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Advantest Corp.

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Market Cap:$4.7B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.8B
  • Public
  • JP
Dow Jones Description

Advantest offers its customers an advantage. Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Advantest Corporation (NYSE: ATE (ADR) TYO: 6857) makes a range of electronic instruments. The company operates in three segments: Semiconductor-Component Test System; Mechatronics System; and Services, Support, and Others. It offers memory testers, system-on-a-chip testers, specific application testers, and other testing and measuring devices. It sells in Japan and Asia, North America, and Europe. The company has annual revenue of about $2.2 billion and employs about 3,500 people. In 2006, it won Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier Award.

President & Chief Executive Officer
Haruo Matsuno
Number of Employees 3,595
Contact Information

Shinjuku NS Bldg 2 4 1 Nishi Shinjuku

1 32 1 Asahi Cho

Shinjuku Ku

Tokyo, 163 0880

www.advantest.c...

(81) 3 3342 7500

NAICS Code Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables: 334513

Recent Events

  • Japan Indexes Down; Hino, Nintendo in Focus

    10/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • JAPAN CO ADVANTEST'S JULY-SEPT CHIP ORDERS LIKELY TO TOP FORECAST

    9/08/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Toshiba eyes cautious recovery, Q2 chip profit

    7/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Advantest Names Haruo Matsuno CEO - Quick Facts

    6/26/09 - Board Member - Leaving - View Story

  • Advantest Q4 loss balloons, outlook grim

    4/27/09 - Mgmt. Change - Leaving - View Story

  • Design-for-e-beam startup raises $9 million in Series B

    4/02/09 - New Venture Funded Investment - View Story

  • UPDATE 3-Advantest slashes outlook, shares plunge

    1/24/08 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Techs lead Asia stock rally

    7/27/06 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • Techs lead Asia

    7/27/06 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

News & Analysis

advantest corp. - All News and Analysis

  • ADVANTEST'S NEW WAFER TEST OFFERS BEST 768 DEVICE TEST.

    - 2009-09-01

    Advantest Corporation has announced availability of its new T5385 memory test system for dynamic random access memory DRAM wafer test, offering a parallel test capability of 768 devices -- the highest in the industry, and twice the capability of the company's previous model. The...

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  • CAST supports cooperation among ATE firms.

    - 2009-09-01

    Rick Nelson, Editor in Chief rnelson@tmworld.com Despite economic pressure, semiconductor test firms remain committed to R&D, according to comments at the Semicon West Executive Test Summit (July 14, San Francisco, CA). Keith Barnes, chairman, CEO, and president of Verigy, summed up the...

    Tags: Advantest Corp., Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International

  • Advantest Introduces New Network Analyzer

    - 2009-08-12

    Advantest Corp. announced availability of its new PC-mounted board network analyzer, the R3760, for evaluation of the frequency characteristics of antennas and filters used in a range of portable wireless devices. According to company officials, the R3760 is a network analyzer in the industry to...

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  • ATE buyers guide

    - 2009-05-01

    EE's 28th annual ATE Buyers Guide is a comprehensive, up-to-date listing of the companies that offer automated test equipment. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The guide is arranged in two sections. First is a product/company cross-reference showing the types of equipment each company manufactures or the related services they...

    Tags: Advantest Corp., Aeroflex Inc., Agilent Technologies Inc., National Instruments Corp., Teradyne Inc.

  • Navigating the outsourcing options

    - 2008-11-01

    Manufacturing outsourcing isn't a new concept for the semiconductor industry. Over the past decade, companies up and down the supply chain have adopted outsourcing in various degrees to help offset costs and increase productivity. Recognizing the benefits and potential ramifications of outsourcing and picking the right balance for your company...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Haruo Matsuno President & Chief Executive Officer
Kenichi Mitsuoka Managing Executive Director
Hideaki Imada Executive Officer
Hiroji Agata Senior Executive Officer
Hiroshi Oura Senior Executive Advisor
Hiroshi Tsukahara Executive Officer
Hiroyasu Sawai Executive Officer
Hitoshi Owada Managing Executive Officer
Jiro Katoh Executive Officer
Junji Neshiura Senior Executive Officer
Junji Nishiura Senior Executive Officer
Masao Araki Executive Officer
Masao Shimizu Executive Officer
Norihito Kotani Managing Executive Officer
Takao Tadokoro Executive Officer
Takashi Tokuno Managing Executive Officer
Yoshiaki Furuse Executive Officer
Yoshiro Yagi Executive Officer
Yuichi Kurita Executive Officer
Yuri Morita Managing Executive Officer

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Toshio Maruyama Chairman
Naoyuki Akikusa Board of Directors
Yasushige Hagio Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Advantest Corporation President & Chief Executive Officer Current
Advantest Corporation Board of Directors Current
Advantest Corporation Senior Vice President, Production Group Former

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Advantest Corporation Senior Executive Officer Current
Advantest Corporation Senior Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Senior Executive Advisor Current
Fujitsu Limited Board of Directors Current

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Advantest Corporation Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Senior Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Managing Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Managing Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Executive Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Advantest Corporation Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Managing Executive Officer Current

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Advantest Corporation Chairman Current
Advantest Corporation President & Chief Executive Officer Former

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Fujitsu Limited Senior Executive Advisor Current
Advantest Corporation Board of Directors Current
Fujitsu Limited Board of Directors Current
Fujitsu Limited Chairman Former

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Advantest Corporation Board of Directors Current
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ATE $23.91 -0.480 (-1.97% )
Volume 4,703
Shares Outstanding 199.5M
Market Cap 4.7B
Year High 28.0
Year Low 9.999
Earnings Per Share 1.820
P/E Ratio 13.
Dividend 0.100
Yield 0.41
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