. commitment . type public kk traded as tyo 8035 topix 100 component nikkei 225 component industry electronics semiconductors predecessor sakura yoko kk founded on april 6 1951 founded november 11 1963 ; 52 years ago 1963 11 11 as tokyo electron laboratories inc. founder tokuo kubo and toshio kodaka headquarters akasaka biz tower 5 3 1 akasaka minato ku tokyo 107 6325 japan area served japan taiwan north america south korea europe southeast asia and china key people tetsuro higashi ceo president and chairman products production equipment for integrated circuits production equipment for flat panel displays and photovoltaic cells networking devices and electronic components operating income 97.8 billion 2011 net income 71.9 billion 2011 total assets 809.2 billion 2011 total equity 572.7 billion 2011 owner the master trust bank of japan trust account 10.68 % japan trustee services bank trust account 7.71 % tokyo broadcasting system holdings inc 4.3 % mellon bank treaty clients omnibus 2.92 % state street bank and trust company 2.44 % number of employees 11 355 as of april 1 2014 subsidiaries 26 group companies including tokyo electron device tyo 2760 website tel.com footnotes references 1 2 3 4 tokyo electron limited tokyo electron kabushiki gaisha or tel is a japanese electronics and semiconductor company headquartered in akasaka minato ku tokyo japan . 2 tel is best known as a supplier of equipment to fabricate integrated circuits ic flat panel displays fpd and photovoltaic cells pv . 2 tokyo electron device tokyo electron device kabushiki gaisha tyo 2760 or ted is a subsidiary of tel specializing in semiconductor devices electronic components and networking devices . 2 as of 2011 tel is the largest manufacturer of ic and fpd production equipment in japan and the third largest in the world . 2 the company was founded as tokyo electron laboratories inc. in 1963 . on september 24 2013 tokyo electron and applied materials announced a merger . 5 if approved by government regulators the combined company to be called eteris 6 7 would be the world s largest supplier of semiconductor processing equipment with a total market value of approximately 29 billion . on april 26 2015 the merger was cancelled to due anti trust concerns in the united states . 8 contents 1 origins 2 products 2.1 semiconductor production equipment spe 3 group companies 4 research and development 5 sponsorships 6 see also 7 references 8 external links origins edit on november 11 1963 tokyo electron laboratories incorporated was founded by tokuo kubo and toshio kodaka largely funded by tokyo broadcasting system tbs with a capital of over five million yen . later that year their office opened in the tbs main building and began manufacturing thousands of quality control and importing diffusion furnaces made by thermco and selling japanese made car radios . 9 in 1965 the company approached a rapidly growing business in the market fairchild semiconductor corporation and agreed to serve as a sales agency for them increasing their capital to twenty million yen and began exporting ic testers ic sockets ic connectors and other similar computer components . 9 they opened a new office in san francisco california and their new branch pan electron in 1968 establishing themselves as the only stocking distributor of imported electronic components in the region . 9 one year later they opened their still functioning yokohama office and established teltron a major manufacturer and distributor of car stereos expanding their headquarters to fill the entire tbs 2 building and raising their capital to 100 million yen . 9 products edit semiconductor production equipment spe edit tel produces semiconductor production equipment spe for the following purposes 2 thermal processing deposition of thin layers of dielectric material between transistors onto the silicon wafer surface in a heated low pressure chemical vapor deposition lpcvd or oxidation process 10 photoresist coating developing photoresist coating and developing to project a microscopic circuitry pattern on the wafer in photolithography 11 plasma etching 12 wet surface preparation wafer surface cleaning to remove foreign particles or contaminants such as dust 13 single wafer chemical vapor deposition deposition of thin layers of various materials such as tungsten tungsten silicide titanium titanium nitride and tantalum oxide 14 wafer probing wafer probers for testing the functionality and performance of each die on the wafer 15 material modification doping surface modification and doping using gas cluster ion beam gcib technology 16 corrective etching trimming corrective etching and trimming of thin films such as silicon silicon nitride silicon dioxide aluminum nitride and metals 17 integrated metrology co developed by tel and kla tencor 18 advanced packaging 19 group companies edit tel headquarters in akasaka sacas tokyo tel europe ltd headquarters in crawley england the tokyo electron group consists of tel and the following subsidiaries 1 20 tel epion inc. tel nexx 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 timbre technologies inc. research and development edit tel s leading edge process development center is located in nirasaki yamanashi . tel also has the kansai technology center in amagasaki hyogo prefecture and the sendai design and development center in sendai miyagi prefecture . tel technology center america llc in albany new york is the r & d center in the united states . tel is one of the partners of imec a microelectronics and nanoelectronics research center in leuven belgium . 1 in july 2014 tel announced the establishment of joint assembly lab with 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 internet of things with devices of high performance and low power consumption . 21 sponsorships edit tokyo electron hall miyagi in downtown sendai tel supports association football in japan by sponsoring the j. league as a whole and the football club ventforet kofu based in kofu and nirasaki as well as the rest of yamanashi prefecture . the company has acquired naming rights of two multipurpose halls tokyo electron nirasaki ars hall ja owned by nirasaki city tokyo electron hall miyagi ja owned by miyagi prefecture currently closed due to the heavy earthquake damage see also edit japan portal electronics portal tokyo portal companies portal semiconductor device fabrication semiconductor equipment sales leaders by year semiconductor sales leaders by year tokyo broadcasting system references edit a b c annual report 2011 pdf . tokyo electron limited . march 31 2011 . retrieved february 23 2012 . a b c d e f fact book 2011 pdf . tokyo electron limited . march 31 2011 . retrieved february 23 2012 . company info . tokyo electron limited . april 1 2013 . retrieved march 11 2014 . google finance 1 http online.wsj.com articles applied materials and tokyo electron pick eteris for post merger name 1404781083 http www.reuters.com finance stocks 8035 . t key developments article 3025550 http www.reuters.com article 2015 04 27 tokyo electron applied material cancella idusl4n0xo35620150427 a b c d explore our history . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . thermal processing . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . coater developers . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . etch systems . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . surface preparation systems . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . single wafer deposition . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . wafer probe systems . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . material modification doping . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . corrective etching trimming . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . integrated metrology systems . tokyo electron limited . retrieved february 23 2012 . advanced packaging semiconductor production equipment tokyo electron . www.tel.com . retrieved 2016 03 16 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