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Applied Materials to Acquire Kokusai Electric for $2.2 Billion

Acquisition provides Applied with complementary, leadership batch wafer processing systems business.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Applied Materials, Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which Applied will acquire all outstanding shares of Kokusai Electric Corporation for $2.2 billion in cash from global investment firm KKR.   Kokusai Electric is a leading company in providing high-productivity batch processing systems and services for memory, foundry and logic customers. These systems complement Applied’s leadership portfolio in single-wafer processing systems. Kokusai Electric has strong customer relationships, w...

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