Company type | Public company |
---|---|
ISIN | US55306N1046 |
Industry | Semiconductors |
Founded | 1961 |
Headquarters |
Andover, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 5,400 (2020) |
Website |
www |
MKS Instruments, Inc. is an American process control instrumentation company. [1] It is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. [2]
MKS Instruments was founded in 1961 as a provider of products and technologies used to measure, control, power, and monitor critical process parameters of advanced manufacturing processes. [3]
In 2001, the company acquired Emerson Electric's ENI Division which makes solid-state RF and DC plasma power supplies, networks and instruments. [4] [5]
In April 2014, Brooks Automation entered into an agreement to sell its Granville-Phillips division to MKS Instruments. [6] MKS Instruments more than doubled their addressable market by acquiring the Newport Corporation and its subsidiaries, including Ophir Optronics, for $980 million in a 2016 leveraged buyout. [7] It acquired Electro Scientific Industries in 2019, [8] and Atotech in 2021. [9]
In 2021, MKS Instruments had about 5,400 employees and a market capitalization of about $11 billion. [10] As of 2021, sixty percent of the company's sales are from semiconductor products. [11] On February 3, 2023, MKS Instruments fell victim to a ransomware attack that among others shut down their websites for more than ten days. [12]
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Company type | Public company |
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ISIN | US55306N1046 |
Industry | Semiconductors |
Founded | 1961 |
Headquarters |
Andover, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 5,400 (2020) |
Website |
www |
MKS Instruments, Inc. is an American process control instrumentation company. [1] It is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. [2]
MKS Instruments was founded in 1961 as a provider of products and technologies used to measure, control, power, and monitor critical process parameters of advanced manufacturing processes. [3]
In 2001, the company acquired Emerson Electric's ENI Division which makes solid-state RF and DC plasma power supplies, networks and instruments. [4] [5]
In April 2014, Brooks Automation entered into an agreement to sell its Granville-Phillips division to MKS Instruments. [6] MKS Instruments more than doubled their addressable market by acquiring the Newport Corporation and its subsidiaries, including Ophir Optronics, for $980 million in a 2016 leveraged buyout. [7] It acquired Electro Scientific Industries in 2019, [8] and Atotech in 2021. [9]
In 2021, MKS Instruments had about 5,400 employees and a market capitalization of about $11 billion. [10] As of 2021, sixty percent of the company's sales are from semiconductor products. [11] On February 3, 2023, MKS Instruments fell victim to a ransomware attack that among others shut down their websites for more than ten days. [12]
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