Entegris
| Public NASDAQ: ENTG | |
| Industry | Microelectonics materials and components |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | Billerica, MA |
Key people |
Bertrand Loy, CEO & President Greg Graves, CFO |
| Revenue |
 $1.1 billion USD (TTM 2/2016) |
Number of employees | 3,500 (2/2016) |
| Website | www.entegris.com |
Entegris, Inc. NASDAQ: ENTG is a leading provider of yield-enhancing materials and solutions for the most advanced manufacturing environments. Entegris’ customers include the world’s manufacturers of semiconductors and other electronics, as well their materials and equipment suppliers.
Entegris operates out of its headquarters in Billerica, Mass. The company has about 3,500 employees in 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 80% of the Company's products are used in the semiconductor industry.
Manufacturing semiconductors is incredibly complex and requires levels of purity that are more stringent than any other industry. Entegris’ solutions help achieve these purity levels by protecting critical manufacturing materials from contaminants that are so small they are measured in width of atoms. In recent years, contamination control has become increasingly more difficult as semiconductor manufacturers drive their sub-20nm technology applications.[1] 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.
Products
Entegris products include: 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; high-performance materials and specialty gas management solutions; wafer carriers and shippers that protect the semiconductor wafer from contamination and breakage; and specialized graphite, silicon carbide, and coatings.
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 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.
On April 30, 2014, Entegris acquired ATMI, a publicly held company providing critical materials and materials-handling solutions to the semiconductor industry, in a $1.1 billion transaction.
References
Li1, S., Shih, S., Yen, S., Yang, J.: "Case Study of Microcontamination Control." Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 432–442, 2007
External links
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