Acquisition Report infographic
There had been plenty of company acquisitions in 2012, either full, partial, mergers, spin-offs, or brand acquisitions.
There were over 400 acquisitions that were made public, which involved some big companies and brands.
Who acquired whom? Who acquired the most companies? When did these acquisitions happen? Let’s find out in the article below.
In addition, get a very detailed view of some of the featured acquisitions of 2012.
Acquisitions by Type
Full acquisition 74%
Partial acquisition 22%
Brand acquisition 2%
Merger 1%
Spin-off 1%
Acquisitions per Month
Throughout 2012, there had been ups and downs in product acquisitions. The full and partial product acquisitions shared similar graphics.
Starting the year, a constant decline happened from January to May for full and partial acquisitions. However, the product acquisitions began to rise in August.
Still and all, the enhancement didn’t last long because there was a dramatic drop to the point that product acquisitions (full and partial) hit rock bottom in September.
After the drought, the data showed a constant climb through the rest of the months until it reached its peak at the year’s end.
Top Buyers
Some famous brands became the top buyers in 2012; Oracle, IBM, and Cisco Systems were the top three.
Moreover, Dell made it into the fifth, Microsoft in the 17th, and Intel in the 20th.
Featured Acquisitions
There had been some featured acquisitions in 2012, which follows:
- Murata Manufacturing acquired RF Monolitics.
- Vishay acquired HiRel.
- Microchip Technology acquired SMSC.
- Micron acquired Elpida Memory.
- Microsemi acquired Timing, Synchronization, and Synthesis Business from Maxim Integrated.
- QLogic announced a definitive agreement to sell InfiniBand assets to intel.
- IDT Acquires NXP Data Converter assets and Alvand Technology.
- AVX acquired the Tantalum Division of Nichicon Corporation.
- Bell acquired TE Connectivity’s Transpower Magnetic Business.
- GEO Semiconductor acquired Maxim Integrated’s digital video processing business.
- TE Connectivity divested the Elo Touch Systems.
- VCC acquired indication and illumination product lines from Chicago Miniature Lighting.
- Integrated Device Technology acquired PLX Technology.
- PMC-Sierra acquired the server storage 12Gb/s expander product line from Maxim.
- Renesas Electronics transferred Factory of Subsidiary to Fuji Electric.
Let’s look at the infographic below to see the detailed graphs and data of company or product acquisitions in 2012.
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