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MKS Instruments (MKSI) has approached Atotech (ATC) with an acquisition offer - Reuters

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Exclusive: MKS Instruments approaches Atotech with acquisition offer - sources

June 10, 2021 8:20 PM EDT

By Greg Roumeliotis and Krystal Hu

(Reuters) - Semiconductor equipment maker MKS Instruments Inc has approached Atotech Ltd, a specialty chemicals group that has a market value of $4.7 billion, with an acquisition offer, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

The potential combination would expand MKS's offerings in chip manufacturing through the addition of Atotech's plating chemicals. It would come a few months after Atotech was... More