Applied Materials

Applied Materials has acquired Think Silicon, a Greek developer of ultra-low-power GPUs and display controllers. The transaction marks the largest deep tech startup exit in Greece.

Wuhan Tianma, a subsidiary of AVIC International, signed a framework cooperation agreement with Applied Materials for the G6 Phase II project, with a total consideration of up to $80 million for plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition equipment and related parts.

Applied Materials has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Kokusai Electric from KKR for $2.2 billion in cash. Kokusai Electric provides batch processing systems for semiconductor manufacturing and will operate as a business unit of Applied's Semiconductor Products Group.

Applied Materials launched its first combined display manufacturing center and laboratory at Tainan's Southern Taiwan Science Park, investing over NT$3 billion (US$95.57 million). The plant includes two cleanrooms and a laboratory and will manufacture 10th-generation LCD and OLED production equipment.

Iones (아이원스) signed a 5.97 billion won ($5.2 million) contract with Applied Materials to supply Sym3 Blackstone equipment. The contract runs until January 31, 2018.