Media reports today, "by 'GO Scale Capital' (jinsha joint venture investment with oak investment partner fund) led by, asia-pacific resources development and investment holding group co., LTD and nanchang industry support fund of mergers and acquisitions, beat the CVC Capital and KKR, bain Capital, international private equity giant, for $3.3 billion acquisition of philips Lumileds 80.1% of its equity, and the right to use" philips "brand 20 years." In simple terms, the Chinese companies bought only philips group, a subsidiary, and related to the led lighting business, the media has a large number of reports on "philips into Chinese brand", to cause the reader "philips to sell his entire to Chinese companies" illusion, the net friend "the title party" to condemn.
Igaki: it seems that lumileds, an American lighting company acquired by philips, is selling again, as if philips sold itself
Gcyynhc: this article is written as if it were a takeover of philips group. It's just a collection of companies that let you use the philips logo, and only for 20 years. Why even the economic news is the headline party now?
Learned, Lumileds is the original philips LED chip companies and philips automotive lighting group company, more than 10% of the global universal lighting market, more than 30% of auto lighting market, the mobile lighting market has more than 50% of the market. Lumileds had $2 billion in sales in 2014.
Chinese companies joined forces to buy an 80.1 percent stake in Lumileds, a company whose patents have been targeted by industry analysts. It is reported, according to the contract, after the deal, the company will shift more than 600 patents about the LED lighting production and car to Lumileds company, relying on the international patent, the Chinese LED enterprises to go abroad to the international market.
As one of the top 500 companies in the world, lighting products are one of the main products of philips, but they are only one of more than 100 businesses and products of philips group. For the average Chinese consumer, the brand is known for its small appliances and consumer electronics, such as the popular philips razor among men.
Media intends to expand the influence of the acquisition event, is certainly want to take advantage of the present Chinese on "China's rise, the rise of Chinese enterprises" national pride, in the toilet by Japan and Japanese manufacturing blow without light, suddenly appeared such a "a successful acquisition of Chinese enterprises in the world top 500 ranked 58th, ranked ninth in the world in the electronics industry in the international giant", a little person patriotism will think this is worth a thing of joy and proud. Of course, the acquisition side can not be excluded from such promotion requirements.
