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Founded by Brad Mattson in 1988.1
MTSN on NASDAQ

Logo: mattson.com4
Semiconductor company
Mattson Technology Inc. is an American technology company which was founded in 1988 by Brad Mattson and is based in Fremont, California. The company is partly state-owned by the municipal government of Beijing. The company is both a manufacturer and supplier in the market of semiconductor equipment globally.3 It is part of Beijing E-Town.1 Its shares trade on NASDAQ under the symbol MTSN.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Mattson Technology Inc. is an American technology company which was founded in 1988 by Brad Mattson and is based in Fremont, California. The company is partly state-owned by the municipal government of Beijing. The company is both a manufacturer and supplier in the market of semiconductor equipment globally. Its main products are dry strip system, rapid thermal processing, as well as etching. The company provides products for customers and manufacturers such as foundries, memory and logic devices.3
Mattson Technology is part of a group headed by Beijing E-Town. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What Mattson Technology reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property and equipment, before depreciation | $66.4M6 Dec 31, 2015 | $67.5M6 Dec 31, 2014 | −1.6% |
| Accumulated depreciation | $58.2M6 Dec 31, 2015 | $60.0M6 Dec 31, 2014 | −3.0% |
| Property and equipment, net | $8.2M6 Dec 31, 2015 | $7.5M6 Dec 31, 2014 | +9.3% |
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | $33.4M6 Dec 31, 2015 | $22.8M6 Dec 31, 2014 | +46.9% |
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finite-lived intangibles, net | $07 Dec 31, 2014 | $250.0K7 Dec 31, 2013 | −100.0% |
Founded by Brad Mattson in 1988.1
Who has led Mattson Technology, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
From Wikidata.1
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
| Year | PPP loans | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $4.9M | $4.9M |
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA34. Matched to this company by name and state.
How Mattson Technology is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.
3 (12), S-8 (12), SC 13D/A (11), 10-Q/A (9), S-3 (8), S-3/A (8), 4/A (7), 425 (7), 424B5 (6), DEFA14A (6), 10-K405 (5), 8-K/A (4), CORRESP (4), EFFECT (4), SC 13D (4), UPLOAD (4), 424B1 (3), 10-K/A (2), 424B3 (2), NT 10-K (2), POS AM (2), PREM14A (2), SD (2), 15-12G (1), 25-NSE (1), 424B2 (1), 8-A12G (1), ARS (1), DEFM14A (1), NT 10-Q (1), PRE 14A (1), PRER14A (1), REGDEX (1), S-4 (1)
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