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medicine. It also acquired two companies in the United States: Memry
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materials. This strategy led SAES Getters to specialise in the execution of components and systems for high-tech industrial and medical applications, allowing the company to survive unscathed after the collapse of a number of key markets, such as barium getters for the television industry or back lights for LCD screens. Furthermore, during this period, the company developed highly innovative technologies and processes for the depositing of getters on silicon wafers for so-called
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Kingdom (1966), United States (1969), Canada (1969) and Japan (1973). Other commercial representative offices were opened in France (1978) and in Germany (1979). In 1977, SAES
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sector (SMA), becoming a key reference for the sector and the first producer of SMA devices and materials for use in industry. In this way, SAES acquired Memory
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In 1996, to meet the new requirements of the company in the fields of production and research, the new headquarters was inaugurated in
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the invention of ring-shaped getters in barium-aluminium alloy. The company expanded into Europe, appointing its first agents in France, Germany, and England.
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79:, Italy
72:Founded
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880:10 May
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524:alkali
500:alloys
397:Nasdaq
389:Taiwan
250:barium
246:nickel
790:are:
675:lamps
646:X-ray
415:2000s
382:1990s
332:1980s
266:Milan
262:alloy
95:Italy
981:2015
955:2015
929:2015
903:2015
882:2015
861:2015
831:2015
765:OLED
538:and
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429:MEMS
188:.com
575:to
555:SMA
483:CNR
405:LCD
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