![]() Of those disclosed and consistent with previous four years, 78% are small market (<$5M), micro middle market ($5 to $25M), and small/middle market ($25 to $100M) transactions. ![]() Small and Middle MarketĤ7% of researched transactions disclosed the transaction value. 2015 sees suppliers of fundamental materials such as rare earths, organic LED materials, dielectric optical coatings, semiconductors, nanoparticles, sapphire, and display glasses being acquired. Recent advances in commercially available materials and their related photonics technologies are driving innovation in lighting, life sciences, IT, energy, and construction. OmniVision was acquired was sold by US private equity firms to three China and Hong Kong based private equity firms. Unprecedented in the five years prior to 2014, the Photonics sector again saw about as much activity in the volume of transactions as the market sectors it enables.īy far, the largest acquisition of core photonics technology announced was the acquisition of OmniVision Technologies (CA), a provider of semiconductor image-sensor devices with integrated wafer-level optics used in various consumer and commercial mass-market applications for $1.8 billion. Values are in $US at historical rates of exchange. Transactions volumes, values, geographies, and market segments are analyzed. M&A transactions are researched with closing or announce dates from January 1 to June 30, 2015. Leading the pack are: Irico Display Devices Company, a supplier of LCD modules, OLED’s and raw materials (62x) CellCura, a provider of imaging tools to track embryos through the in-vitro process (24x) Theraclion, a company offering high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for non-invasive treatment of benign tumors (23x) San’an Optoelectronics, a supplier of LED epitaxial chips and high-power concentrating solar products (12x) and Accupix, a multimedia device company developing 3D video glasses and microdisplays (10x). So far this year and unlike last year, a handful of Asia and Europe based middle market companies realizing premium valuations from strategic buyers are driving-up average Enterprise Value/Revenues multiples.
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