s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message advantest corporation native name type public traded as tyo 6857 otc pink current ateyy founded 1954 ; 62 years ago 1954 headquarters chiyoda tokyo japan area served worldwide revenue 902 million us 2014 number of employees 4 564 2015 website www.advantest.com advantest corporation is a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment ate for the semiconductor industry and a manufacturer of measuring instruments used in the design production and maintenance of electronic systems including fiber optic and wireless communications equipment and digital consumer products . based in tokyo advantest is a leading producer of memory soc and rf test systems . for the year ending march 31 2009 the company reported a loss of 74.9 billion on revenues of 76.7 billion us 780 million . 1 at march 31 2010 the company lost 11.5 billion on revenues of 53.2 billion . 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit advantest was founded in japan in 1954 as takeda riken industry co. ltd. and was a maker of electronic measuring instruments . the company entered the semiconductor testing business in 1972 began trading on the tokyo stock exchange in 1983 and changed its name to advantest corporation in 1985 3 the company s stock began trading on the new york stock exchange in 2001 . expanding its semiconductor test business advantest established its north american subsidiary advantest america in 1982 and its european operations in munich in 1983 to locate its sales and service operations closer to its north american and european customers . the company also has subsidiaries throughout asia and operates in 13 countries . with the integration with verigy completed the company currently has approximately 4 500 employees worldwide . advantest kitakyushu r & d center in 2002 advantest was one of the founding member companies that established the semiconductor test consortium stc the first international industry wide collaboration aimed at developing a highly scalable flexible test platform to reduce the cost of test of socs and other advanced ics that incorporate complex technologies such as copper interconnects sub 100 nm device geometries and 300mm wafers . products edit advantest has three reportable segments of business semiconductor and component test systems ; mechatronics handlers ; and services support and others . references edit advantest fy2008 consolidated financial results dated april 27 2009 archived january 11 2012 at the wayback machine . advantest presentation material fiscal 2009 consolidated financial results updated permanent dead link business tokyo tokyo keizaikai co. 1 1 34 1987 issn 0914 0026 oclc 15641679 cs1 maint untitled periodical link external links edit advantest japanese advantest japan company history books shashi . shashi interest group . 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