Here are, thanks to VLSI Research, are the ten biggest suppliers of wafer processing equipment worldwide, measured by annual revenues.
Varian
Novellus
ASML
Tokyo Electron
Ulvac
ASMI
Hitachi Kokusai Electric
Hitachi High Technologies
Canon
Dainippon Screen Manufacturing
Novellus
ASML
Tokyo Electron
Ulvac
ASMI
Hitachi Kokusai Electric
Hitachi High Technologies
Canon
Dainippon Screen Manufacturing

What happened to Applied Materials? The last time I checked they still sold a lot of semiconductor wafer process equipment versus these companies.
You're absolutely right about this. I'll ask VLSI Research why Applied isn't in their list.
Thanks for pointing it out
Best wishes
David