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Applied Materials is a Fortune 500 global growth company providing core capabilities that enable the emerging Information Age. The Company is the largest producer of wafer fabrication systems and services for the worldwide semiconductor industry. Applied Materials manufactures systems that perform chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), epitaxial and polysilicon deposition, rapid thermal processing (RTP), plasma etching, ion implantation, metrology, inspection and chemical mechanical polishing (CMP).
In addition to corporate facilities in Santa Clara, California, Applied Materials maintains research, development and manufacturing centers in the United States, Israel, Europe and Japan, as well as technology centers in South Korea and Taiwan. To support a growing worldwide customer base, sales and service offices are located in the United States, Europe, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and the People's Republic of China.
The Company also is a fifty percent stockholder in Applied Komatsu Technology, Inc., a joint venture corporation which produces thin film transistor (TFT) fabrication systems for flat panel displays.
- For 30 years, Applied Materials has been among the pioneers
of the Information Age. As the leading supplier of manufacturing
systems and services to the global semiconductor industry, Applied
Materials makes possible the advanced microchips and display technologies
that are revolutionizing life on earth.
- Financial highlights for fiscal year 1998 show new orders of
$3.1 billion, revenue of $4.0 billion, net income of $230.9 million,
and ongoing net income of $437 million. Investment in research,
development and engineering for 1998 was $643.9 million.
- Applied Materials' 1998 worldwide sales demonstrate its global
capability: North America sales comprised 38 percent of revenue;
Japan 17 percent; Taiwan 20 percent; Europe 16 percent; South
Korea 4 percent and Asia-Pacific (China and Singapore) 5 percent.
- Applied Materials employs 13,000 people worldwide in more than
95 locations in 14 countries.
- On March 3, 1993, the first-built Applied Materials Precision
5000 was inducted into the Smithsonian Institution's permanent
collection of Information Age technology next to the first transistor
on the first semiconductor chip.
- In July 1996, James C. Morgan, chairman and chief executive
officer, was the recipient of the National Medal of Technology,
America's highest honor awarded by the President of the United
States for technological innovation. The award annually recognizes
America's leading innovators who have made significant contributions
to the nation's economic strength and standard of living.
- President Dan Maydan has been honored for his many contributions
to the semiconductor industry, including the first-ever lifetime
achievement award from Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
(SEMI) in 1994. In January 1998, Dr. Maydan was recognized as
an industry pioneer during the 50th anniversary celebration of
the semiconductor industry. He also received the 1998 International
Partnership Award from the California Israel Chamber of Commerce
for his long-time commitment to building a global industry.
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