[3] BDA has significantly grown since establishment with a stated receipt by 2013 of more than $40 billion in investment by 6,000 companies from around 30 countries and regions, and production in 2013 that equaled half of the city's industrial output.

[3][4] Through acquisitions as part of a consortium with other buyers, E-Town International has acquired several high tech manufacturing businesses in the semiconductor, aviation, automotive, and telecom sectors.

[citation needed] In 2015, it participated as member of a large buyer consortium Uphill Investment in the acquisition of Integrated Silicon Solution Inc., a major producer of NOR flash, for US$731 million.

In another transaction in 2016, E-Town International as part of another buyer consortium, this time with Chipone Technology, acquired Integrated Memory Logic Limited for $136 million.

[13] Notably it has established a cross-border buyout fund with AGIC Capital to buy Gimatic Srl, an Italian manufacturer of mechanical front arm, and Krauss Maffei.