10:00 uur 01-06-2022

Kioxia voltooit overname van Chubu Toshiba Engineering

TOKIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kioxia Holdings Corporation, de wereldleider in geheugenoplossingen, heeft vandaag aangekondigd dat het de overname van Chubu Toshiba Engineering Corporation heeft voltooid. Het bedrijf sloot op 24 februari 2022 een aandelenkoopovereenkomst met Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation (een dochteronderneming van Toshiba Corporation) in verband met de overname om de technologische ontwikkelingsmogelijkheden van de Kioxia Group verder te versterken.

Deze overname brengt een zeer ervaren engineeringteam in huis en maakt tegelijkertijd kostenbesparingen mogelijk, die samen de ondernemingswaarde van het bedrijf zullen verbeteren. De overname zal Kioxia’s technologische ontwikkelingsmogelijkheden verbeteren en synergieën opleveren tussen het ontwerp, de werking en de productie van zijn fabrieken.

Kioxia to Complete Acquisition of Chubu Toshiba Engineering

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kioxia Holdings Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, announced today that it completed the acquisition of Chubu Toshiba Engineering Corporation. The company entered into a share purchase agreement with Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation (a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation) on February 24, 2022, in connection with the acquisition to further strengthen Kioxia Group’s technology development capabilities.

This acquisition brings in-house a highly experienced engineering team while also enabling cost efficiencies, which together will improve the enterprise value of the company. The acquisition will enhance Kioxia’s technology development capabilities, as well as deliver synergies across the design, operation and production of its manufacturing plants.

Going forward, Chubu Toshiba Engineering Corporation will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kioxia Corporation under the name of Kioxia Engineering Corporation.

Kioxia is cultivating a new era of memory with its world class solutions, as it strives towards the mission of “uplifting the world with memory”. The company remains committed to developing initiatives to strengthen the competitiveness of its memory and SSD business.

About Kioxia Engineering Corporation

Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Representative: Kunio Yamada, President

Founded: February 1, 1992

Outline of Business:

  • Engineering services related to semiconductor development, design and manufacturing
  • Development and operation of semiconductor CIM systems

About Kioxia

Kioxia is a world leader in memory solutions, dedicated to the development, production and sale of flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs). In April 2017, its predecessor Toshiba Memory was spun off from Toshiba Corporation, the company that invented NAND flash memory in 1987. Kioxia is committed to uplifting the world with memory by offering products, services and systems that create choice for customers and memory-based value for society. Kioxia’s innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH™, is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications, including advanced smartphones, PCs, SSDs, automotive and data centers.

Contacts

Kota Yamaji

Public Relations

Kioxia Holdings Corporation

81-3-6478-2319

kioxia-hd-pr@kioxia.com

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