manufacturing equipment

Applied Materials offers to buy Semitool for $364 million

Topix - Business News  Tue, 11/17/2009 - 14:31

Applied Materials said Tuesday it offered to buy Montana-based Semitool for $364 million in cash, a move the Santa Clara company says will broaden its portfolio of chip manufacturing equipment.


 

KLA-Tencor 1Q earnings rise despite revenue slide

Newsvine - business  Thu, 10/29/2009 - 17:11

Chip manufacturing equipment maker KLA-Tencor Corp. said Thursday its fiscal 2010 first-quarter profit rose slightly as a steep decline in revenue was offset by lower expenses.