Semitool
{{Infobox company |
name = Semitool |
logo = File:Semitool wordmark.svg |
type = Business Unit of Applied Materials ({{NASDAQ|AMAT}}) |
foundation = Kalispell, Montana (1979) |
location = Kalispell, Montana |
key_people = |
industry = Semiconductor |
products = |
revenue = |
num_employees = 1157 (2007) |
homepage = [http://www.semitool.com/ www.semitool.com]
}}
Semitool was a semiconductor manufacturing/capital equipment company based in Kalispell, Montana.
History
The company designed, developed, manufactured high performance and precision chemical processing equipment. Products included electrochemical deposition systems for electroplating copper, gold, solder and other metals; surface preparation systems for cleaning, stripping and etching silicon wafers; and wafer transport container cleaning systems.
Their main competitors were the Austrian company SEZ, Solid State Equipment Corp. (SSEC), and American FSI International.{{cite journal|title=Semitool Installs Third Single-wafer System at LETI|journal=Solid State Technology Magazine|url=http://www.electroiq.com/articles/ap/2005/12/semitool-installs-third-single-wafer-system-at-leti.html|date=December 12, 2005}}{{cite news|title=Applied Materials to buy Kalispell firm|newspaper=Daily Inter Lake|url=http://dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_188036d8-d390-11de-ae68-001cc4c002e0.html|date=November 17, 2009}}
Applied Materials
In 2009, Semitool was acquired by Applied Materials.{{cite news|title=Applied Materials to Buy Semitool in All-Cash Deal|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704431804574541404213018082|date=November 17, 2009}} It operates Semitool as a business unit and still operates the facility in Kalispell.[http://www.appliedmaterials.com/semitool-products Applied Materials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192034/http://www.appliedmaterials.com/semitool-products |date=2016-03-03 }} . accessed 2.21.2016.
References
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External links
- [http://www.appliedmaterials.com/semitool-products Applied Materials: Semitool products]
Category:Defunct semiconductor companies of the United States
Category:Defunct manufacturing companies based in Montana
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1979
Category:Technology companies established in 1979
Category:Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2009
Category:1979 establishments in Montana
Category:2009 disestablishments in Montana
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Montana
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