Applied?Materials,?Inc.?(*Nasdaq:?AMAT)?is?the?global?leader?in?nanomanufacturing?technology?solutions?with?a?broad?portfolio?of?innovative?equipment,?service?and?software?products?for?the?fabrication?of?semiconductor?chips,?flat?panel?displays,?solar?photovoltaic?cells,?flexible?electronics?and?energy?efficient?glass.?At?Applied?Materials,?we?apply?nanomanufacturing?technology?to?improve?the?way?people?live.
Founded?in?1967,?Applied?Materials?creates?and?commercializes?the?nanomanufacturing?technology?that?helps?produce?virtually?every?semiconductor?chip?and?flat?panel?display?in?the?world.?The?company?recently?entered?the?market?for?equipment?to?produce?solar?arrays?and?energy?efficient?glass.
Applied?Materials?service?products?improve?yield?enhancement?and?increase?nanomanufacturing?productivity.
To?support?our?customers,?Applied?Materials?employs?approximately?14,600?people?throughout?the?world.?In?fiscal?year?2011,?Applied?Materials?recorded?revenues?of?approximately?U.S.?$10.5?billion.