Etec Systems

Etec Systems was an American producer of scanning electron microscopes, electron beam lithography tools, and laser beam lithography tools from 1970 until 2005. It was located in Hayward, California, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

Etec Systems

Founded	1970
Defunct	2005
Fate	Purchased by Applied Materials
Products	scanning electron microscopes laser beam lithography tools

Company history

Former Etec building in Hillsboro, Oregon

Etec was purchased by Applied Materials in 2000, and organized within the Applied Materials corporation as an autonomous business group. In 2000, Etec employed 600 workers in Hayward.^[1]

In 2002, Applied Materials announced it was reviewing a plan to shut down Etec.^[2] Etec Systems was absorbed into its parent company Applied Materials in October 2005.^[3]