安靠宣布收購NANIUM，擼起袖子大干晶圓級扇出封裝市場！
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使市場一流晶圓級扇出封裝解決方案的大規模生產成為可能
安靠科技（Nasdaq: AMKR）和NANIUM S.A.今日宣布雙方達成了安靠收購NANIUM的最終協議。NANIUM是一家世界級的晶圓級扇出封裝技術供應商。具體交易條款并未披露。
此次對NANIUM的收購有助于增強安靠在快速增長的晶圓級扇出封裝領域（智能手機，平板電腦和其他的應用）的市場地位。NANIUM開發了高良品率的、可靠的晶圓級扇出封裝技術，并且成功地將此技術運用于大規模生產中。迄今為止，NANIUM已利用最先進的300mm晶圓級封裝產線出貨近10億顆扇出封裝產品。
安靠董事長兼首席執行官 Steve Kelly發言稱：“此次戰略性的收購將鞏固安靠作為晶圓級封裝和晶圓級扇出封裝領域領先供應商之一的地位。基于NANIUM成熟的技術，我們能擴大生產規模，擴展這項技術的客戶群。”
“安靠收購非常契合我們的需求，并將給NANIUM及其員工提供了一個未來成長的強大平臺，”NANIUM董事會執行委員會主席Armando Tavares說，“安靠的領先技術，雄厚資源，全球影響力結合NANIUM的一流晶圓級扇出封裝將會加速這個技術在全球的接受度與發展。”
NANIUM位于葡萄牙波爾圖，擁有大約500名員工，截止至2016年9月30日財政年度，年銷售額大約為4千萬美金。此項交易視慣例成交條件及監管批準情況，預計在2017年第一個季度完成。
關于安靠科技
安靠科技是世界上半導體封裝和測試外包服務業中最大的獨立供應商之一。安靠成立于1968年，是半導體封裝和測試外包服務領域的先鋒，目前已經成為全球超過250家領先半導體企業、工廠和電子設備制造商的戰略合作伙伴。安靠總占地面積超過八百萬平方英尺，包括生產車間、產品研發中心，以及在亞洲、歐洲和美國各重要電子設備生產商集中區域所設立的銷售辦公室。詳情請訪問官網：www.amkor.com。
關于NANIUM
NANIUM S.A.是一個世界級的半導體封裝測試，工程和制造服務廠商。公司1996年始于西門子半導體，目前是300mm 晶圓級封裝領域，包括扇入和扇出晶圓封裝測試的領先者。NANIUM公司內部可為整個開發鏈提供服務,從設計到多種晶圓級封裝技術,可以靈活定制并提供測試方案，滿足最嚴格的客戶需求。公司總部在葡萄牙波爾圖，并在德國德累斯頓、美國波士頓設有辦事處。
Amkor Technology to Acquire NANIUM
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Strategic acquisition strengthens Amkor’s leading position in Wafer-Level Packaging
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Enables manufacturing scalefor the market’s “best-in-class” Wafer-Level Fan-Out solution
TEMPE,Ariz. & VILA DO CONDE, Porto, Portugal--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2017--Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) and NANIUM S.A. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Amkor to acquire NANIUM, a worldclass provider of wafer-level fan-out (WLFO) semiconductor packaging solutions.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The acquisition of NANIUM will strengthen Amkor’s position in the fast growing market of wafer-level packaging for smartphones, tablets and other applications. NANIUM has developed a high-yielding, reliable WLFO technology, and has successfully ramped that technology to high volume production. NANIUM hasshipped nearly one billion WLFO packages to date utilizing a state-of-the-art 300mm Wafer-Level Packaging (WLP) production line.
“This strategic acquisition will enhance Amkor’s position as one of the leading providers of WLP and WLFO packaging solutions,” said Steve Kelley, Amkor’s president and chief executive officer. “Building on NANIUM’s proven technologies, we can expand the manufacturing scale and broaden the customer basefor this technology.”
“The Amkor transaction is a great fit for us and provides NANIUM and its employees with a strong platform for future growth,” said Armando Tavares, President of NANIUM’s Executive Board. “Amkor’s technology leadership, substantial resources and global presence coupled with NANIUM’s best-in-class WLFO packaging solutions will accelerate global acceptance and growth of this technology worldwide.”
NANIUM is based in Porto, Portugal, employs approximately 550 people and had annual salesof approximately $40 million for their fiscal year ended September 30, 2016.The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
About Amkor Technology
Amkor Technology, Inc. is one of the world’s largest providers of outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services. Founded in 1968, Amkor pioneered the outsourcing of IC packaging and test, and is now a strategic manufacturing partner for more than 250 of the world’s leading semiconductor companies,foundries and electronics OEMs. Amkor’s operational base includes 10 million square feet of floor space with production facilities, product development centers, and sales and support offices located in key electronics manufacturing regions in Asia, Europe and the U.S. For more information, visit www.amkor.com.
About NANIUM
NANIUM S.A. is a world-class provider of semiconductor assembly, packaging, test,engineering and manufacturing services. The company started as Siemens Semiconductors back in 1996 and nowadays is a leader in 300mm Wafer-Level Packaging, both Fan-In/WLCSP and Fan-Out/WLFO. NANIUM offers in-house capabilities for the entire development chain, from design to multiple Wafer-Level Packaging technologies, and the flexibility to tailor and test solutions that respond to the most demanding customer requirements. The companyis based near Porto, Portugal, and has offices in Dresden, Germany and Boston,USA.