Yageo Corporation

Yageo Corp broke ground on a new NT$5 billion plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to produce chip resistors, inductors and MLCCs. Commercial production is expected to start in October 2022, creating 3,000 jobs.

Hon Hai Technology Group and Yageo Group announced a strategic alliance to combine R&D capabilities and technological innovations in key electronic components, starting in Q3 2020.

CFIUS cleared the $1.8 billion acquisition of Kemet Corporation, a US manufacturer of capacitors, by Taiwanese company Yageo. Kemet produces tantalum, aluminum, multilayer ceramic, film, paper, polymer electrolytic, and supercapacitors.

KEMET Corporation stockholders voted to approve the proposed acquisition by Yageo Corporation for $27.20 per share in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2020.

Yageo Corporation will acquire all outstanding shares of KEMET Corporation for $27.20 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.8 billion, including net debt assumption.

Yageo Corporation completed the acquisition of Pulse Electronics Corporation from Oaktree Capital Management for $740 million in December 2018, after regulatory approvals.

Yageo Corp plans to invest NT$10 billion over three years to build a plant in Kaohsiung's Dafa Industrial Park for high-end multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) and other passive components used in vehicles. The investment will boost MLCC capacity by 20% to 60 billion units per month by end of 2019.

Brightking Holdings Ltd shareholders approved the merger with Yageo Corp, making Brightking a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal is valued at NT$73 per share.

Kaimei Electronic Corp, an electrolytic capacitor maker and Yageo subsidiary, agreed to acquire Bothhand Enterprise Inc, a LAN transformer manufacturer, in a share-swap deal valued at about NT$5.02 billion. The transaction is expected to close on December 11, 2018.

A subsidiary of Taiwan's Yageo Corp is acquiring U.S. electronic component company Pulse Electronics for $740 million in cash to strengthen its position in automotive electronics.

Yageo Europe Holding B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Yageo Corporation, sold 100% of Ferroxcube International Holding B.V. to Chilisin Electronics Corp. for EUR 133.188 million (approximately TWD 45.28 billion).