Taiwan-based electrical cable maker BizLink Holding has decided to fully acquire its Singapore peer Speedy Industrial Supplies for SGD65 million (US$47 million), bolstering its production...
WT Microelectronics has disclosed plans to issue new company shares through private placement aiming to solicit new strategic partners, according to the Taiwan-based IC distributor...
Semiconductor merger and acquisition activity strengthened in 2019 after pulling back in the two previous years from historic high levels of M&A agreements in 2015 and 2016, according...
Eight-inch foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects its overall production capacity this year to grow over 15%, thanks to the completion of its acquisition of Globalfoundries'...
Taiwan's leading IC distributor WPG has announced an open tender offer to acquire 30% of ordinary shares of its peer WT Microelectronics (WT). WPG has requested the Fair Trade Commission...
Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) is set to merge with Sunrise PV World, its wholly owned subsidiary PV EPC (engineering, procurement,...
Alpha Networks has disclosed plans to take up 200 million shares or a nearly 60.8% stake of fellow company Hitron Technologies through a private placement and a tender offer, a move...
Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a member of Taiwan's ASE Technology Holding, has disclosed plans to acquire fellow EMS company Asteelflash for around US$450 million.
United Microelectronics (UMC), through its takeover of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor (MIFS), has entered the supply chain for Sony's CMOS image sensors, according to industry sources.
Acquiring Panasonic's loss-making semiconductor business will have a negative impact on Nuvoton Technology's profitability in the short term, and it may take time for the business...
STMicroelectronics has announced the closing of the full acquisition of Swedish silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturer Norstel AB. ST exercised its option to acquire the remaining...
Cadence Design Systems and National Instruments (NI) have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for the former to acquire AWR Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary...
Panasonic has agreed to sell its semiconductor business to Nuvoton Technology, a Taiwan-based MCU specialist majority owned by memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics.
GlobalWafers has disclosed it has inaugurated the second plant of its wholly-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Company (MKC), which is scheduled to start volume production of 12-inch silicon...
Tsinghua Unigroup has announced the appointment of Yukio Sakamoto, the former CEO for Japan's Elpida Memory, as senior VP of Unigroup and head of the group's Japan-based unit.
