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U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition, and Public Policy
Appendix C
Examples of Japanese Acqusitions and Investments in U.S. Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Companies
Japanese Investor
U.S. Company
Year
Product/Technology
Equity (% or $millions)
1. Advantest
Sym-Tek Systems
1988
test equipment
2. Canon
AG Associates
semiconductor eqpt.
$3m
3. Canon
Cymer Laser Technologies
1990
eximer lasers
4. Canon
Lepton
1990
masking
49%
5. Dainippon Screen
MRS
semiconductor eqpt.
6. Fuji Electric
PPC Industries
electron beam
7. Fujikin
Carten/Marten
1989
valves
8. Ebara Corp.
Varian Associates
1991
cryopump div.
$7.5m/Division
9. Hamamatsu
Inspex
semiconductor eqpt.
100%
10. Hoya
Micromask Inc.
1989
photoplates
$25.3/100%
11. Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
Siscan Systems
1990
contamination eqpt.
100%
12. Iwasaki Electric
Energy Sciences
1988
electron beam
100%
13. Kobe Steel
GCA Laser Inspection
laser inspection
100%/Division
14. Kokusai Elec.
BTU International
1992
diffusion furnace
$24/Division
15. Komatsu
Union Carbide
1990
polysilicon
Division
16. Kyocera
AVX
1990
ceramic capacitors
$575
17. Marubeni Hytech
Mattson Technology Inc.
1991
wafer fabrication
18. Mitsubishi Corp.
Cymer Laser Technologies
1991
eximer lasers
$2
19. Mitsubishi Metals
Siltec
silicon wafers
100%
20. Mitsui & Co.
Ergenics
1989
vacuum getters
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Japanese Investor
U.S. Company
Year
Product/Technology
Equity(% or $millions)
21. Nikon
Cymer Laser Technologies
eximer lasers
22. Nippon Gaishi
Cabot (Beryllium)
materials
Division
23. Nippon Kokan
General Electric
silicon factory
Division
24. Nippon Mining
Gould
1988
copper foil
$1,100
25. Nippon Sanso
Matheson Gas Products
1989
semiconductor gas
100%
26. Nippon Sanso
Semi-Gas Systems
1990
gas handling
$23
27. Nippon Sanso
Tri Gas Inc.
1992
semiconductor gases
$88/100%
28. Nippon Steel
Holon
29. Nitto Boseki
Midland Bioproducts
semiconductor eqpt.
30. Osaka Titanium
Cincinnati Milacron
1989
materials
Division
31. Osaka Titanium
U.S. Semiconductor
wafers
100%
32. Seki & Co.
Novellus Systems
1988
front-end
$1.9
33. Shin-Etsu Chem.
MicroSi
silicon
100%
34. Sony Corp.
Materials Research Corp.
wafer process
100%
35. Sumitomo Corp.
LTX Corp.
semiconductor eqpt.
30%
36. Sumitomo Corp.
Prometrix
1991
measuring eqpt.
$1m
37. Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Radiation Dynamics
e-beam.
38. Sumitomo Metals
APT
semiconductor eqpt.
5%
39. Sumitomo Metals
Lam Research
etching, front-end
$5/4.5%
40. Sumitomo Metals
LTX Corp.
1990
testing equipment
$24m
41. Toray+Shimadzu
Therma Wave
semiconductor eqpt.
65% (Toray) 22% (Shimadzu)
42. Toshiba Ceramic
Quartz Industrial
materials
80%
43. Tosoh
Varian Associates
1989
materials
$33m/Division
44. Tosoh
Weiss Scientific Glass Blowing
1990
glass for IC fab
45. ULVAC Japan
BTU-ULVAC
1991
wafer processing
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