KLA Corporation Company Profile
NASDAQ: KLACTechnologyElectronic ComponentsUSD
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KLA at a glance
KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) is a Electronic Components company in the Technology sector headquartered in Milpitas, CA. KLA is led by Mr. Richard P. Wallace and employs about 17,000 people. The company's shares have traded publicly since 1980.
At a market capitalization of $257.69 billion, it ranks among the largest companies in the US market. KLAC is a member of the SP500, NDX. Its SEC Central Index Key (CIK) is 0000319201, which identifies the company's filings on EDGAR.
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What does KLA do?
KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers, reticles/masks, chemicals/materials, integrated circuits (ICs), packaged ICs, and printed circuit boards. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. The company offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; chemical process control equipment; wired and wireless sensor wafers and reticles; wafer defect inspection, review, and metrology systems; reticle inspection and metrology systems; wafer inspection and metrology systems; semiconductor software solutions; KLA Pro systems; and specialty semiconductor manufacturing, benchtop metrology, surface characterization, material strength characterization, and electrical property measurement products. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition and other wafer processing technologies and solutions; direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet, and additive printing, as well as computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions; and components. In addition, the company offers service programs. It serves semiconductor, and semiconductor-related and electronic device manufacturers. The company operates in China, Taiwan, Korea, North America, Japan, Europe, Israel, and rest of Asia. The company was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corporation and changed its name to KLA Corporation in July 2019. KLA Corporation was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
Business description based on the company's public filings.
Company information
- Legal name
- KLA Corporation
- Ticker
- NASDAQ: KLAC
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Electronic Components
- CEO
- Mr. Richard P. Wallace
- Employees
- 17,000
- Headquarters
- One Technology Drive, Milpitas, CA, United States
- Phone
- 408 875 3000
- Website
- kla.com
- IPO year
- 1980
- Market cap
- $257.69B
- SEC CIK
- 0000319201
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Aug 6, 2026
Index membership
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