On February 10, 2004, the two companies announced that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement in a stock-for- stock transaction to create one of the world’s premier independent semiconductor assembly and test solutions companies.
(March 23, 2004) Chandler, Ariz.—Amkor Technology Inc., CASIO COMPUTER Co. Ltd. and CASIO MICRONICS Co. Ltd. have established business and technology licensing agreements for assembly and test of wafer-level semiconductor packages.