Applied Materials Japans Yawata retires

11/01/1996

Applied Materials Japan`s Yawata retires. Keisuke Yawata, president and CEO of Applied Materials Japan (AMJ) will retire from day-to-day business in January. He will continue working with AMJ and Applied Materials as an advisor. Two years ago, he left his executive advisor position at LSI Logic Japan to join AMJ. Replacing Yawata at AMJ will be Yoichi Akasaka, currently senior VP of Japan Product Operations at AMJ and VP of Applied Materials.