Etec Systems was an American producer of

scanning electron microscope A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a type of electron microscope that produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons. The electrons interact with atoms in the sample, producing various signals that ...

electron beam lithography Electron-beam lithography (often abbreviated as e-beam lithography or EBL) is the practice of scanning a focused beam of electrons to draw custom shapes on a surface covered with an electron-sensitive film called a resist (exposing). The electron ...

tools, and laser beam lithography tools from 1970 until 2005. It was located in

Hayward, California Hayward is a city located in Alameda County, California, United States, in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 162,954 as of 2020, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the Bay Area, and the third largest in ...

, and

Hillsboro, Oregon Hillsboro ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County, Oregon, Washington County. Situated in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city hosts many High tech, high-te ...

Company history

Etec was purchased by

Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. is an American corporation that supplies equipment, services and software for the manufacture of semiconductor (integrated circuit) chips for electronics, flat panel displays for computers, smartphones, televisions, and ...

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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{{coord, 45.5474, -122.898, type:landmark_scale:2000, display=title Defunct manufacturing companies based in Oregon Economy of Hillsboro, Oregon Technology companies established in 1970 Companies based in Hayward, California Defunct manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area 1970 establishments in California Technology companies disestablished in 2005 2000 mergers and acquisitions 2005 disestablishments in California Defunct electronics companies of the United States