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Technology company founded in 19701
Etec Systems was an American producer of scanning electron microscopes, electron beam lithography tools, and laser beam lithography tools from 1970 until 2005. It was located in Hayward, California, and Hillsboro, Oregon.2 It is part of Applied Materials.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Etec Systems was an American producer of scanning electron microscopes, electron beam lithography tools, and laser beam lithography tools from 1970 until 2005. It was located in Hayward, California, and Hillsboro, Oregon.2
Etec Systems, Inc. is part of a group headed by Applied Materials. 66 entities, 19 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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Etec was purchased by Applied Materials in 2000, and organized within the Applied Materials corporation as an autonomous business group. In 2000, Etec employed 600 workers in Hayward.
In 2002, Applied Materials announced it was reviewing a plan to shut down Etec. Etec Systems was absorbed into its parent company Applied Materials in October 2005.
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