Exclusive: Applied Materials to buy KKR's Kokusai Electric for $2.2bn

World's top chipmaking machine supplier moves to cement lead with Japanese deal

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KKR tried to find a buyer for Kokusai Electric, but the recent market downturn has dampened interest in the semiconductor equipment maker. (Photo source by Reuters)

MASAYA SATO, SHINICHIRO IBUSUKI and AKIRA YAMASHITA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Applied Materials, the world's top supplier of chipmaking equipment, will buy smaller Japanese peer Kokusai Electric, Nikkei has learned.

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