Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

ASML Holding N.V. is a holding company based in the Netherlands. The Company operates through its subsidiaries in the Netherlands, the United States, Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Israel. The Company operates through one business segment which is engage in development, production, marketing, sales, upgrading and servicing of advanced semiconductor equipment systems, consisting of lithography, metrology and inspection systems. The Company offers TWINSCAN systems, equipped with lithography system with a mercury lamp as light source (i-line), Krypton Fluoride (KrF) and Argon Fluoride (ArF) light sources for processing wafers for manufacturing environments for which imaging at a small resolution is required. TWINSCAN systems also include immersion lithography systems (TWINSCAN immersion systems).

Applied Materials, Inc. is a materials engineering solution company. The Company provides equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. It operates in three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services (AGS), and Display. The Semiconductor systems segment designs, develops, manufactures and sells a range of primarily 300 mm equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips, also referred to as integrated circuits (ICs). The AGS segment provides services, spares and factory automation software to customer fabrication plants globally. The AGS segment also manufactures and sells 200mm and other equipment. The Display segment is comprised primarily of products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays (LCDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and other display technologies for televisions, monitors, laptops, personal computers (PCs), tablets, smartphones, and other consumer-oriented devices.

Lam Research Corporation is a global supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. The Company designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. Its products and services are designed to help its customers build devices that are used in a variety of electronic products, including mobile phones, personal computers, servers, wearables, automotive vehicles, and data storage devices. Its product families include ALTUS, SABRE, SPEED, Striker, VECTOR, Flex, Vantex, Kiyo, Versys Metal, Syndion, Coronus, and DV-Prime, Da Vinci, EOS, and SP Series. Its customer base includes semiconductor memory, foundries, and integrated device manufacturers that make products such as non-volatile memory, dynamic random-access memory, and logic devices. It offers services in areas, such as nanoscale applications enablement, chemistry, plasma and fluidics, and others.

KLA Corporation is a supplier of process control and yield management solutions and services for the semiconductor and related electronics industries. The Company offers a portfolio of inspection and metrology products, and related services, software and other offerings, supports research and development (R&D) and manufacturing of integrated circuits (ICs), wafers and reticles. Its segments include Semiconductor Process Control, Specialty Semiconductor Process, and PCB and Component Inspection. Semiconductor Process Control segment provides comprehensive portfolio of inspection, metrology and software products, as well as related services, helping IC, wafer, reticle/mask and chemical/materials manufacturers achieve target yields throughout the entire fabrication process, from R&D to final volume production. The Specialty Semiconductor Process segment develops and sells advanced vacuum deposition and etch process tools, which are used by a range of specialty semiconductor customers.

TE Connectivity plc is a global industrial technology company. The Company’s range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal, and data to advance next generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology, and more. The Company operates through two segments: Transportation Solutions and Industrial Solutions. Transportation Solutions segment includes its automotive, commercial transportation, and sensor businesses. The Industrial Solutions segment includes its aerospace, defense, and marine; medical; energy; digital data networks, and automation and connected living businesses. Its services and training include 3D Printing For Production (3D4P), Backshells Prototyping - BIT Workx, Electrical Installation Trainings, HarnWare Software, Machine Tooling Service & Repair, Medical Device Design Services, Microfluidic Devices and THE ACADEMY - Automotive Webinars.

Teradyne, Inc. is a global supplier of automated test equipment and robotics solutions. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells automated test systems and robotics products. Its segment includes Semiconductor Test, Robotics, and Product Test. The Semiconductor Test segment includes operations related to the design, manufacturing and marketing of semiconductor test products and services, inclusive of storage and system level test products. The Robotics segment includes operations related to the design, manufacturing and marketing of collaborative robotic arms and autonomous mobile robots. The Product Test segment includes operations related to the design, manufacturing and marketing of products and services for defense/aerospace test, circuit-board test, wireless test systems, and silicon photonics testing. Its offerings also include defense/aerospace test instrumentation and systems, circuit-board test and inspection (production board test) systems, and wireless test systems.

Entegris, Inc. is a supplier of critical advanced materials and process solutions for semiconductors and other high-technology industries. Its segments include Materials Solutions (MS) and Advanced Purity Solutions (APS). The MS segment provides materials-based solutions, such as chemical vapor and atomic layer deposition materials, chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries and pads, ion implantation specialty gases, formulated etch and clean materials, and other specialty materials. The APS segment offers filtration, purification and contamination-control solutions that improve customers’ yield and device reliability by ensuring the purity of critical liquid chemistries and gases and the cleanliness of wafers and other substrates used throughout semiconductor manufacturing processes, the semiconductor ecosystem and other high-technology industries. It has manufacturing, customer service and/or research facilities in the United States, Canada, China, Germany and others.

MKS INC. is headquartered in ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, USA and is a manufacturer of instruments and related products for measuring, displaying, and controlling industrial process variables. The company was founded in 1961. MKS INC. is its ultimate parent.