Entegris
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Entegris, Inc. NASDAQ
: ENTG is a major provider of products and systems that purify, protect, and transport critical materials used in the semiconductor device fabrication process.
Entegris operates out of its headquarters in Billerica, Mass. The company has about 2,600 employees in 33 manufacturing, service center and research facilities in the United States
, Malaysia, Singapore
, Taiwan
, China
, Korea
, Japan
, Israel
, Ireland
, Germany
and France
.
The company seeks to help manufacturers increase their yields by improving contamination control in several key processes, including photolithography
, wet etching
& cleaning, chemical-mechanical planarization
, thin-film deposition, bulk chemical processing, wafer and reticle handling and shipping, and testing, assembly and packaging. Approximately 75% of the Company's products are used in the semiconductor industry.
In recent years, contamination control has become increasingly more difficult as semiconductor manufacturers drive their sub-45nm technology applications. At the same time these manufacturers are experiencing incredible pressure to increase productivity in the fab
and stay cost competitive. As a result, companies are making the move to invest in technology that increases yields by minimizing product defects caused by contamination.
In August 2005, Entegris merged with Mykrolis Corporation, a publicly held supplier of filtration products to the semiconductor industry. Mykrolis was spun-out of Millipore
Corporation in 2000.
In August 2008, Entegris acquired Poco Graphite, Inc., a Decatur, Texas
supplier of specialized graphite and silicon carbide products for use in semiconductor, EDM, glass bottling, biomedical, aerospace, and alternative energy applications.
NASDAQ
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: ENTG is a major provider of products and systems that purify, protect, and transport critical materials used in the semiconductor device fabrication process.
Entegris operates out of its headquarters in Billerica, Mass. The company has about 2,600 employees in 33 manufacturing, service center and research facilities in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Malaysia, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, China
China
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, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
The company seeks to help manufacturers increase their yields by improving contamination control in several key processes, including photolithography
Photolithography
Photolithography is a process used in microfabrication to selectively remove parts of a thin film or the bulk of a substrate. It uses light to transfer a geometric pattern from a photomask to a light-sensitive chemical "photoresist", or simply "resist," on the substrate...
, wet etching
Wet etching
Wet etching may refer to:*Industrial etching*Etching...
& cleaning, chemical-mechanical planarization
Chemical-mechanical planarization
Chemical Mechanical Polishing/Planarization is a process of smoothing surfaces with the combination of chemical and mechanical forces. It can be thought of as a hybrid of chemical etching and free abrasive polishing.-Description:...
, thin-film deposition, bulk chemical processing, wafer and reticle handling and shipping, and testing, assembly and packaging. Approximately 75% of the Company's products are used in the semiconductor industry.
In recent years, contamination control has become increasingly more difficult as semiconductor manufacturers drive their sub-45nm technology applications. At the same time these manufacturers are experiencing incredible pressure to increase productivity in the fab
Fab
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and stay cost competitive. As a result, companies are making the move to invest in technology that increases yields by minimizing product defects caused by contamination.
Products
Entegris products include: wafer carriers and shippers that protect the semiconductor wafer from contamination and breakage; filtration products that purify process gases and fluids, as well as the ambient environment; liquid systems and components that dispense, control, or transport process fluids; and shippers and trays for protecting and transporting disk drive components.History
The company was incorporated in 1999 as the combined entity of Fluoroware, Inc., which began operating in 1966, and EMPAK, Inc. The company went public in 2000.In August 2005, Entegris merged with Mykrolis Corporation, a publicly held supplier of filtration products to the semiconductor industry. Mykrolis was spun-out of Millipore
Millipore
Millipore may refer to:*Millipore Corporation , a biosciences company*Millipore filter, a nucleopore filter, nitrocellulose or polycarbonate membrane filter with a pore size 0.2 μm up to 20 µm...
Corporation in 2000.
In August 2008, Entegris acquired Poco Graphite, Inc., a Decatur, Texas
Decatur, Texas
Decatur is a city located in Wise County, Texas, United States. This city was named after Stephen Decatur, Jr. The population was 5,201 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 6,432. It is the county seat of Wise County...
supplier of specialized graphite and silicon carbide products for use in semiconductor, EDM, glass bottling, biomedical, aerospace, and alternative energy applications.