September 12, 2025 /SemiMedia/ — Yageo Corp announced on September 12 that its board has approved a proposed public tender offer to acquire a 28.5% stake in power semiconductor designer ANPEC Electronics, with a premium of about 20%. ANPEC specializes in mixed-signal power chips and sensors, including laptop fan motor driver ICs and power management ICs, and has recently expanded into industrial automation applications.

Yageo sees ANPEC as a strategic complement to its core passive component business, enabling it to bridge a gap in power IC design and sensing that enhances its one-stop component supplier ambitions. The acquisition would integrate ANPEC’s power and sensor IC capabilities with Yageo’s strengths in resistors, capacitors, inductors, and magnetics, deepening its role in notebook power systems, industrial automation drives and IoT edge devices.

This move builds on Yageo’s previous semiconductor investments. In 2024, Yageo acquired a 20.23% stake in uPI Semiconductor via private placement, gaining access to uPI’s strong design capabilities in multi-phase VCore controller ICs and highly integrated power stages — a strategic entry into high-performance computing (HPC), AI and industrial power markets. Yageo has also boosted its sensor and system-level product portfolio previously through the acquisitions of Pulse Electronics, KEMET and Germany’s Heraeus Nexensos, strengthening its ability to offer comprehensive component-to-system solutions.

If consummated, the ANPEC deal could accelerate Yageo’s transformation from a leading passive component maker into a broader power semiconductors and sensor-augmented electronic component supplier. Yageo aims to leverage its global channels, system customer relationships and integrated R&D to fuse ANPEC’s mixed-signal power ICs with its existing passive, magnetic and sensor offerings, reinforcing its footing in fast-growing markets including notebook power systems, industrial automation and IoT edge devices.