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Materion

US advanced-materials company making beryllium alloys, precious and non-precious metal sputtering targets and other thin-film materials for chipmaking, and precision optical filters.

AI-adjacentChip equipment
What it does

US advanced-materials company making beryllium alloys, precious and non-precious metal sputtering targets and other thin-film materials for chipmaking, and precision optical filters.

Why it matters

Its sputtering targets supply metal layers deposited in chip fabs, and it reported strength in semiconductor and data center markets in 2025. Much of its business is aerospace, defense, industrial and automotive, so AI is one driver among several.

How it makes money

Sells engineered alloys, electronic materials (targets, lids, wire, chemicals) and precision optics to semiconductor, industrial, aerospace and defense, energy and automotive customers.

Geography

United States (Mayfield Heights, Ohio)

AI stack position

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The highly specialized machines and design software used to create advanced chips in the first place. Without these tools, no chip maker in the world — including the ones building NVIDIA's chips — could produce anything.

Competitors

Connections (2)

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Current relationships (1)

Materion was recognized as a supplier by Texas Instruments
SuppliesCurrent
Materion said Texas Instruments gave it a supplier excellence award in 2020 for supplying precious and non-precious metal sputtering targets and precision parts cleaning and precious-metal recovery services to TI's wafer fabs.

Source: 2020-06-24 · reviewed 2026-09-26

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating in 2020; current status not confirmed

Limits: A 2020 supplier award; does not establish volumes, revenue share, exclusivity or that the relationship continues today.

Materion Receives Second Award From Texas Instruments For Supplier Excellence ↗

Comparisons (1)

Materion competes in precision optics with MKS
Competes withComparison only
Materion's 2025 annual report names MKS Newport Optics among competitors of its Precision Optics segment.

Source: 2026-01-31 · reviewed 2026-09-26

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Product/market overlap

Limits: Materion's own list of competitors in one segment; does not establish relative market share or that the companies compete in semiconductor materials.

Materion Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 ↗

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