YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.), a leading manufacturer of process equipment for semiconductor advanced packaging, life sciences and “More-than-Moore” applications, today announced that Guy Shechter has joined the company as its new Vice President of Global Product Management and Global Service.

“Guy’s proven ability to manage change for rapidly growing innovative companies, ranging from start-ups to market leaders, will be a valuable resource as we implement our plans to fulfill YES’s potential,” said Rezwan Lateef, President of YES. “He has an impressive track record for building winning teams and optimizing both organizational performance and customer satisfaction. We are pleased to welcome him to our executive team.”

Mr. Shechter was formerly the Vice President and General Manager of Global Services Solutions at Veeco, where he spent 13 years in Marketing and Service leadership roles of increasing responsibility. Earlier in his career, he was Director of Marketing at Oramir (now part of Applied Materials) and Vice President of Marketing at Sagitta. Mr. Shechter holds both a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (magna cum laude) and an MBA in Technology Development from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

About YES
YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.) is a preferred provider of high-tech, cost-effective equipment for transforming surfaces, materials, and interfaces. The company’s product lines include vacuum cure ovens, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, and plasma etching tools used for precise surface modification and thin-film coating of semiconductor wafers, semiconductor and MEMS devices, and biodevices. With YES, customers ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies can create and volume-produce products in a wide range of markets, including Advanced Packaging, MEMS, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality and Life Sciences. YES is headquartered in Fremont, California, with a growing global presence. For more information, please visit http://www.yieldengineering.com.

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ESPOO, Finland, 14th of October 2021 – PICOSUN® Morpher has continued to demonstrate excellent batch process results in the latest acceptance runs the company has performed for its customers in the global semiconductor industry.
Excellent uniformities (About Picosun
Picosun provides the most advanced ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for global industries. Picosun’s ALD solutions enable technological leap into the future, with turn-key production processes and unmatched, pioneering expertise in the field – dating back to the invention of the technology itself. Today, PICOSUN® ALD equipment are in daily manufacturing use in numerous leading industries around the world. Picosun is based in Finland, with subsidiaries in Germany, USA, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China mainland and Taiwan, offices in India and France, and a world-wide sales and support network. Visit www.picosun.com.

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN, October 8, 2021 – Lite-On Technology Corporation (“LITEON”) has filed a patent infringement suit against Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (“SETi”) September 17, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, asserting infringement of LITEON’s UV LED patents and demanding a judgment that SETi has infringed and seeking an injunction and an award of damages. The claims relate to the UV LED package, LED chip, and epitaxial layer growth.

LITEON is founded in 1975 and being a worldwide leading provider of optoelectronic semiconductors. LITEON Optoelectronics Product Solution SBU (LITEON OPS) has been dedicated to R&D on LED technologies and has more than forty-five years' experience in this field. Its leading role is backed by the broadest and most widely varying product offering in Optical technologies, ranging from illumination to sensing, from low power to high power, from commodity to custom-made, from LED to Laser, from visible lights to infrared & UV. LITEON possesses a strong patent portfolio in the key markets including America, China, Taiwan, Japan, Europe, and Korea.

In response to recent press releases by SETi as a subsidiary of Seoul Viosys and the media coverage that focused on the patent lawsuits related to SETi v. LITEON, LITEON hereby clarifies that:
The patent lawsuits are still in progress. LITEON disputes SETi’s claims and will vigorously defend against them. LITEON reaffirms that we, as always, respect intellectual property rights and will devote to the protection of customers’ and shareholders’ benefits and rights.

CONTACT:Ifei Lee
　Director, OPS SBG,
　　 LITE-ON Technology Corporation
　　 [email protected]

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YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.), a leading manufacturer of process equipment for semiconductor advanced packaging, life sciences and “More-than-Moore” applications, today announced that it has purchased the semiconductor equipment business of Swedish heating technology provider Kanthal.

Under the terms of the agreement, which was signed on October 6, YES will take ownership of Kanthal’s semiconductor-related capital equipment portfolio, system-related upgrades, and service needs. The acquisition will add Kanthal’s high-temperature (>800°C) furnace technology as well as Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD) processes to YES’s growing capabilities in the thermal processing area.

“We aim to be the semiconductor industry’s provider of choice for surface modification, material enhancement, and high-quality deposition,” said Rezwan Lateef, President of YES. “With this acquisition of equipment and technical expertise from a leader in industrial heating, we look forward to supporting our global customer base with new high-temperature annealing and bonding systems that leverage Kanthal heating equipment. In addition, we feel that the Kanthal LPCVD technology has potential to open exciting deposition opportunities for YES beyond our current monolayer coating systems, particularly in the areas of optical, power and microLED.”

