# Brooks Automation acquires PRI Automation

Brooks Automation has acquired PRI Automation to consolidate wafer-handling technologies for vacuum and atmospheric environments, creating a unified platform for 300mm semiconductor manufacturing.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2026-11-08
- Where: United States
- Status: completed
- Products: wafer-handling robotics, vacuum transport systems, atmospheric robotics
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Brooks Automation](https://endata.com/companies/3773.md) (acquirer)
- [PRI Automation](https://endata.com/companies/95595.md) (target)

## Sources

- [wirewiz.blog](https://wirewiz.blog/brooks-pri-automation-merger-analysis), 2026-11-08: "Brooks Automation's acquisition of PRI Automation consolidated the semiconductor industry's most critical wafer-handling technologies."

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