Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), the leader in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor industry, today announced that SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd. (SCREEN SPE), a group company of SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. (TSE: 7735), has joined the EPIC Center as its newest innovation partner. The collaboration will bring together SCREEN SPE's expertise in wafer cleaning technology with Applied's leadership in materials engineering to develop co-optimized process solutions for the world's most advanced chips.