Tokyo Electron Ltd (TOELF)

Tokyo Electron Ltd was established on November 11, 1963. The Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of semiconductor production equipment (SPE) and flat panel display (FPD) production equipment to semiconductor and LCD panel manufacturers. Semiconductor devices (IC chips) are used in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, and in electronics ranging from flat panel TVs and other digital home appliances to cutting-edge medical equipment. The Company offers semiconductor production equipment for manufacturing such devices, along with superior technical support and service. Its product lineup includes coater/developers, plasma etch systems, thermal processing systems, single wafer deposition systems, cleaning systems used in wafer processes, and wafer probers used in the wafer testing process. The Company is also expanding its product lineup in a number of new areas including technologies used in advanced packaging processes, which have been attracting attention in recent years, such as through-silicon via (TSV) etch systems, electrochemical deposition, and wafer bonders/debonders. Flat panel displays (FPDs) are used in a wide variety of applications such as flat panel TVs, mobile devices including smartphones and tablets, and recently even digital signage for advertising. The Company supplies FPD coaters/developers and plasma etch/ ash systems used to manufacture FPDs, along with solid technical support and service. Its product line up consists of FPD Coater/Developer, FPD Etch/Ash System, Photovoltaic Panel (PV) Production Equipment. The Company's segments include Semiconductor Production Equipment, FPD/PV (Flat Panel Display and Photovoltaic Panel) Production Equipment, Electronic Components and Computer Networks, and Others. The SPE segment principally develops, manufactures, sells and distributes such products. TheFPD/PVsegment principally develops, manufactures, sells and distributes such products. The Electronic Components and Computer Networks segment principally designs, develops, procures, and distributes semiconductor products centering on integrated circuits (IC), other electronic components, computer networks and software.