Applied Materials, Inc (Nasdag: AMAT) is the world's leading company of solutions in Nanomanufacturing TechnologyTM. The company's portfolio consists of equipment, service and software concerning the production of semiconductor chips, flat screens, solar cells, flexible electronics and energy-efficient glass.

The company, based in Santa Clara, California, was established in 1967 and meanwhile employs around 14.000 co-workers world-wide. In the trading year 2006, Applied Materials achieved an exchange of more than 9 Mrd. US-Dollar.