MKS Instruments

MKS Instruments, Inc. is an American process control instrumentation company.[1] It is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.[2]

MKS Instruments, Inc.
TypePublic company
ISINUS55306N1046
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded1961 (1961)
Headquarters
Andover, Massachusetts, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
5,400 (2020)
Websitewww.mksinst.com

History

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 ($1.2 billion inflation-adjusted) 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]

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References
  1. Business, United States Congress House Committee on Small (2008). Examining Expiring Tax Incentives and the Needs of Small Business: Committee on Small Business, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held September 11, 2008. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-16-081864-6.
  2. "MKSI | MKS Instruments Inc. Company Profile & Executives - WSJ". www.wsj.com.
  3. Heat Treating Progress: The Official Voice of the ASM Heat Treating Society. ASM International. 2002.
  4. "MKS Instrument buys Emerson's ENI unit for $288 million in stock". EE Times. Jan 2, 2002.
  5. News, Bloomberg (2001-11-01). "COMPANY NEWS; MKS TO BUY EMERSON ELECTRIC FOR ABOUT $251 MILLION". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  6. http://investor.brooks.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=197950&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1909619
  7. "MKS Instruments buys Newport in $980M debt-financed deal". optics.org. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  8. Thoss, Andreas (March 24, 2020). "Keynote Discussion: A conversation with John Lee, CEO, MKS Instruments". www.laserfocusworld.com.
  9. "Atotech Acquisition". www.atotech.com/. July 2021.
  10. "MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI) Company Profile & Facts - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com.
  11. Daily, Investor's Business (2021-03-17). "MKS Stock Rebounds After Chip Gear Maker Exits Battle For Coherent". Investor's Business Daily. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
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