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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (3557)	10/11/2002 11:16:35 AM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

This is why you buy the Gorilla. Jeff NEW TRIPOLI, Pa., Oct 11, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Applied Materials ((Nasdaq:AMAT) has continued to strengthen its dominance of the semiconductor equipment market, according to the report Applied Materials: Competing For World Dominance, recently published by The Information Network, a New Tripoli, PA-based market research company. "Based on equipment sectors analyzed in the report, Applied will increase its share of its served equipment market from 41% in 2001 to 45% in 2002", noted Dr. Robert N. Castellano, President of The Information Network. "Applied's market shares dropped in 2001, and the company aggressively invested in R&D during the downturn in 2001, even building a state-of-the-art development facility, and the results are paying off." Applied's market share will increase from 21% to 24% in the dielectric etch sector (market leader Tokyo Electron); from 31% to 51% in the metal etch sector (taking lead away from Lam Research (Nasdaq:LRCX)); from 35% to 36% in the metal etch sector (market leader Lam Research); from 57% to 77% in the high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition (HDPCVD) sector (market leader Applied Materials); from 41% to 65% in the plasma enhanced CVD (PECVD) sector (taking lead away from Novellus (Nasdaq:NVLS)); from 62% to 68% in auto defect review sector (market leader Applied Materials); from 13% to 18% in the CD-SEM sector (market leader Hitachi (NYSE:HIT)); from 10% to 13% in the wafer defect inspection sector (market leader KLA-Tencor (Nasdaq:KLAC)). Other major competitors affected by Applied Materials' 2002 growth include: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates (Nasdaq:VSEA) and Axcelis (Nasdaq:ACLS) in the ion implantation sector; ASM Lithography (Nasdaq:ASML), ASM International (Nasdaq:ASMI), and Mattson (Nasdaq:MTSN) in the oxidation/diffusion sector; and SpeedFam-IPEC (Nasdaq:SFAM) in the CMP sector. The Information Network is a leading consulting and market research company addressing the semiconductor, computer, and telecommunications industries. CONTACT: The Information Network, New Tripoli