About YES
YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.) is a preferred provider of high-tech, cost-effective equipment for transforming surfaces, materials and interfaces. The company’s product lines include vacuum cure ovens, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, and plasma etching tools used for precise surface modification and thin-film coating of semiconductor wafers, semiconductor and MEMS devices, and biodevices. With YES, customers ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies can create and volume-produce products in a wide range of markets, including Advanced Packaging, MEMS, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality and Life Sciences. YES is headquartered in Fremont, California, with a growing global presence. For more information, please visit www.yieldengineering.com.

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SANTA ROSA, Calif. – September 28, 2021 – PNI Sensor, the world’s foremost expert in precision location, motion tracking, and fusion of sensor systems into real-world applications, today announced that its proprietary magneto-inductive sensor technology is now integrated into MagCanica’s torque sensor systems for high-performance FORMULA 1 race cars. PNI’s sensor technology is used in MagCanica’s innovative driveshaft, clutch shaft, and MGUK shaft torque sensor systems to accurately measure both steady-state and transient torque levels, helping race teams optimize powertrain performance and driveability.

MagCanica designs, develops, and manufactures wireless torque sensor systems and rate-of-change-of-torque (ROC) sensor systems for high performance applications such as automotive racing powertrains, turboshaft engines and associated rotorcraft transmissions, and high speed couplings for gas compression trains and power generation trains for the energy sector.

“The team at PNI worked closely with our engineers to customize their high-performance magnetic sensors to our exacting specifications,” said Sami Bitar, President and co-founder of MagCanica. “This close collaboration supports our mission to deliver the most lightweight, compact and accurate systems for our FORMULA 1 race team customers.”

“Our team of highly experienced engineers takes a holistic approach and supports our customers’ system accuracy and long-term reliability requirements,” said Robin Stoecker, director of marketing at PNI Sensor. “We’re proud that MagCanica is using our expertise and field-tested sensor hardware and applying it to a highly specialized and demanding application like automotive racing systems.”

About PNI Sensor
With over 30 years of experience, PNI is the world’s foremost expert in precision location, motion tracking, and fusion of sensor systems into real-world applications. PNI’s sensors and algorithms serve as the cornerstone of successful IoT projects and mission-critical applications where pinpoint location, accuracy, and low power consumption are essential. Building on decades of patented sensor and algorithm development, PNI offers the industry’s highest-performance geomagnetic sensor in its class, location and motion coprocessors, high-performance modules, sensor fusion algorithms, and complete sensor systems. To learn more, please visit www.pnicorp.com.

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YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.), a leading manufacturer of process equipment for semiconductor advanced packaging, life sciences and “More-than-Moore” applications, today announced that Kimihiko Matsubara has joined its senior management team and will lead its sales efforts in the Japan market, supporting the rapidly evolving semiconductor and advanced organic substrate market segments in the region.

“We welcome Matsubara-san warmly to the YES senior team. His proven management and relationship-building skills, strong record of sales growth, and deep knowledge of the country’s precision machinery and semiconductor industries will be highly valuable to YES as we build our local presence in Japan,” said Rezwan Lateef, President of YES.

Kimihiko Matsubara started his career with process equipment manufacturer Hakuto, spending three decades there in positions of increasing managerial responsibility. He subsequently held business development and senior sales management roles at TASMIT (a subsidiary of Toray, specializing in semiconductor inspection and metrology) and Faro Japan, a maker of 3D metrology and visualization systems. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Meijo University in Nagoya, Japan.

About YES
YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.) is a preferred provider of high-tech, cost-effective equipment for transforming surfaces, materials and interfaces. The company’s product lines include vacuum cure ovens, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, and plasma etching tools used for precise surface modification and thin-film coating of semiconductor wafers, semiconductor and MEMS devices, and biodevices. With YES, customers ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies can create and volume-produce products in a wide range of markets, including Advanced Packaging, MEMS, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality and Life Sciences. YES is headquartered in Fremont, California, with a growing global presence.

For more information, please visit www.yieldengineering.com.

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BURGESS HILL, West Sussex, UK, 15th September 2021 – Edwards, the leading supplier of vacuum and abatement services and solutions to the global semiconductor industry, today opened its new flagship Service Technology Centre (STC) in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The new site and associated field service operations have so far employed a diverse workforce of around 100 people, 90% of whom are technicians or engineers, and this is expected to rise to around 120 by the end of the year. The STC, which will help support the semiconductor manufacturing industry in Ireland, represents an investment in the region of US$7.5 million.

