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Merck KGaA to buy semiconductor testing firm

by Craig Bettenhausen
July 29, 2024 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 102, Issue 23

 

The German specialty chemical company Merck KGaA has agreed to purchase the French metrology and defect inspection equipment maker Unity Semiconductor for $168 million. Unity will become part of Merck’s EMD Electronics division, which offers chemicals, equipment, and services to the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Merck says artificial intelligence and other types of high-end computing are driving demand for complex, many-layered chips, and the acquisition will let it serve that market with high-speed quality control.

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