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Corporate Governance – portrayed in the individual cultural and legal framework, from the standpoint of equity capital.

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Dialog Semiconductor: more LEDs by takeover

The TecDax Semiconductor company Dialog AG has acquired iWatt the U.S. LED manufacturer, a move that will enable the semiconductor company and supplier of Apple to increase its business in the area of LEDs and charging devices. From its headquarters in Baden Wuerttemberg, Dialog announces that its purchase includes iWatt’s 110 patents and highly remunerative sales – iWatt’s margin grew by 46% last year alone. At the cost of 345 million U.S. Dollars Dialog has secured iWatt, a first step towards curtailing its dependency on a single mammoth client.


Analytik Jena: Flirting with billionaires

According to journal Der Aktionaer, the technology division of Turingia Analytik Jena, is in the crosshairs of the large Swiss family enterprise, Endress+Hauser. Backed by their considerable wealth, the Swiss recently increased their holding in prime standards from 10 to 22 percent, purchasing the shares owned by Analytik Jena co-founder Hens Adomat. While for now, at least, Endress+Hauser show no intention of taking the helm in company policy, they are proceeding to increase their holding. Analytik Jena seem happy with the Swiss giant, by contrast with the major stockholder Verder who opted out of the measuring instruments company in 2011.