AMAT Applied Materials Company profile

AMAT Founded in 1967, Applied Materials is the world's largest nanomanufacturing technology company and the largest supplier of equipment, services and software products to the electronics industry. 

The company has set up production, sales and service organizations in 13 countries and regions around the world, and is committed to promoting the development of global nanotechnology with high-tech equipment. 

The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. Applied Materials entered China in 1984 and now has offices or warehouses in Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Suzhou, Wuxi and a solar energy development center in Xi 'an. In September 1993, Taiwan Applied Materials Co., Ltd.

 was established in Taiwan to serve many semiconductor industry customers in Taiwan. 

On May 21, 2018, the 2018 Fortune 500 list was released, and Applied Materials ranked No. 201. 

Applied Materials' main products are related to chip manufacturing, such as atomic layer deposition, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, electroplating, erosion, ion implantation, rapid heat treatment, chemical mechanical polishing, metrology and silicon wafer inspection. Applied Materials spends about $1 billion a year on research.

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• went public on NASDAQ in 1972, and its stock code is AMAT.

• Business Scope: The company operates through three main departments. The Semiconductor Systems department mainly provides capital equipment for semiconductor - chip manufacturing. The Applied Global Services department offers integrated solutions to optimize the performance and productivity of equipment and fabs, including spare parts, upgrades, services, remanufacturing of some old - equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductors, displays, and solar products. The Displays and Adjacent Markets department is engaged in products for manufacturing liquid - crystal and organic light - emitting diode (OLED) displays, as well as other display technologies and equipment upgrades for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, tablets, smartphones, and other consumer - oriented devices.

• Technological Edge: AMAT is a pacesetter in the fields of ion etching and thin - film deposition. Its products account for nearly 55% of the global PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) equipment market share and about 30% of the global CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) equipment market share.

• Market Position: AMAT is the world's largest semiconductor equipment company (except for lithography machines). It is recognized as one of the top - level global semiconductor equipment enterprises, along with Tokyo Electron (TEL) of Japan, ASML of the Netherlands, Lam Research (LAM) of the United States, and KLA of the United States. In 2023, its global market share of WFE (Wafer Fabrication Equipment) ranked second in the world, reaching 25%, and it ranked first in the world in terms of the number of products sold.

• Company Scale: With approximately 24,000 employees worldwide, the company has more than 110 branches in 19 countries and regions. In 2024, its revenue was 26.52 billion US dollars, and its R & D investment was 3.1 billion US dollars.