varian disambiguation . varian semiconductor equipment associates inc. type public traded as nasdaq vsea industry semiconductor equipment & materials fate acquired by applied materials founded incorporated 1999 headquarters gloucester massachusetts united states key people gary e. dickerson chief executive officer and director robert j. halliday cfo revenue 1.055 billion usd 2007 operating income 256 million usd 2007 net income 142 million usd 2007 number of employees 1 702 2008 website www.vsea.com varian semiconductor equipment associates inc. was a supplier of ion implantation equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips . varian semiconductor was founded in 1971 as extrion corporation in peabody massachusetts . extrion later moved to nearby gloucester and was bought by varian associates in 1975 . it was spun off from varian associates in 1999 . applied materials announced its acquisition of varian semiconductor in may 2011 . 1 references edit applied materials to buy varian external links edit varian semiconductor stock profile of varian semiconductor this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title varian semiconductor & oldid 676354792 categories manufacturing companies established in 1971companies formerly listed on nasdaqcompanies based in gloucester massachusettsequipment semiconductor companiesunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 august 2015 at 12 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view