Ralf Schmid

Part of Applied Materials, Inc., Applied Materials UK Ltd. is a leader in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display, and solar photovoltaic industries. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Reading, UK. Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc., invests in innovative startups. Applied Materials offers a range of supply chain services to keep tools and fabs operating at peak performance, including transactional spares, expert rebuilds, and forecasted parts management. The British company's fully optimized parts network supports the added complexity of today's and tomorrow's semiconductor and display.

Part of Applied Materials, Inc., Applied Materials GmbH & Co. KG is a German company that provides materials engineering solutions for the production of new chips and advanced displays. The company is based in Alzenau, Germany. The company offers consulting, spare parts, services, and automation software to improve the performance of equipment and fab operations. The CEOs of the company are Daniel P. Forster, James C. Robson, Erkan Koparal.

Part of Applied Materials, Inc., Applied Materials GmbH is a German company that specializes in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display, and solar photovoltaic industries. The company is based in Dresden, Germany. Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. The company's products create and deposit, shape and remove, modify, analyze, and connect materials and devices in new ways. The CEOs of the company are Samuel Kuk Lee, Thomas Michael Kurt Haas.

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. designs and manufactures semiconductor processing equipment. The company was founded in April 1999 and is headquartered in Gloucester, MA.