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AMAT Applied Materials 21:00 GMT 10.54 +0.16 +1.54% 10078128 10.25 1.013 13.586B

Latest Applied Materials news

  • China upending solar tools industry

    Equipment giant Applied Materials will be the biggest beneficiary in revenues. It is accompanied by a new string of Chinese tool suppliers, according to NPD Solarbuzz, including Apollo, 48th Research Institute, Jinggong and Jingyuntong.
  • Scales fall off entrepreneurs’ eyes

    Silicon Valley comes to OxfordThe final plenary session of Silicon Valley comes to Oxford was all about “scaling”.  This is biz jargon for coping with your company as it gets bigger and bigger. And the first to speak was Tom Hayes, who works for Marvell now but has also worked for HP, Applied Materials and AMD.
  • Adverse economic winds dent Applied’s profits

    Equipment maker Applied Materials turned in its fourth quarter.
  • High efficency cells could sort solar slump

    With research labs like ECN and Fraunhofer, as well as equipment firms such as Applied Materials and Manz Automation AG, onside IHS reckons the new technology should be viable soon enough.
  • Wolfson proves that there's no cash in mobile

    Peel Hunt analyst Alex Jarvis has warned that the sharp reduction in customer orders was consistent across the industry, with Applied Materials and Novellus reporting similar patterns. This means that things are not going swimmingly in the mobile market as many had expected.
  • Varian investor cries foul play at Applied Materials deal

    LawVarian Semiconductor Equipment Associates (VSEA) is facing the wrath of one of its investors over a $5 billion merger with Applied Materials.
  • Applied shells out $5 billion to buy Varian

    Applied Materials has organised 13 buy out deals in the past five years. This is the biggest deal in the technology-equipment industry for nearly five years.
  • Solar photovoltaic industry turns aggressive

    According to Finlay Colville , Senior Analyst at Solarbuzz, fab investments during 2011 are providing opportunities for the PV equipment supply-chain.
  • Applied Materials sells more kit

    FinancialApplied Materials reported its net revenue for its first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $2.69 billion, compared to $1.85 billion in the same period of 2010 and $2.89 billion in one quarter ago. The company's net profit soared from $83 million one year ago to $506 million.
  • PV manufacturing equipment rises to $2.9 billion in Q4 10

    It is noted that leading equipment suppliers Applied Materials, Centrotherm, GT Solar and Meyer Burger are now trending with ttm PV revenues that exceed $500m.
  • PV market reaches $10bn manufacturing equipment revenues

    Solarbuzz analysis has shown that equipment revenues in total will exceed the $10 billion level during 2010, with a market leader, Applied Materials being the first equipment supplier to pass the $1 billion threshold for specific tools within a twelve month trended period.
  • Applied Materials' sales orders soared by 150 percent

    FinancialSales of manufacturing equipment for semiconductors, flat panel displays and solar kit meant Applied Materials turned in net sales of $2.89 billion and net profit of $468 million for its fourth financial quarter.
  • Semi equipment market to double

    Next year, growth will be a comparatively dull 4.9 percent. Nonetheless, shareholders of ASM and Applied Materials ought to be happy.
  • Applied cuts jobs, gets out of solar thin film panels

    Equipment manufacturer Applied Materials said it is to cut between 400-500 jobs as it restructures its Energy and Environmental Solutions (ESS) division.
  • Applied results underline semiconductor recovery

    FinancialRevenues at Applied Materials amounted to $2.30 billion for its second financial quarter, generating a net profit of $264 million and demonstrating the revival of the semiconductor business.
  • Intel most admired semi company says Forbes

    The chipmaker achieved the dubious title – and an overall score of 7.96 - after pipping Texas Instruments, TSMC, Applied Materials and Broadcom to the post. Littler chipper, AMD, only managed to scrape 15th position on the semis list, with a rather poor showing of 4.43 as an overall score.
  • Cops swoop on Applied, Hynix executives

    Three people from Hynix and Applied Materials have been arrested by South Korean authorities and are accused of misappropiating semiconductor technology from Samsung.

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