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Advantest Corporation Company Profile
Chip makers and others in need of advanced test equipment often turn to Advantest. The company is a top maker of automated test equipment (ATE) used in the manufacture of semiconductors. Most of Advantest's operations center around its semiconductor production equipment, including its extensive line of specialized ATE gear, as well as electron-beam lithography equipment. The balance of the company's sales come from a variety of measuring instruments used by manufacturers of consumer electronics, telecommunications equipment, and other high-tech goods to test their wares. Customers outside Japan, primarily in Asia, account for about two-thirds of Advantest's sales.
Headlines for Advantest Corporation
Q2 2010 Advantest Corp Earnings Release - 02:00 am ET
CCBN - Wed Oct 28
[external] Asian Markets Mixed On Weak Dollar
at Forbes.com - Wed Oct 14
[video] Novellus - Pricey But Worth It
at TheStreet.com - Mon Oct 12
Advantest Becomes 1st Semiconductor Equipment Supplier to Receive University of Tokyo's Shokumon Prize
PR Newswire - Wed Oct 7
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Address: Shin Marunouchi Center Bldg., 1-6-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Phone:+81-3-3214-7500
Fax:+81-3-3214-7705
Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year End:March
Revenue (2009):787.90 M
Revenue Growth (1 yr):(-57.20%)
Employees (2009):3,752
Employee Growth (1 yr):2.30%
Key People
Chairman: Shinpei Takeshita
Chairman and Representative Director: Toshio Maruyama
President, CEO and Representative Director: Haruo Matsuno
Industry Information
Sector: Technology
Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
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