New Money

摘要

The industry has been buzzing this past month as more big deals have been inked and others hover in limbo, the subject of rumor. Some of theses deals have been mergers or acquisitions between well-known industry names, like Flextronics and Solectron; Mentor Graphics and Sierra Design Automation; Rena and Hoellmueller.rnOther deals made or under discussion involve private equity firms buying some or all a business's assets. Not since the tech stock crash and subsequent manufacturing downturn has our oft-ignored industry generated so much interest. Why all the attention now?