Corporate
May 6, 2011
Silicon Valley Pioneer Returns Home
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc., once part of the legendary Palo Alto-based chip company Varian Associates Inc., found its way back to Silicon Valley by selling itself to Applied Materials Inc.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
PALO ALTO - Directors for Varian Associates Inc., including Varian brothers Russell and Sigurd, signed the company's articles of incorporation on April 20, 1948 in Palo Alto. By 1953, it had headquarters in what's now known as the Stanford Research Park, and soon its researchers had made discoveries that served as the foundation of Silicon Valley, including ion implantation equipment, semiconductors an...
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