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Hahn & Co. Acquires SKC's Fine Ceramics Business (Solmics)

February 2, 2024

Manufacturing

Hahn & Co. has acquired 100% of SKC's fine ceramics business for 360 billion won (about $270 million). The acquired business, renamed Solmics, produces high‑purity quartz and silicon‑carbide consumables for advanced semiconductor manufacturing and will operate under Hahn & Co.'s ownership to expand its position in the global semiconductor materials market.

Momentive Technologies Acquires Spherical Alumina and Silica Businesses from Sibelco (South Korea)

October 1, 2024

Manufacturing

Momentive Technologies has completed the acquisition of Sibelco’s spherical alumina and spherical silica businesses in South Korea. The deal expands Momentive’s ceramic powder portfolio and strengthens its thermal filler capabilities for thermal interface materials used across electric vehicles, AI, renewable energy, consumer electronics and telecommunications markets.

SEI Acquires LifeYield

December 11, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

SEI Investments Company (SEI) has acquired LifeYield, a Boston-based provider of tax-smart wealth management technology. SEI will integrate LifeYield's API-driven UMH (unified managed household), tax optimization, and multi-account management capabilities into the SEI Wealth Platform to offer real-time, automated tax-aware portfolio and withdrawal optimization for advisors and institutions.

Altair Acquires Cambridge Semantics

April 18, 2024

Data & Analytics

Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) has acquired Cambridge Semantics, a provider of knowledge graph-powered data fabric and analytical graph database technology, and will integrate the technology into the Altair RapidMiner platform. The acquisition brings knowledge graph, data governance, data virtualization, and data discovery capabilities to Altair's analytics and data science offerings to accelerate enterprise knowledge graphs and support generative AI use cases.

LabVantage Solutions and Biomax Informatics Merge

October 11, 2022

Software

LabVantage Solutions and Germany-based Biomax Informatics have closed a merger agreement to combine their laboratory informatics, knowledge-management and semantic-search capabilities. The combination brings together LabVantage’s LIMS/ELN/SDMS platform with Biomax’s decision-support and knowledge-management software to expand product and service offerings for life sciences, biomanufacturing and healthcare customers.

SEMIKRON and Danfoss Silicon Power Form Semikron Danfoss

August 22, 2022

Manufacturing

SEMIKRON and Danfoss Silicon Power have merged to form Semikron Danfoss, a majority-owned business by the Danfoss Group alongside the owner-families of SEMIKRON. The combined company, with more than 3,500 power-electronics specialists and main locations in Nuremberg and Flensburg, will focus on scaling technology, innovation, and capacity for automotive, industrial, and renewable energy markets.