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Factbox-The Japanese chipmaking equipment manufacturers navigating export curbs

Advantest corp

Advantest is a chip-testing equipment maker, in competition with U.S.-based Teradyne Inc.

China became the largest market for Advantest in October-December, surpassing South Korea and Taiwan, with the country accounting for 32.9% of global sales in the quarter.

“We see little risk of U.S. export restrictions on China directly preventing us from selling our testers,” an Advantest executive said in January.

“However, we could potentially be indirectly impacted as those restrictions put a halt to supplies of other companies’ production equipment, prompting our customers to revisit their business plans,” the executive said.

On Friday, a company spokesperson said the firm would conduct fair transactions in line with government policy.

Screen holdings co ltd

Screen is the world’s largest manufacturer of equipment used to clean silicon wafers.

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