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The Company | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
The Company | A. THE COMPANY Teradyne, Inc. (“Teradyne”) is a leading global supplier of automation equipment for test and industrial applications. Teradyne designs, develops, manufactures and sells automatic test systems used to test semiconductors, wireless products, data storage and complex electronics systems in the consumer electronics, wireless, automotive, industrial, computing, communications, and aerospace and defense industries. Teradyne’s industrial automation products include collaborative robotic arms, autonomous mobile robots and advanced robotic control software used by global manufacturing and light industrial customers to improve quality, increase manufacturing and material handling efficiency and decrease manufacturing costs. Teradyne’s automatic test equipment and industrial automation products and services include:
| • | semiconductor test (“Semiconductor Test”) systems;
| • | defense/aerospace (“Defense/Aerospace”) test instrumentation and systems, storage test (“Storage Test”) systems, and circuit-board test and inspection (“Production Board Test”) systems (collectively these products represent “System Test”);
| • | industrial automation (“Industrial Automation”) products; and
| • | wireless test (“Wireless Test”) systems.
On June 11, 2015, Teradyne acquired Universal Robots A/S (“Universal Robots”) for approximately $284 million of cash plus up to an additional $65 million of cash if certain performance targets are met extending through 2018. Universal Robots is the leading supplier of collaborative robots which are low-cost, easy-to-deploy and simple-to-program robots that work side by side with production workers. Universal Robots is a separate operating and reportable segment, Industrial Automation. On February 26, 2018, Teradyne acquired Energid Technologies Corporation (“Energid”) for a total purchase price of approximately $28 million. Energid’s technology enables and simplifies the programming of complex robotic motions used in a wide variety of end markets, ranging from heavy industry to healthcare, utilizing both traditional robots and collaborative robots. On April 25, 2018, Teradyne acquired Mobile Industrial Robots ApS (“MiR”), a Danish limited liability company, for a total purchase price of approximately $198 million, which included $145 million of cash paid and $53 million of contingent consideration measured at fair value. The contingent consideration is payable upon achievement of certain thresholds and targets for revenue and earnings before interest and taxes through 2020. At December 31, 2018, the maximum amount of contingent consideration that could be paid is $115 million. MiR is the leading maker of collaborative autonomous mobile robots for industrial applications. Universal Robots, MiR and Energid are included in Teradyne’s Industrial Automation segment.

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