Ardian Semiconductor has acquired semiconductor equipment and services company Ion Beam Services (IBS) in a deal being announced later Thursday. The investor saw off competition from strategic buyers offering “significantly higher prices” in a sector that offers private markets the “opportunity of the decade,” Silian Partners managing director and co-founder Thomas Pebay-Peyroula told PE Hub.
Ardian Semiconductor buys IBS as chip market offers ‘opportunity of the decade’
The platform, launched by Ardian and Silian Partners last year, beat off strategic bidders offering ‘significantly higher prices.’
