Cohu completes acquisition of Ismeca

Ismeca, with headquarters in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and major operations in Malacca, Malaysia and Suzhou, China, designs, manufactures and sells turret-based test handling and back-end finishing equipment for ICs, LEDs and discrete components. Ismeca’s unaudited sales for the twelve months ended June 2012 were approximately $84 million. The purchase price was $54.5 million plus acquired cash and was funded out of Cohu’s existing cash reserves.