Axcelis Technologies

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Axcelis Technologies, Inc.
Company type Public
IndustrySemiconductor equipment
Founded1995;30 years ago (1995)
Headquarters Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
Key people
Russell Low (president and CEO) [1]
RevenueIncrease2.svg $919.9 million [2]  (2022)
Increase2.svg $212,361 million [2]  (2022)
Increase2.svg $183,079 million [2]  (2022)
Number of employees
1,004 (2020) [3]
Website axcelis.com
Footnotes /references
[2]

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.

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In 2000, Eaton Corporation spun off its semiconductor manufacturing equipment business as Axcelis Technologies. [4]

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. [5]

In October 2025, Axcelis and Veeco agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $4.4 billion, with Axcelis shareholders owning about 58% and Veeco shareholders about 42% of the combined company. [6]

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References

  1. "A Deep Bench of Semiconductor Industry Leaders" . Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bloom Energy Annual Report (Form 8-K)" (PDF). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 9, 2023. pp. 1–17.
  3. "Axcelis Technologies 10-K 2021-02-26" . Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  4. EETimes (2000-05-05). "Eaton announces 'Axcelis' as name of chip equipment spin-off, registers IPO". EE Times. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  5. "Axcelis Technologies sells Beverly HQ for $49M - Boston Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19.
  6. Miller, Nicholas G. (2025-10-01). "Axcelis and Veeco to Merge in $4.4 Billion Semiconductor Equipment Deal". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2025-10-02.

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