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| ABC News highlights the eighth annual Tech Awards presented by Applied Materials, a premier humanitarian awards program honoring a select group of entrepreneurs who are applying technology to translate hopes and dreams into real solutions for a better world. ABC News, November 18, 2008
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| EETimes.com interviews Applied Materials' Mark Pinto on the company's solar business and how it's ramping up SunFab thin film production lines in customer factories around the world in hopes of driving solar energy costs down to a competitive level. EETimes.com, October 3, 2008
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| Scientific American interviews Applied Materials' Mark Pinto on how Moncada Energy Group, s.r.l., an Italian maker of wind farm technology, is working closely with the company to leverage solar energy and erect solar panels made on Applied's SunFab thin film production line in the same fields as Moncada's wind turbines, thereby drawing energy day and night from the sun and wind. SciAm.com, September 30, 2008
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Applied Materials is a winner in the energy category of the Wall Street Journal's 2008 Technology Innovation Awards, for developing "a better way to make solar panels," recognizing its SunFab production line's ability to manufacture extremely large solar-power panels using thin-film photovoltaic material. This allows customers to turn out solar panels more quickly and cheaply than traditional production methods, and is helping to drive down the cost of solar power so that it's more competitive with electricity from traditional sources.
WSJ.com, September 29, 2008
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| Applied Materials president and CEO Mike Splinter talks about the company's solar strategy and the investments and policy changes needed to harness the power of the sun. Forbes.com, September 15, 2008
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| Applied Materials is recognized for its leadership in improving technology education in India and for partnering with the American India Foundation (AIF) in developing a Digital Equalizer (DE) program aimed at bridging the digital and educational divide by providing computers, software, and internet access to children and teachers in underprivileged schools. Times News Network, September 3, 2008
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Applied Materials was named to Plenty Magazine's second annual 'Plenty 20' list of key businesses that are making a sustainable future more possible, citing the company's expertise in nanomanufacturing technology and Applied's efforts to help create the largest thin-film solar cells in the world.
Plenty Magazine, September 2, 2008
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| Applied Materials’ Mark Pinto discusses the company’s growth since entering the solar market four years ago, and how solar technology is now ripe for the kind of innovation and production know-how that high-tech companies can offer. Statesman.com, July 14, 2008
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| EDN.com interviews Applied Materials' Mark Pinto on how he has helped steer the company to new market opportunities in solar cells and displays, while still maintaining a focus on its core silicon business and technical strengths. EDN.com, June 26, 2008
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| Applied Materials' Gilad Almogy, vice president and general manager of the display business group, discusses flat panel displays and solar with Michael Kanellos of CNET News.com during a tour of Applied's manufacturing facility. CNET News.com, April 30, 2008
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| Microcredit founder and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus was named the 2008 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award recipient by The Tech Awards, an international awards program presented by Applied Materials that recognizes innovators who are applying technology to improve some of humanity's greatest challenges. FORTUNE.com, April 3, 2008
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| ABC 7's David Louie features Applied Materials and other solar companies regarding the solar industry and the importance of extending tax credits for renewable energy.
ABC 7, March 24, 2008
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Applied Materials made the list of FORTUNE Magazine's "America's Most Admired Companies," ranking among the top five companies in the semiconductor industry.
FORTUNE Magazine, March 17, 2008
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| For 40 years, Applied Materials has been producing high-precision manufacturing gear for semiconductors and flat-panel displays; now it's racing to sell specialized machines that churn out solar panels more cheaply and in higher volumes than ever before, with a goal to drive down the cost-per-watt of solar electricity and eventually bring it to parity with conventional sources such as coal and natural gas. BusinessWeek.com, February 1, 2008
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| Applied Materials opened a nanomaufacturing lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, which will serve as a research and educational platform for faculty, students and researchers alike to develop technologies that will help solve current and future challenges in the semiconductor and nanomanufacturing industries. EFYtimes.com, November 2, 2007
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| Solar energy is hot. Venture capital firms have seen the light and even the U.S. government is upping its investment efforts. CNBC.com interviews Applied Materials president and CEO Mike Splinter on the company's strategic decision to enter the solar business. CNBC.com, November 2, 2007
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| Charlie Gay, vice president and general manager of Applied Materials' Solar Business Group, discusses solar industry dynamics with CNET.com's Martin LaMonica from the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. Gay, an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience, says large-scale manufacturing will lower the cost of solar electricity. CNET.com, October 15, 2007
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| Applied Materials' SunFab Thin Film Line is the first solar thin film production line that can manufacture 5.7-meters-squared glass panels. The company expects the line to drive down solar production costs, making solar more competitive with other power sources. Investor's Business Daily, October 1, 2007
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