Tokyo Electron
TBS Holdings, Inc. (4.67%) | |
Subsidiaries | 26 Group companies, including Tokyo Electron Device (TYO: 2760) |
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Website | tel.com |
Footnotes / references [3][4][5][6] |
Tokyo Electron Limited (
Company history
1963-1979
On 11 November 1963 Tokyo Electron Laboratories Incorporated was founded by Tokuo Kubo and Toshio Kodaka, largely funded by
In 1965 the company approached a rapidly growing business in the market,
The company opened an office in
1980-1999
The American electronics company
In 1990, Tokyo Electron was competing with the Japanese company
2000-2024
After import controls, Applied Materials by 2001 was double the size of Tokyo Electron, which was its next nearest competitor.[14] In 2001, TEL acquired Timbre Technologies Inc. in Fremont, California, which developed measurement software technology.[16] In 2004, TEL announced improvements to its plasma etch chamber products.[17] In 2005, Tokyo Electron was still the second-largest maker of chip manufacturing gear after Applied Materials, and above ASML.[18] In 2006, Tokyo Electron had a research center at the Albany NanoTech complex, a nanotechnology center in New York.[19] The company started a venture capital unit in 2006, TEL Venture Capital, based in California.[20]
As of 2011, TEL was the largest manufacturer of IC and FPD production equipment.[4] On September 24, 2013, Tokyo Electron and Applied Materials announced a merger,[21] forming a new company to be called Eteris.[22][23] Eteris would have been the world's largest supplier of semiconductor processing equipment, with a total market value of approximately $29 billion. On 26 April 2015, the $10 billion merger was cancelled due to antitrust concerns in the United States.[24]
In June 2023, Tokyo Electron was ranked among the Forbes
In early 2024 the company said it would raise its employees' starting salaries by 40% to secure talent and compete with the payrates of foreign companies.
Products and services
Supplying equipment to
In 2012, TEL produced SPE for multiple purposes.
Group companies
The Tokyo Electron Group consists of TEL and the following subsidiaries:[3][43]
- TEL Epion Inc.
- TEL FSI, Inc.
- TEL Solar
- TEL Technology Center, America, LLC
- TEL Venture Capital, Inc.
- Tokyo Electron Device Limited
- Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Limited
- Tokyo Electron Tohoku Limited
- Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
- Tokyo Electron Miyagi Limited
- Tokyo Electron Technology Development Institute, Inc.
- Tokyo Electron Software Technologies Limited
- Tokyo Electron FE Limited
- Tokyo Electron BP Limited
- Tokyo Electron PV Limited
- Tokyo Electron TS Limited
- Tokyo Electron Agency Limited
- Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc.
- Tokyo Electron America, Inc.
- Tokyo Electron Europe Limited — Head Office (Crawley, England)
- German Branch
- Italian Branch
- Netherlands Branch
- Irish Branch
- French Branch
- Tokyo Electron Israel Limited
- Tokyo Electron Korea Limited
- Tokyo Electron Korea Solution Limited
- Tokyo Electron Taiwan Limited
- Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Limited
- Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Logistic Center Limited
- Tokyo Electron (Kunshan) Limited
- Tokyo Electron Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
- Tokyo Electron Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Timbre Technologies, Inc.
Research and development
TEL's Leading-edge Process Development Center is located in
In July 2014 TEL announced the establishment of joint assembly lab with the Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore. The lab is focused on the research and development of Wafer Level Packaging and assembly, to address the need of
In 2023 it was selling its US headquarters in Southeast Austin, Texas, under CEO Toshiki Kawai.[45] In 2024, it leased a new American headquarters in Austin.[46] In 2025, Tokyo Electron Technology Solutions, the company's manufacturing subsidiary, is expected to build a $170 million chip equipment plant in Oshu, Japan.[47]
Sponsorships
TEL supports
The company has acquired naming rights of two multipurpose halls:
- "Tokyo Electron Nirasaki Ars Hall" (ja:韮崎市文化ホール) owned by Nirasaki City
- "Tokyo Electron Hall Miyagi" (ja:宮城県民会館) owned by Miyagi Prefecture (currently closed due to the heavy earthquake damage)
See also
- Semiconductor device fabrication
- Semiconductor equipment sales leaders by year
- Tokyo Broadcasting System
- List of cultural entities with sole naming rights
- List of companies of Japan
- List of largest technology companies by revenue
References
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- ^ a b c "Tokyo Electron". Forbes.
- ^ a b c "Annual Report 2011" (PDF). Tokyo Electron Limited. March 31, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Fact Book 2011" (PDF). Tokyo Electron Limited. March 31, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Company Info". Tokyo Electron Limited. April 1, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ^ "Tokyo Electron Ltd: TYO:8035 quotes & news - Google Finance". www.google.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Explore Our History". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ a b "Japan's Socionext, Dicso to be added to Nikkei index". Reuters. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tokyo Electron's market cap surpasses Sony on Nvidia boost". Nikkei Asia. February 23, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
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- ^ "Market Place; Japan Holdings Bolster Funds". The New York Times. May 22, 1986. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Low-Tech Company In High-Tech Gamble". The New York Times. February 13, 1990. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
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- ^ "Market Place; For Japanese chip makers, a boom time mixed with caution". The New York Times. May 3, 1995. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "TEL to acquire Timbre Technologies". Semiconductor Digest. 2001. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ "TEL claims to have improved SCCM plasma etch process". EE Times. December 13, 2004. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ "Profit rises with sales at ASML". The New York Times. January 20, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "New York Bets on High-Tech to Aid Upstate". The New York Times. October 28, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo Electron Starts Venture Capital Unit". The New York Times. May 2, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ Pfanner, Michael J. de la Merced and Eric (24 September 2013). "U.S. Manufacturer of Chip-Making Equipment Buys Japanese Rival".
- ^ Clark, Don (8 July 2014). "WSJ". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Key Developments". Reuters.com.
- ^ "UPDATE 3-Applied Materials scraps Tokyo Electron takeover on U.S. antitrust concerns". Reuters. 27 April 2015.
- ^ "The Global 2000". Forbes. June 8, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- The Financial Times. December 15, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ a b "Tokyo Electron takes aim at NAND etching leader Lam Research". Nikkei Asia. October 15, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo Electron raises starting pay 40% in race for chip talent". Nikkei Asia. January 1, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ "Staff". TEL. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ a b "Tokyo Electron". Barron's. 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Strong demands from China partially offset Tokyo Electron's falling sales". DigiTimesAsia. August 11, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Services". 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Thermal Processing". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Coater/Developers". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Etch Systems". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Surface Preparation Systems". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Single Wafer Deposition". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Wafer Probe Systems". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Corrective Etching/Trimming". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Integrated Metrology Systems". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Material Modification/Doping". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Advanced Packaging | Semiconductor Production Equipment | Tokyo Electron". www.tel.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "About TEL Tokyo Electron". www.tel.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "Establishment of Joint Assembly Lab with Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Tokyo Electron selling 107-acre office campus in Southeast Austin". The Real Deal. September 28, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- Austin Business Journal. February 2, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo Electron to build $170m chip equipment plant in Japan". Nikkei Asia. March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.