Entegris, Inc. provider of specialty chemicals and advanced materials solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the SAES Pure Gas business from SAES Getters S.p.A, an advanced functional materials company headquartered in Milan, Italy.
The SAES Pure Gas business, a leading provider of high-capacity gas purification systems used in semiconductor manufacturing and adjacent markets is based in San Luis Obispo, California and will report into the Microcontamination Control division of Entegris. Under the agreement, Entegris will purchase the shares and assets which comprise the SAES Pure Gas business for approximately $355m, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
Materials purity plays an increasingly critical role in the performance and reliability of advanced semiconductors as the sensitivity to contamination approaches the parts per quadrillion level. Advanced memory devices require significantly higher gas consumption per processed wafer to support shrinking geometries and multi-layer device architectures. As a result of this heightened sensitivity to molecular contamination and increased gas consumption, semiconductor manufacturers are depending on bulk gas suppliers to deliver process gases that meet new purity requirements.
”…our customers will benefit from a complete portfolio of gas purifications solutions for both bulk and specialty gases.”
Bertrand Loy, President and CEO of Entegris
Bertrand Loy, President and CEO of Entegris, commented, “With this acquisition, our customers will benefit from a complete portfolio of gas purifications solutions for both bulk and specialty gases.”
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