{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "organisationId": "O-00aacf66cf4d45e28ae1af17b37b9234",
  "slug": "advantest",
  "name": "ADVANTEST CORP",
  "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T12:24:30.548155Z",
  "sections": [
    {
      "type": "OVERVIEW",
      "text": "Advantest Corporation is a Japanese company that develops and supplies automated test equipment for the semiconductor industry. Its offerings include systems for testing memory and system-on-chip devices, as well as equipment, software and services used across semiconductor development and production. The company describes its purpose as “Enabling the cutting edge.” [P134438860][P134438955][https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/company/]\n\nAdvantest serves a global market, with sales across Asia, the Americas and Europe. It reported consolidated net sales of ¥779.7 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, and its corporate profile listed 7,358 consolidated employees as of that date. [P134438824][T15371899][https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/company/]\n[P134438860][P134438955][P134438824][T15371899][https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/company/]",
      "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T12:24:30.548155Z"
    },
    {
      "type": "PRODUCTS",
      "text": "Advantest’s principal products are semiconductor test systems for system-on-chip (SoC) devices and memory. Its named offerings include the V93000 EXA Scale test platform and inteXcell, a memory test cell. Its memory testers serve DRAM and non-volatile memory applications; DRAM accounted for 95% of its memory-test business in the fiscal year ended March 2025. [P134438518][P134439031]\n\nThe broader product portfolio includes testers and handlers, interface boards, system-level test systems and mask-scanning electron microscopy equipment. Advantest presents these alongside wafer test, package test and burn-in as parts of a semiconductor test workflow, with consumables and consultation among its supporting offerings. In the fiscal year ended March 2025, semiconductor and component test systems generated ¥598.1 billion, or approximately 77% of company sales; mechatronics systems generated ¥73.2 billion, or approximately 9%, and services, support and other offerings generated ¥108.4 billion, or approximately 14%. [P134438955][P134438953][T15371898]\n[P134438518][P134439031][P134438955][P134438953][T15371898][T15371898][T15371898][T15371898]",
      "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T12:24:30.548155Z"
    },
    {
      "type": "GEOGRAPHY",
      "text": "Advantest’s sales are concentrated in East Asia. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, sales by ship-to destination were ¥326.5 billion in Taiwan (41.9% of total), ¥175.1 billion in China (22.5%), ¥157.0 billion in South Korea (20.1%) and ¥15.8 billion in Japan (2.0%). The Americas accounted for ¥47.1 billion (6.0%), Europe ¥20.0 billion (2.6%) and other regions ¥38.2 billion (4.9%). Overall, 98.0% of sales were shipped outside Japan. The percentages are calculated from reported regional sales and total sales of ¥779.7 billion. [P134438864]\n[P134438864]",
      "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T12:24:30.548155Z"
    },
    {
      "type": "SEGMENTS",
      "text": "Advantest reports three business segments. Semiconductor & Component Test Systems supplies semiconductor testers, including systems for system-on-chip (SoC) and memory devices. Mechatronics Systems is its second reported segment. Services, Support & Others includes support services and system-level test activities. [P134438860][P134439031][P134439046]\n\nIn the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, Semiconductor & Component Test Systems generated ¥598.1 billion, or approximately 77% of consolidated sales; Mechatronics Systems generated ¥73.2 billion, or 9%; and Services, Support & Others generated ¥108.4 billion, or 14%. These proportions show that semiconductor test systems account for the substantial majority of revenue. [T15371901]\n[P134438860][P134439031][P134439046][T15371901]",
      "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T12:24:30.548155Z"
    },
    {
      "type": "HISTORY",
      "text": "Advantest traces its origins to 1954, when it was established in Japan as Takeda Riken Kogyo. The company adopted the Advantest name in 1985 as it developed its semiconductor-testing business. [https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/history/]\n\nA major expansion came in 2011 with the acquisition of Verigy, a semiconductor test-equipment company. Advantest later broadened its test-equipment portfolio through the acquisition of Italian power-semiconductor test-equipment maker CREA in fiscal 2022. [https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/history/][P134438518]\n[P134438518][https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/history/]",
      "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T12:24:30.548155Z"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "P134438860",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134438860",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p5",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "P134438955",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134438955",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p15",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 15
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/company/",
      "href": "https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/company/",
      "label": "www.advantest.com"
    },
    {
      "id": "P134438824",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134438824",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p1",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 1
    },
    {
      "id": "T15371899",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15371899",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p5",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "P134438518",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134438518",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2023 Y), p15",
      "documentId": "D-fb27f58a916049ccb161f49d0d583b91",
      "page": 15
    },
    {
      "id": "P134439031",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134439031",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p22",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 22
    },
    {
      "id": "P134438953",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134438953",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p15",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 15
    },
    {
      "id": "T15371898",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15371898",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p5",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "P134438864",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134438864",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p5",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 5
    },
    {
      "id": "P134439046",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134439046",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p23",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 23
    },
    {
      "id": "T15371901",
      "href": "https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15371901",
      "label": "ADVANTEST CORP — Presentation (2025 Y), p7",
      "documentId": "D-eeff08eead564b9da4bb3bb4f5650e98",
      "page": 7
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/history/",
      "href": "https://www.advantest.com/en/about-us/history/",
      "label": "www.advantest.com"
    }
  ]
}