Espoo, Finland, July 14, 2025 – Beneq, a global leader in Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology, is proud to announce significant progress in the microLED display market, underscored by repeat orders from industry-leading technology innovators. MicroLED technology is revolutionizing the future of displays across sectors including consumer electronics, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), and the automotive industry. With unparalleled brightness, contrast, energy efficiency, and durability, microLED represents a paradigm shift in how displays are designed and manufactured – enabling ultra-fine pixel resolution, seamless scalability, and longer device lifetimes. As demand for next-generation display solutions accelerates, microLED is poised to become the backbone of future visual interfaces.

According to Yole Group, global microLED display shipments are projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 180.6% from 2022, reaching 42.4 million units by 2029. Despite its promise, microLED development presents formidable challenges, particularly in scaling down pixel sizes to below 10 micrometers while maintaining uniformity, stability, and manufacturability. As pixels shrink, precise material control and surface passivation become critical to device performance. Atomic Layer Deposition offers a unique solution, enabling ultra-thin, conformal coatings with atomic-level precision. ALD addresses key barriers in microLED production, such as surface defect passivation, sidewall protection, transparent conductive oxides and final passivation, thereby improving both device efficiency and long-term reliability.

“Our top-tier customers rely on ALD technology to advance monolithic integration of microLEDs and driver electronics on a single chip. This integration paves the way for a new class of smaller, more powerful display products – delivering faster data transfer, lower power consumption, and a significantly more compact footprint,” says Mikko Söderlund, Head of Semiconductor ALD Sales.

“These repeat orders validate Beneq’s solution and demonstrate the company’s commitment to support customers through both the demanding development phase and the critical transition to volume manufacturing.”

Beneq’s Transform® ALD cluster platform stands at the forefront of this technological evolution. Designed for high-throughput production and advanced technology development, the Beneq Transform combines modularity, flexibility, and productivity, making it an ideal tool for microLED manufacturers. Its multi-chamber architecture supports a wide range of materials and processes, enabling customers to fine-tune optical and electrical properties while seamlessly scaling from lab to fab. By equipping microLED pioneers with the tools needed to overcome manufacturing barriers, the Beneq Transform is helping accelerate the commercialization of microLED displays – paving the way for brighter, smarter, and more sustainable electronic experiences.

About Beneq

Beneq pioneered industrial Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) with the introduction of the first commercial ALD equipment in 1984. Today, Beneq advances ALD technology adoption and validation with a portfolio that includes Transform®, Transform® 300, and Prodigy™ for specialty semiconductor device fabrication; TFS 200 and TFS 500 for R&D; innovative spatial ALD platforms such as the C2R™, and Genesis for roll-to-roll processing. Beneq’s products support process innovation from lab to fab, enabling integration of ALD in high volume manufacturing. Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Beneq operates globally to help customers scale ALD solutions for the future of semiconductors, optics, and functional coatings.

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Kitchener, Ontario, July 8, 2025 – PEER Group®, the largest supplier of innovative factory automation software products for the semiconductor industry, is hosting a webinar that will provide critical information to help equipment suppliers comply with the new SEMI® Cybersecurity Standard E187: Specification for Cybersecurity of Fab Equipment.

“SEMI E187 is one of a growing group of cybersecurity standards that have been developed to help secure the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain and build resilience in the face of an increasing threat of cyberattacks,” says Doug Suerich, PEER Group’s Director of Marketing and Governing Council member of the Semiconductor Manufacturing Cybersecurity Consortium (SMCC), “this webinar will provide OEMs with a crash course on the new cybersecurity standards and detail best practices on how to comply with E187.”

A popular speaker at a variety of industry conferences and tradeshows, Suerich will be the main speaker during the webinar, titled SEMI Cybersecurity Standard E187: Are you ready? During the 45-minute presentation, Suerich will delve into the history, development, and industry-wide collaboration that has resulted in the publication of SEMI’s new cybersecurity standards. This will be followed by an in-depth break down of SEMI E187, with Suerich explaining what equipment makers must do to achieve compliance and meet the factory specification.

