Axcelis Technologies

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Axcelis Technologies, Inc.
TypePublic
Nasdaq: ACLS
S&P 600 component
IndustrySemiconductor equipment
FoundedIncorporated 1995; 26 years ago (1995)
HeadquartersBeverly, Massachusetts, United States
Key people
Mary G. Puma, Chairman and CEO
RevenueDecrease $266.9 million USD (2016)[1]
Decrease $16.6 million USD (2016)
Decrease $11.0 million USD (2016)
Number of employees
Decrease 845 (2016)
Websiteaxcelis.com

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. is an American company engaging in the design, manufacture, and servicing of capital equipment for the semiconductor manufacturing industry worldwide. It produces ion implantation systems, including high and medium current implanters, and high energy implanters, and curing systems used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States.

In 2000, Eaton Corporation spun off its semiconductor manufacturing equipment business as Axcelis Technologies.[2]

On December 4, 2012 Axcelis Technologies decided "...that it will exit the dry-strip business and divest its dry-strip intellectual property and technology, including the advanced non-oxidizing process technology of its Integra product line, to Lam Research,...Axcelis will continue to ship its 300 mm dry-strip products through August 2013..."

In 2015, Axcelis sold its headquarters in a leaseback agreement.[3]

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  1. ^ "Axcelis Technologies financials". Retrieved 2013-02-10.[failed verification]
  2. ^ News, Bridge (6 May 2000). "Company News; Eaton Plans Spin off of Axcelis, ITS Chip-Making Unit". The New York Times.
  3. ^ https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2015/02/axcelis-technologies-sells-beverly-hq-for-49m.html

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Coordinates: 42°34′33″N 70°54′18″W / 42.57583°N 70.90500°W / 42.57583; -70.90500

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