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Materials Research Corporation (MRC) was a global manufacturer and supplier of highly specialized semiconductor materials and equipment.

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for the purification and characterization of materials to be used in controlled research
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
KDF acquired the MRC batch and etch product lines from Tokyo Electron

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References

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