Applied Materials

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Applied Materials, Inc.

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legal form Corporation
ISIN US0382221051
founding 1967
Seat Santa Clara , California , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
management Gary E. Dickerson (President and CEO )
Number of employees 22,000
sales 14.6 billion US dollars
Branch Systems for the semiconductor industry
Website www.appliedmaterials.com
As of December 31, 2019

Applied Materials, Inc. ( AMAT ) is one of the world's largest manufacturers of equipment for the semiconductor industry , based in Santa Clara , California in Silicon Valley ( USA ). Applied Materials was founded in 1967 by Michael A. McNeilly and others and has been publicly traded since 1972.

Applied Materials manufactures production systems for various manufacturing processes in semiconductor technology, including systems for producing thin layers (e.g. sputter deposition systems ). The systems are used in the manufacture of semiconductor-based products, including integrated circuits , solar cells / solar modules and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The company also offers other systems for manufacturing these products, such as wafer transport and handling systems, which are necessary for largely automatic production in industry.

On 7 July 2006, Applied Materials has announced the acquisition of Applied Films from Longmont (Colorado) completed (sales in 2005 about US $ 200 million), a company that is the leading manufacturer of production equipment for flat panel displays , solar cells , OLEDs and laminated plastics specialized Has. After the division of Leybold AG in 1993 and the spin-off of Leybold Optics and Leybold Systems GmbH in Hanau, Applied Films bought larger areas of Leybold in Germany, which now form the company's main business. Research, development and production of the machines, on the other hand, take place mainly in Alzenau , where the majority of the employees are employed.

The takeover of the competitor Semitool Inc. was completed at the end of December 2009.

After retiring from manufacturing ion implants, it acquired implant leader Varian Semiconductor , a spin-off from Varian Associates , for $ 4.9 billion in 2011 .

The merger announced in September 2013 with Tokyo Electron , the number 3 semiconductor supplier in terms of market value , would have resulted in an American-Japanese company valued at around US $ 29 billion, but was canceled in April 2015.

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  1. ↑ Leadership
  2. ↑ a b = Annual Report 2019
  3. ↑ Applied Materials Completes Acquisition of Semitool. In: Business Wire. Applied Materials, December 21, 2009, accessed January 4, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Applied Materials to Buy Varian for $ 4.9 Billion. New York Times Dealbook, May 4, 2011, accessed February 20, 2014 .
  5. ^ US Manufacturer of Chip-Making Equipment Buys Japanese Rival. New York Times Dealbook, September 24, 2013, accessed February 20, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Applied Materials Calls Off Its Merger With Tokyo Electron Due To Regulatory Snag. Forbes, April 27, 2015, accessed May 2, 2015 .