User:DebbieM/Materials Research Corporation
MRC was a global manufacturer and supplier of highly specialized semiconductor materials and equipment and was considered a national treasure.
Timeline
[edit]- 1957
- Materials Research Corporation founded by Dr. Sheldon Weinig at 47 Buena Vista Ave., Yonkers, NY
- for the purification and characterization of materials to be used in controlled research
- 19??
- Moved company to Route 303, Orangeburg, NY 10962
- 1970
- IPO, listed on the American Stock Exchange
- 1975
- Introduced 902/903 Batch
- 1980
- Introduced 603 Batch
- 1988
- Introduced the Eclipse
- 1989
- Acquired by Sony Corporation of America
- 1992
- Garrett Pierce becomes President and CEO
- 1989
- MRC acquires CVD division in Phoenix, AZ
- 1993
- Tom Marmen becomes President and CEO
- 1996
- Dr. Robert Foster becomes CEO
- 1997
- Moved operations from NY to Gilbert, AZ, as part of a company reorganization
- Outsourced manufacturing of the Eclipse Mark II, Eclipse Star, and Solaces PVD to Derlan, Inc.
- Veeco Instruments Inc., Plainview, N.Y. acquired MRC Media & Magnetics Applications (MMA) division in Orangeburg, N.Y
- 1998
- Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) acquired the equipment divisions of MRC
- KDF acquired the MRC batch and etch product lines from Tokyo Electron
- 1999
- Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. acquired the business of Materials Research Corporation (MRC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.