Applied Materials


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	Company Type	Public ( NASDAQ : AMAT )
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	Foundation	1967
	Location	Santa Clara, California
	Key People	James C Morgan , Chairman <br> Michael R Splinter , President, CEO, and Director <br> Nancy H Handel , CFO
	Num Employees	12,576 ( 2005 )
	Revenue	$699 Billion USD ( 2005 )
	Industry	Semi-conductor
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Applied Materials, Inc. () is the world's largest supplier of products and services to the Semiconductor industry. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California in the Silicon Valley . Founded in 1967 by Michael A. McNeilly and others, Applied Materials Went Public in 1972 .

Applied Materials manufactures systems that perform most of the primary steps in the Chip Fabrication Process , including Atomic Layer Deposition , Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Physical Vapor Deposition , Electrochemical Plating , Etching , Ion Implantation , Rapid Thermal Processing , Chemical Mechanical Polishing , Metrology and Wafer Inspection .

Applied has two subsidiaries: AKT, Inc. and Etec Systems, Inc.

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