Materials Research Corporation (MRC) was a global manufacturer and supplier of highly specialized semiconductor materials and equipment.
1957: Materials Research Corporation founded by Dr. Sheldon Weinig and Dr. Josef Intrater at 47 Buena Vista Ave., Yonkers, NYfor the purification and characterization of materials to be used in controlled research
1981: Moved company from Pearl River, New York to Route 303, Orangeburg, NY 109621970: IPO, listed on the American Stock Exchange. Businesses included sputtering systems, high purity materials for sputtering and evaporation thin film metal processes, ultra high purity fine grande alumina substrates for telecommunication devices.1975: Introduced 902/903 Batch1980: Introduced 603 Batch1988: Introduced the Eclipse1989: Acquired by Sony Corporation of America1992: Garrett Pierce becomes President and CEO1989: MRC acquires CVD division in Phoenix, AZ1993: Tom Marmen becomes President and CEO1996: Dr. Robert Foster becomes CEO1997: Moved operations from NY to Gilbert, AZ, as part of a company reorganizationOutsourced 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
1998: Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) acquired the equipment divisions of MRCKDF acquired the MRC batch and etch product lines from Tokyo Electron
1999: Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. acquired the business of Materials Research Corporation (MRC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. 
