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Key Terms
| > | With effect from July 6, 2012, PVA TePla AG has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Munich Metrology GmbH. Both companies have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. |
| > | Aquin acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Opinias Invest, the owner of Munich Metrology. |
Strategic Logic
| > | With the acquisition of Munich Metrology, PVA TePla is systematically building on its technological expertise in wafer analysis (metrology). |
| > | Over the past few years, Munich Metrology has undergone positive development. By its incorporation into PVA TePla, it will be in a position to realize additional contributions to sales revenue and earnings. |
| > | Furthermore, synergies in the development of technology and integration into PVA TePla’s global sales and service network mean clear advantages for the customer and therefore additional impetus for growth. |
| > | Munich Metrology develops and sells innovative analysis systems to trace surface impurities on wafers for the semiconductor industry worldwide. The company originally emerged from the GeMeTec mbH. |
| > | The company employs highly qualified employees in Munich (Germany) and at its subsidiaries in Japan, Taiwan and the United States. |
| > | PVA TePla AG is a listed manufacturer of equipment for the production, treatment and finishing of high-quality materials and surfaces. |
| > | In 2011, consolidated revenues amounted to 130 million euros. |
| > | The Semiconductor Systems division manufactures crystal growing systems for the production of silicon crystals, plasma systems for production processes in the semiconductor industry and in life science analytical equipment for quality control of high-tech materials. |