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

 * 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.