Applied Materials Mourns Loss of Employee on United Flight 175
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2001--Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT - news) today confirmed that one of its employees, Alona Avraham, was on board United Airlines Flight 175 which flew into the World Trade Center in New York City Tuesday.
Ms. Avraham, 30, who joined Applied Materials approximately one year ago was employed as a manufacturing engineer associate. She had been traveling on vacation from Boston to Los Angeles.
``Our hopes and thoughts are with the victims of these terrible tragedies and the families that they leave behind. We are deeply saddened by the apparent loss of one of our own employees, Alona Avraham, who will be greatly missed,'' said James C. Morgan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Materials.
Applied Materials will provide grief counseling to colleagues through its Employee Assistance Program. Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT - news), the largest supplier of products and services to the global semiconductor industry, is one of the world's leading information infrastructure providers. Applied Materials enables Information for Everyone(TM) by helping semiconductor manufacturers produce more powerful, portable and affordable chips. Applied Materials' Web site is www.appliedmaterials.com. |
