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Applied Materials

Business / industry · Technology & digital · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Applied Materials appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

12
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible the technology shaping the future.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party542%
Socialists & Democrats542%
Renew Europe217%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2022).

2022
6
2023
1
2024
0
2025
4
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Karlo Ressler
3 meetings · EPP
Bart Groothuis
2 meetings · Renew
Oliver Schenk
2 meetings · EPP
Dan Nica
1 meeting · S&D
Brando Benifei
1 meeting · S&D

The 12 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
5 Feb 2026Oliver SchenkChips Act 2.0 and industrial policy - roundtable
23 May 2025Eero HeinäluomaSemiconductor industry
19 May 2025Bart GroothuisChips Act 2.0
5 Feb 2025Oliver SchenkSemiconductor industry in Europe - priorities for the new legislative term
4 Feb 2025Brando BenifeiMeeting on EU-US trade relations
6 Dec 2023Karlo ResslerChips Act
29 Jun 2022Lina GálvezEuropean Chips Act
24 May 2022Bart GroothuisChips Act
17 May 2022Karlo ResslerChips Act
27 Apr 2022Dan NicaChips Act
27 Apr 2022Marc AngelEU Chips Act
26 Apr 2022Karlo ResslerChips Act

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