MKS Instruments

MKS Instruments

About MKS Instruments

Simplify's Rating
Why MKS Instruments is rated
A-
Rated A on Competitive Edge
Rated A on Growth Potential
Rated B on Rating Differentiation

Industries

Industrial & Manufacturing

Defense

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Andover, Minnesota

Founded

1961

Overview

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What believers are saying

  • Increased demand for semiconductor equipment boosts MKS Instruments' growth.
  • Quantum computing rise creates opportunities for MKS' advanced laser technologies.
  • Growing MEMS technology adoption enhances market for MKS' mass flow controllers.

What critics are saying

  • Ransomware attack may cause financial and reputational damage to MKS Instruments.
  • Photon Control acquisition could face integration challenges and cultural clashes.
  • Refinancing increases financial leverage, posing risks if market conditions worsen.

What makes MKS Instruments unique

  • MKS Instruments offers advanced Spectra-Physics lasers for quantum applications.
  • The company provides innovative mass flow controllers with ultra-fast control times.
  • MKS Instruments' Ophir lenses are designed for high-performance MWIR cameras.

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Benefits

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

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Company News

GlobeNewswire
Jan 24th, 2025
MKS Instruments Completes Repricing on its Secured Term Loan B USD and EUR Tranches and Makes a $100 Million Voluntary Prepayment on its Secured Term Loan B USD

ANDOVER, Mass., Jan. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our...

Benzinga
Jan 22nd, 2024
Mks Instruments Completes Refinancing Of Secured Term Loan A

Loading. Loading...ANDOVER, Mass., Jan. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MKS Instruments, Inc. MKSI ("MKS"), a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, announced today that it successfully completed the refinancing of its existing $744 million secured tranche A term loans using a portion of the proceeds of its $490 million incremental secured U.S. dollar tranche B term loans and €250 million incremental secured Euro tranche B term loans (collectively, the "Term Loan B"). As a result of the refinancing, the maturity of the refinanced loans has been extended to 2029, consistent with MKS' existing secured tranche B term loans, and is expected to result in savings by reducing MKS' weighted average cost of debt on the amount of debt refinanced by approximately 30 to 35 basis points based on current interest rates."This move adds flexibility, simplifies our capital structure, and is consistent with our longstanding track record of proactively managing our balance sheet," said Seth H

MKS Instruments
Sep 21st, 2023
MKS Instruments Announces Agreement to Acquire Photon Control

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CPO Magazine
Feb 28th, 2023
Major Semiconductor Firm Applied Materials Hit by Supply Chain Attack; Ransomware Impact Will Cost $250 Million

It is possible that MKS Instruments, an industrial equipment supplier, was the breach point of the supply chain attack as that company announced that it had been hit with ransomware on February 3 and would have to reschedule its fourth quarter earnings call.

Digital Journal
Jan 9th, 2023
Mass Flow Controllers (MFC) Market Size, Growth, Analysis 2023-2032 | Key Players: Brooks, Vogtlin, Burkert Fluid Control Systems, Sierra, Tokyo Keiso among others

MKS Instruments introduced the next-generation C-series mass flow controllers in October 2019, which combine MEMS technology with a fast-acting control valve and MKS proprietary algorithms to provide an ultra-fast control time of fewer than 100 milliseconds.

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