Amtech Systems was incorporated in October 1981 under the name Quartz Engineering and Materials, Inc., and had its initial public offering listed on NASDAQ in August 1983. In 1984 Amtech acquired ATMOSCAN® patent from Intel, leading to development of its worldwide marketing channel and leading-edge semiconductor fabricators as customers. In 1992 the Company developed and sold its first IBAL Automation product and in 1994 started its European operations with the founding of Tempress Systems, known for its quality diffusion furnaces.
Amtech acquired PR Hoffman in 1997, an industry leader in double-sided lapping and polishing machines, carriers and waxless mount templates for single-side polishing of semiconductor silicon wafers. In 2004, Amtech acquired Bruce Technologies, a manufacturer of horizontal diffusion furnaces and for the semiconductor industry. With the acquisition of Bruce Technologies, Amtech became the world market leader in horizontal diffusion furnace. In 2007 the Company acquired R2D Ingenierie, an automation and wafer transfer company, and in 2014 SoLayTec, which provides Atomic Layer Deposition (“ALD”) systems to support Amtech’s growing solar business. From 2008 through 2009 Amtech expanded its solar product portfolio to include PECVD and PSG Dry-Etch tools, in addition to its solar diffusion furnace. In 2015, the Company expanded its thermal processing capability with the acquisition of BTU International. Today Amtech is one of the market leaders in solar diffusion and is rapidly becoming a technology turnkey supplier to the diffusion, PSG, and PECVD markets.
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