Mike Barrett, Vice President, Global Sales at PEER Group will host the webinar. “As a software supplier to both semiconductor OEMs and fabs, we have deep knowledge and experience helping our customers meet the strict requirements outlined in factory specifications,” shares Barrett, while noting: “One thing we’re starting to see is that factories are beginning to require SEMI Cybersecurity Standards compliance as part of the factory purchase specification. Considering the risk and financial damages that come with a cyberattack, we expect to only see this requirement increase.”

The webinar is free to attend but requires registration. It will take place live on July 24, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. EDT.

To learn more, and to register, visit: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7410295402908186710?source=se…

About PEER Group
PEER Group® is the leading global supplier of innovative factory and tool automation and connectivity software for the semiconductor industry. Since our founding in 1992, we have been committed to developing best-in-class solutions that help OEMs and factories reduce their time to market, risk, and costs by solving their most challenging automation, connectivity, and SEMI Standards compliance problems. Follow PEER Group on. Follow PEER Group on LinkedIn.

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Prudential Cleanroom Services is proud to announce our newest cleanroom laundry processing facility in Heath, OH (located in the greater Columbus / Central Ohio market area). The Ohio market is important to Prudential, so we can best serve our customers expansion requirements in the region. This will be Prudential’s eighth ISO Class 3 cleanroom laundry processing facility in the United States. This extends the greatest throughput capacity from any company in our industry. The new state of the art Cleanroom Laundry Processing Plant is approximately 67,000 square-feet and sits on over nine (9) acres. The NEW projected investment is projected to be $35 million. The site will employ up to eighty (80) full time employees or more. This Plant will be the industry’s most modern, newest and amongst the largest cleanroom processing Plants in the United States and possibly the world! Prudential is excited to bring this customer centric facility to Ohio that will provide direct services throughout the Midwest! https://www.prudentialuniforms.com/event/heath-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/

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Martinez, CA—EUV Tech (EUVT), a global leader in designing and manufacturing at-wavelength EUV metrology equipment, is excited to announce the release of the FALCON Photoresist Flood Exposure Tool. As our next-generation EUV resist characterization and diagnostics tool, FALCON allows photoresist manufacturers to rapidly and accurately test EUV resist sensitivity, as well as providing patterning materials developers critical insights into exposure mechanisms.

Built upon EUV Tech’s proven resist tool technology, FALCON is a fully automated tool that supports high-throughput contrast curves on EUV-patterning materials and radiation chemistry diagnostics by integrating a wide variety of optional add-on analysis and processing modules.

Enhancing FALCON’s platform is an array of in-situ analysis and process modules, including Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy, Atomic Mass Spectrometry, Total Electron Yield (TEY), Photo-Electron Spectroscopy (PES), environmental and vacuum bake module with additional diagnostics, and a scanner-environment exposure module.

Key to FALCON’s effectiveness is its highly uniform exposure spot size of 6 mm, supporting high-sensitivity chemical analysis and over 1,000 exposures for a 300 mm wafer in a single recipe run. Built-in data visualization tools make it possible to analyze this rich data. Combining uniformity, high configurability, and deep data collection and analysis makes FALCON a highly efficient, cost-effective tool for advanced photoresist development.

For more information on the enhanced FALCON Flood Exposure Tool or any of EUV Tech’s at-wavelength metrology tools, please visit euvtech.com.

About EUV Tech
EUV Tech enables technology advancement in the frontiers of semiconductor manufacturing and material science through the development of world-leading EUV and soft-x-ray instrumentation and techniques.

