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Photronics, Inc. (and its subsidiaries, collectively referred to herein as "Photronics", the "Company", "we", "our", or "us") is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photomasks, which are high precision
photographic quartz or glass plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits. Photomasks are a key element in the manufacture of ICs and FPDs and are used as masters to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers and FPD
substrates during the fabrication of ICs, a variety of FPDs and, to a lesser extent, other types of electrical and optical components. We have eleven manufacturing facilities, which are located in Taiwan (3), China (2), South Korea (1), the United
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed December 17, 2025. Read the filing