Delta Electronics Inc (台達電) has signed an agreement to acquire power inductor and powder materials assets from Alps Alpine Ltd and its subsidiary Alps Electric Korea Co for US$71 million, the company said yesterday. Assets include Alps’ production and research equipment, and patent and intellectual property.
Alps’ powder material technology is used in power inductors that improve the energy efficiency of devices and equipment, so the acquisition would boost the company’s competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI) servers and electric vehicles, it said.
Delta also said it would integrate Alps Alpine’s power inductor business in Japan and South Korea, combining their research-and-development (R&D) capabilities, production facilities and customer resources to bolster the Taiwanese firm’s passive components business.
Photo: Fang Wei-chieh, Taipei Times
“With this acquisition, we aim to create synergies to ultimately enhance Delta’s patent and supply chain capabilities to help our business development,” Delta chairman and CEO Ping Cheng (鄭平) said in a statement. “By combining our growing R&D capabilities in Japan with Alps, we can accelerate the development of innovative products and technologies.”
The deal comes as the company is gearing up to seek opportunities in the booming data center, AI, high-performance computing, edge computing, electric vehicle and next-generation information and communications technology realms, it said.
Delta told investors earlier this month that AI would be the major growth driver this year, with power supplies used in AI servers making up about 4 to 5 percent of the company’s revenue.
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