor from The Carlyle Group for 260M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Tower Semiconductor’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Tower Semiconductor’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Tower Semiconductor’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Tower Semiconductor’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-09-25
Target Jazz Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Tower Semiconductor
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 260M USD

Target

Jazz Semiconductor

Newport Beach, California, United States
Jazz Semiconductor, Inc. was a commercial semiconductor foundry focused on low volume/high mix specialty, analog radio frequency applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Tower Semiconductor

Migdal Haemek, Israel
Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Semiconductors
Revenue 1.4B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Tower Semiconductor is a manufacturer of analog integrated circuits for more than 300 customers worldwide in growing markets such as consumer, automotive, medical, industrial, and aerospace & defense, among others. Tower Semiconductor was founded in 1993 and is based in Migdal Haemek, Israel.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-18 Maxim Integrated Products - Wafer Manufacturing Plant

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.'s wafer manufacturing plant is a producer of wafers and can support the advanced analog platforms using geometries down to 130nm and can be used also to manufacture third party products using specialty process technologies. The facility is based in San Antonio, Texas.

Buy $40M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 84 of 480
Sector (Semiconductors) 2 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 43 of 197
State (California) 8 of 36
Country (United States) 56 of 259
Year (2006) 17 of 19
Size (of disclosed) 86 of 135
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Air2Web, Inc. is a developer of mobile messaging and marketing applications and services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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