Chip equipment maker Besi fields takeover interest on surging demand for advanced chip packaging: Report

BE Semiconductor Industries has attracted takeover interest as its chip-packaging technology becomes increasingly strategic for semiconductor equipment manufacturers, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The Amsterdam-listed chip equipment maker, known as Besi, which has a market value of 14 billion euros ($16.20 billion), has been working with investment bank Morgan Stanley to evaluate the approaches, two of the people said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are ‌confidential.