For further information, contact:
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Integration of EDA empowers OEMs to deliver structured, high-bandwidth data to semiconductor fabs and drive efficiencies for competitive advantage

CEA LID World Summit, Grenoble, France, June 17, 2025 – Agileo Automation, a leading provider of control and connectivity solutions for global semiconductor manufacturing equipment, today announced the future expansion of its A²ECF-SEMI automation framework to include SEMI’s EDA (Equipment Data Acquisition) standards suite. This integration that already includes Agil’GEM and Agil’GEM300 will empower OEMs to deliver structured, high-bandwidth data to manufacturing facilities and drive process improvements with artificial intelligence (AI) by leveraging large amounts of reliable, actionable data. EDA standards, built on the legacy of SECS/GEM and GEM300, are transforming equipment communication and enabling high-speed, data-driven manufacturing. As semiconductor fabs become more connected and automated, the ability of OEM equipment to integrate seamlessly and deliver high-quality, structured data has become a competitive differentiator. 

Agileo Automation has carried out EDA Freeze 2 client and server tests with equipment manufacturers already supporting EDA and is working with these early adopters on the integration on their equipment using A²ECF-SEMI, Agil'GEM, and Agil'GEM300. The company will soon be providing a comprehensive offer for OEMs in need of EDA Freeze 2 or 3. EDA is increasingly required in RFQs that equipment manufacturers must address.

“EDA is going to enable fabs to realize superior yields, faster innovation cycles, and a sustainable competitive advantage in an ever-accelerating market,” explains Marc Engel, CEO of Agileo Automation. “Agileo is proud to be a major contributor to this global effort and pleased to support OEMs in all market segments with a complete and scalable product suite.”

About Agileo Automation

Since its inception in 2010 in Poitiers, France, Agileo Automation has empowered global semiconductor equipment manufacturers to optimize their production machines with control, communication, data acquisition, and testing solutions, enabling their deployment in large-scale fabs worldwide. At the heart of Industry 4.0, Agileo’s A²ECF-SEMI framework provides a robust foundation for developing equipment controller software, leveraging the SEMI SECS/GEM and GEM300 standard suites. As a member of SEMI and the OPC Foundation, Agileo Automation is a key contributor to the development and integration of industry standards such as SEMI standards and OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA). For more information, please visit our web site or follow us on LinkedIn.

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Nordson Electronics Solutions, a global leader in reliable electronics manufacturing technologies, has developed several solutions for panel-level packaging (PLP) during semiconductor manufacturing. In one particular case, Nordson’s customer, Powertech Technology, Inc. (PTI) saw underfill yields improve to greater than 99% as they plan to transition from wafers to panels in their manufacturing operations. For details about this solution developed in late 2024 and 2025, download the case study here: Customer Success: Powertech Technology Inc. (PTI) Advances Panel Level Packaging with Nordson.

PTI, one of the world’s top OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) companies, worked with the Nordson applications team to set up a comprehensive PLP demonstration that achieved high-quality, void-free underfill results at scale, using the industry-leading ASYMTEK Vantage® Series fluid dispensing system, equipped with the ASYMTEK IntelliJet® Jetting system. Nordson’s precision technology mitigated warpage and optimized fluid flow while decreasing cycle time by almost 30%.

PLP offers a path to managing the complexity of larger die sizes and higher-density designs while maintaining manufacturability and cost efficiency as the semiconductor industry transitions from 300-mm wafers to panels. PTI is enabling PLP applications that are designed to meet the semiconductor industry’s growing demands to serve AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and chiplet-based architectures.

Underfill has been pivotal in semiconductor packaging since the adoption of flip-chips in the 1990s. As applications have become more demanding, particularly in high-performance CPUs, GPUs, and advanced architectures like flip-chip and 2.5D/3D ICs, the importance of underfilling to enhance mechanical reliability and thermal performance has grown. Since the beginning, Nordson developed innovations for underfill processes as the industry evolved from PC board, substrate, wafer, and now panel applications.

Nordson’s distributor, Jetinn Global Equipment Ltd., supported the advancements discussed in this case study by investing in demonstration equipment and providing expert technical support.

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