Applied Materials provides equipment, IP, and materials engineering solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors. The company has expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale.
History:
Applied Materials was founded in 1967 in Mountain View, California.
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2022: Acquired Picosun, atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology, primarily for specialty semiconductors
2011: Acquired Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates
2009: Acquired the assets of Advent Solar
2009: Acquired Semitool
2008: Acquired Baccini, a leading supplier of automated metallization and test systems for manufacturing crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) cells
2007: Acquired HCT Shaping Systems, precision wafering systems for manufacturing crystalline silicon (c-Si) substrates for the solar industry
2007: Acquired Brooks Software, a leading provider of factory management and control software to the semiconductor and flat panel display industries
2006: Acquired Applied Films Corporation, a leading supplier of thin film deposition equipment used in manufacturing flat panel displays, solar cells, flexible electronics and energy-efficient glass
2005: Acquired the single-wafer immersion technology and Marangoni clean/dry intellectual property from SCP Global Technology
2004: Acquired Metron Technology, independent service provider to the semiconductor industry
2001: Acquired Schlumberger’s electron-beam wafer inspection business
1998: Acquired Consilium, and entered the Manufacturing Execution System software
1997: Acquired Opal and Orbot Instruments, process diagnostics and control equipment
1980: Acquired the ion implantation business of Lintott Engineering
