January 9, 2022
Replaces Ofer Greenberg, who has managed the Israeli PDC division for the past five years. The division’s sales grew by about 60% in 2021, to more than $ 1 billion
Pictured above: Rafi Ben Ami (right) and Ofer Greenberg
Applied Materials has announced the appointment of Rafi Ben-Ami as CEO of the Process Diagnostics and Control Division – PDC, which is the company’s R&D and production center in Israel. Ben Ami will take office in early February 2022. He replaces Ofer Greenberg, who has served as CEO of PDC for the past five years.
Greenberg has been appointed senior vice president of the global company and will lead the business development of chip manufacturing process control systems. He will also continue to serve as President of the Israeli PDC Division, and will focus in this context mainly on business development and external relations with government officials and academia in Israel. Rafi Ben Ami joined Applied Materials about 9 years ago and held various management positions. In his most recent role, he managed the range of product-business activities of the PDC Division.
Prior to joining Applied from Tirillas, Ben Ami held senior management positions at Comverse and Nice. Greenberg joined Applied Materials in 2015, after three years managing Orbit Communications Systems from Netanya. Prior to that, he served for about 8 years as CEO of KLA Israel, which operates from Migdal Haemek.
About 2,000 employees in one of the largest technology companies in Israel
Applied Materials Israel’s activity is growing Today it is considered one of the largest technology companies in the country: the company employs about 2,000 people and is in the process of recruiting another 300 employees. The PDC division operates as an independent profit entity: it defines, reduces, manufactures and provides metrology systems for monitoring and controlling the production quality of semiconductors. In 2021, its sales grew by about 60% and reached a volume of more than $ 1 billion. The company recently announced the increase of its production infrastructure in the Science Park in Rehovot and the construction of clean rooms with an area of about 3,200 square meters, in addition to the current clean rooms that it operates, with an area of about 4,000 square meters.
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