Semiconductor manufacturing is essential to supporting developments in the technology, electronics, transport, scientific and healthcare sectors – all of which have been classed as critical industries during the Covid-19 pandemic. Edwards is the world leader in supplying the vacuum and abatement technology, along with the equipment and services, necessary to support the efficient and environmentally sustainable production of semiconductors.

The new 4,000m2 facility uses advanced automation and data solutions to disassemble, clean, inspect, repair, replace and reassemble vacuum pumps and abatement equipment. Together with on-site manufacturing, this will improve responsiveness to customers’ needs.
State-of-the-art technology deployed in the new smart facility brings together innovations developed by the expertise of our STCs around the world, which enables Edwards to autonomously track products through the STC and provides insights to both customers and our teams to improve planning. These new technologies significantly remove the amount of paper needed and thus reduce the facility’s carbon footprint.

Edwards is supported by IDA Ireland through the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD said, “Today is a big day for Edwards and I’d like to congratulate all staff on the opening of this flagship centre. I’m sure you will all find a very warm home in Blanchardstown. Today’s opening reaffirms Ireland’s position as a global leader in the semiconductor industry. I wish Edwards every success in the future.”

Troy Metcalf, President of Edwards’ Semiconductor Service division formally opened the new facility and welcomed the new employees. Troy commented, “I am delighted to be opening our new Dublin Service Technology Centre, the latest in our global network of STCs that enables us to best support our customers in the safe, productive and environmentally sustainable manufacturing of semiconductors in Ireland and across Europe. I want to extend my sincere gratitude to everyone involved in helping to facilitate the new site for their enthusiasm and hard work, despite the significant challenges posed during the pandemic.

“I would also like to thank IDA Ireland on behalf of Edwards for the continued valuable support they have provided us in this exciting new venture.”

Congratulating Edwards on its official opening, Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland said “Despite the challenge of this past year, Edwards has already onboarded 100 new members of staff and opened its new flagship Service Technology Centre (STC) in Dublin. This is a very welcome investment and I wish Edwards continued support and ongoing success with this operation.”

Edwards is continuing to recruit for the new Dublin facility. Learn more about the company and emerging roles, or send your details to [email protected]. For a confidential discussion, please contact one of the dedicated consultants at Collins McNicholas, Edwards’ selected recruitment partner, on (01) 662 0088.

About Edwards
Edwards is the leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services. These are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells; are used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications, steel and other metallurgy, pharmaceutical and chemical; and for both scientific instruments and a wide range of R&D applications.

Edwards has around 6,000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment and has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.

Edwards is part of the Atlas Copco Group (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: ATCO A, ATCO B), a Sweden-based provider of industrial productivity solutions.

Further information about Edwards can be found at www.edwardsvacuum.com

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The Electronic System Design Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, welcomes Aselta Nanographics, of Grenoble, France, provider of advanced software solutions for wafer and mask patterning based on e-beam technology, as its newest member.

“Joining the ESD Alliance is a great opportunity to stay connected with the EDA community and take an active part in the discussions driving the future of semiconductor manufacturing,” remarks Yorick Trouiller, Aselta Nanographics’ CEO.

“Aselta Nanographics is making its mark in the semiconductor industry, and we are pleased it is joining as a member of the ESD Alliance,” comments Bob Smith, its executive director. “Companies like Aselta are helping manage increased complexity of mask data preparation due to technology improvements such as multi-beam mask writers and EUV lithography, and the ability to measure/inspect the effects both on reticle and on wafer.”

A spin-off of CEA-Leti, Aselta Nanographics maintains strong links with cutting-edge fundamental research and applies it to deliver advanced industrial solutions to customers in the U.S., Europe and Asia. It initially developed e-beam proximity effect correction software and now offers a portfolio of products that includes mask data preparation and metrology.

As a member of the ESD Alliance, Aselta Nanographics is also a member of SEMI, the global industry association representing the worldwide electronic product design and manufacturing supply chain.

About Aselta Nanographics
Aselta Nanographics of Grenoble, France, develops software tools to improve the quality process of chip production. It operates in the IC manufacturing world providing advanced software solutions for wafer and mask patterning based on e-beam technology as well as solutions for contour-based metrology. Aselta is currently developing cutting-edge software solutions for improving wafer fab and maskshop production yield for next generation nodes. For more information, see: www.aselta.com

About the SEMI Electronic System Design Alliance
The Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community representing members in the electronic system and semiconductor design ecosystem, is a community that addresses technical, marketing, economic and legislative issues affecting the entire industry. It acts as the central voice to communicate and promote the value of the semiconductor design ecosystem as a vital component of the global electronics industry.

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