Lam Research Plans Livermore Campus
August 22, 2007

Lam Research Corp. is planning to move about 375 workers to Livermore in the next few months.

The Fremont-based chip equipment maker (NASDAQ:LRCX) said it intends to establish a "new primary manufacturing" operation and "volume production activities" at two buildings it is negotiating to buy from San Jose-based KLA-Tencor Corp. (NASDAQ:KLAC).

Rob White, Livermore's economic development director, told the Contra Costa Times that Lam Research plans to have 350 to 400 employees at the site within a few months.

That number could climb to 700 employees within two years.