Advantest Corporation's President and CEO Toshio Maruyama to Ring Closing Bell
2006年11月17日 - 12:37AM
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Company Celebrates Five Year Anniversary of Listing on NYSE NEW
YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advantest Corporation
(TSE:6857TSE:NYSE:TSE:ATE), the global leader in automatic test
equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry, tomorrow celebrates
the five year anniversary of its listing on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE) with the ringing of the closing bell. Advantest
listed on the New York Stock Exchange and began trading its
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on September 17, 2001.
Advantest Corporation President and CEO, Toshio Maruyama, will ring
the day's closing bell. Sharing the platform will be the
corporation's Director and Senior Advisor, Hiroshi Oura, and
Hitoshi Owada, Director and Managing Executive Officer. Advantest
America's President and CEO, Keith Lee, will also represent the
company at the NYSE ceremony. "We are extremely proud of our NYSE
affiliation," states Maruyama, "because of the reputation and high
trading standards that the New York exchange represents worldwide.
We value and appreciate being listed among the world's leading
companies. In addition to giving Advantest access to global capital
markets, our NYSE listing is a source of great pride to our
employees and contributes to our ability to recruit world-class
engineering talent, which is so critical to our technology
leadership." Headquartered in Tokyo, Advantest has the number one
share of the worldwide ATE market for the semiconductor industry
and is also a leading manufacturer of measuring instruments used in
the design, production and maintenance of electronic systems,
including fiber optic and wireless communications equipment and
digital consumer products. For the first half of fiscal 2006, the
company reported revenues of 120.5 billion yen, an increase of 12.5
percent YOY. For fiscal year 2005 ending March 31, 2006, Advantest
reported 253.9 billion yen, or US$2,161.6 million. Advantest's ADR
trading ratio is one to one against its common shares traded on the
Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). About Advantest Advantest Corporation
is the global leader in automatic test equipment to the
semiconductor industry. Advantest's SoC, logic, memory,
mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into
the most advanced semiconductor fabrication lines in the world.
Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its North American
subsidiary in 1982 and its European subsidiary in 1984. More
information is available at http://www.advantest.com/. DATASOURCE:
Advantest Corporation CONTACT: Amy Gold of Advantest America, Inc.,
+1-212-850-6670, Web site: http://www.advantest.com/
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