Global Semiconductor Equipment Business Profile

In 2011, the merger and acquisition of semiconductor equipment industry was frequently reported. Recently, Lam Research, the world’s fourth-largest equipment manufacturer, quickly announced the acquisition of Novellus, which is the 10th in the world. Colin’s research and development will all be acquired as a stock transaction. The total value of this transaction is approximately US$3.3 billion, and the company will retain the use of Colin’s R&D name after the merger.

Martin Anstice, currently President and Chief Operating Officer of Colin, will serve as Colin’s Chief Executive Officer of R&D for a term beginning on January 1, 2012, and Timothy Archer, currently Chief Operating Officer of Nordic, will be the combined The company’s chief operating officer, Ernest Maddock, who is now chief financial officer of Colin, will continue to assume the role of chief financial officer, while Colin’s board will add four members to the board of directors jointly nominated by Colin and Novo.

Colin expects that after the merger of the two companies, it will be able to become a semiconductor device company with a wider product portfolio. The strength of Novartis is CVD chemical vapor deposition process, PVD physical vapor deposition process, single wafer cleaning equipment, and Colin's The strength is the etch. After the integration of each other's technologies and equipment, they will achieve complementary effects that will make the semiconductor supply chain more complete and closer to Applied Materials.

In addition, the two companies have merged to expand their 3D-architecture technology equipment with advanced logic structures, and key technologies such as NAND Flash memory, and to expand the company's 450mm wafer strategy.

According to statistics, the world's top four semiconductor equipment manufacturers, respectively, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, ASML and Colin, and Novo in the global rankings is from 2009, the 9th to 10th.