Lite-On SSD division including Plextor acquired from Kioxia

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Kioxia has completed the acquisition of Lite-On’s SSD business, which was announced in August 2019. When the first negotiations of the $165 million acquisition began, Kioxia was still in the market under the name Toshiba Memory. In the future, the established Lite-On brand name will be retained despite the new owner. The Plextor brand, which was part of Lite-On’s SSD division, is also part of the acquisition and is also to remain in the market.
Originally, the takeover was to take place much earlier. However, the global Covid 19 pandemic has caused a delay of about three months. Strategically, Kioxia wants to strengthen its own SSD division by purchasing the competitor, while Lite-On can concentrate on its core business in automotive electronics, industrial automation and cloud computing.
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