1999-1990

• First mainstream product to virtually eliminate emissions of global warming PFC (perfluorocompound) gases using remote plasma clean technology, a crossover technology from Display
• Released FAB300, the first Manufacturing Execution System software designed specifically for 300mm fabs
• Entered the electrochemical plating (ECP) market with the Electra Cu ECP system, designed for volume manufacturing of high-speed copper based semiconductor chips 
• CEO James C. Morgan awarded Shanghai’s Magnolia Award for contributions to the Chinese city’s high tech development
• Opened facility in Rehovot, Israel
• Opened regional office in Narita, Japan to support FAB300 customers
• Donated a Precision 5000 system and more than $300,000 to National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) to assist in the construction of a semiconductor manufacturing process research and development facility in Taiwan
• Donated more than $300,000 to Taiwan Earthquake relief efforts, through the TVBS Caring for Taiwan Foundation
• Donated two systems, a Centura wafer etching system and an Endura PVD system to the Microsystems Technology Laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to help students perform research
• Established graduate fellowship program at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

• Acquired Consilium, and entered the Manufacturing Execution System software business
• Opened the Equipment and Process Integration Center (EPIC), the first facility of its kind in the semiconductor industry for customers to develop and test copper interconnect processes
• Introduced the SEMVision DR-SEM, the first fully automated defect review and classification scanning electron microscope (SEM) designed for in-line operation within advanced production lines
• Opened Technical Training Center in Singapore
• Wellness Program named the winner of the prestigious 1998 C. Everett Koop National Health Award; the award recognized programs that improve health and health behavior among employees by reducing health risk and medical care costs

• First semiconductor equipment maker to ship a 300mm production wafer processing system to a customer
• Acquired Opal and Orbot Instruments, entering the market for process diagnostics and control equipment
• Recognized as the 1997 Corporate Food Drive Champion for providing more than 1.7 million pounds of food to Silicon Valley, CA food banks

• The National Medal of Technology, America’s highest technology award for technological innovation, presented to Jim Morgan by President Bill Clinton
• First semiconductor equipment company to open large-scale technology centers in Korea and Taiwan
• Austin employees (along with Company match) donated over 187,000 pounds of food to the Capital Area Food Bank

• Entered the chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) market with the Mirra CMP system, designed for sub-half-micron semiconductor device processing
• First semiconductor equipment maker to ship more than 1,000 single-wafer, multi-chamber dielectric chemical vapor deposition systems
• Entered the RTP (rapid thermal processing) market with the RTP Centura, designed to solve critical processing issues, offering potential for yield gains in advanced devices
• Opened office in Dresden, Germany
• Austin employees (along with Company match) donated over 285,000 pounds of food to the Capital Area Food Bank

• First Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Dan Maydan, Sass Somekh and David N. K. Wang from Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)
• Austin employees (along with Company match) donated more than $64,000 to non-profit agencies serving Central Texas counties
• Established Research and Development Fund in Shanghai, China to support local development of science and technology

• First semiconductor equipment manufacturer to exceed $1 billion in annual sales
• Entered the market for Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMLCD) manufacturing equipment with the AKT-1600 PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition), providing enabling technology for the cost effective production of thin film transistors for AMLCDs
• First semiconductor equipment manufacturer to have its system added to the permanent collection in the Smithsonian Institution
• Employees donated more than 84,000 pounds of food during, benefiting individuals and families in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties

Company

• Became the world's largest semiconductor equipment manufacturer
• Opened second major site in the United States—in Austin, Texas
• First U.S. semiconductor equipment maker to form flat panel display equipment venture
• Opened Technical Training Center in Munich, Germany and Seoul, Korea 
• Opened offices in Suwon and Chungju, Korea; opened repair shop in Seoul, Korea; and opened sales and service office in Singapore

Community

• Launched Charitech, a program designed to introduce high-tech companies to the social service and non-profit communities
• Received the 1992 Tribute to Women in Industry (TWIN) Award  for expanding opportunities for women in the work place
• Donated a Precision 5000 wafer-handling robot to University of Texas’ new Robotics Research facility, to facilitate advanced robotics studies

• First semiconductor equipment manufacturer to introduce “paperless” cleanroom documentation using CD ROM technology for technical manuals
• Announced Edinburgh, Scotland and Swindon,England facilities
• Opened Technology Center near Tel Aviv, Israel; opened Kansai Parts Center in Osaka, Japan and an office in Fukuoka, Japan
• Helped fund an educational exhibit at the Austin Children’s Museum entitled “You Are Here: Wondering Through the Solar System”
• Co-sponsored the American Electronics Association’s “Get Together for Kids” campaign, an initiative to encourage more parental involvement in their children’s schooling
• Donated $233,000 to the United Way, marking its ninth consecutive year as a “pacesetter” company – the longest streak ever recorded in Santa Clara County
• First Annual "Spring Food Drive" benefited the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties generated 3,400 pounds of food

• Received the Queen's 25th Anniversary Award for Technological Achievement for the company’s leading role in developing ion implant equipment in Horsham, England
• First semiconductor equipment maker to offer integrated deposition/etchback for blanket tungsten CVD
• Formed Applied Materials (Israel) Ltd., opened new Service Center in Hachioji, Japan and opened an office in Taipei, Taiwan
• Employees pledged $246,882 in donations (along with company match) to the United Way of Santa Clara County in California
• Donated a Precision 5000 system with chemical vapor deposition and etch chambers to California's Technology Center of Silicon Valley, a high tech educational facility designed to inspire children to learn more about new technologies
• Donated $25,000 to support the new interactive exhibit and science center, The Garage at the Technology Center of Silicon Valley, in California
• Donated a two-chamber Precision 5000 Etch system to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for research designed to characterize the effect of resist patterns and surface topography on dry etching processes