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Evatec Partners with Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) for Innovative MEMS microspeakers

We are excited to announce a strategic collaboration with Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) and other industry partners. This joint effort aims to develop cutting-edge solutions for MEMS-based microspeakers.

Evatec Thin film technology is enabling global megatrends

Watch our latest video about global megatrends and discover how Evatec’s thin film production solutions support a changing world.

Relocation of the Evatec China Customer Service

Read about Evatec China's customer service relocation.

New Import EU Regulations

Read here our confirmation to the new Import EU Regulation for iron and steel imports.

LAYERS 7 – Edge Emitting Lasers – manufacturing challenges for new markets

Read about production solutions for the antireflection and high reflectivity coatings. 

New BAK Family brochure available

Read about the latest generation of BAK evaporators in our BAK Family brochure.

Great interest in Future Day 2023

20 young people visited Evatec at the future day 2023 to learn more about the company and our apprenticeships.

LAYERS 7 – Low temperature PVD deposition of low stress SiN and SiCN films for Hybrid Bonding applications

Intel’s and Evatec’s experts investigate the feasibility of high quality low stress SiN and SiCN film deposition on Evatec’s CLUSTERLINE®.

CLUSTERLINE® 200 BPM – Dynamic Sputter System

From Micro LED to Edge Emitting Lasers and RF filters, CLUSTERLINE® 200 BPM gives you gold medal winning performance in thin film deposition

LAYERS 7 – SiC – Powering ahead in Power Devices

Evatec’s experts remind us why Wide Band Gap (WBG) materials like SiC have an exciting role to play in emerging power device applications.

LAYERS 7 – Optoelectronics Insights

Jakob Bollhalder, Head of BU optoelectronics answers questions on the role of the industry going forward, the challenges it faces and how Evatec can contribute.

LAYERS 7 – Seeing the world in a new way – Welcome to Augmented Reality

Evatec’s experts introduce different Smart Glasses technologies and the cost effective thin film coating solutions on 200 or 300mm required for mass market application.

LAYERS 7- Towards perfection with the new HEXAGON

The new HEXAGON maintains the existing strengths of proven and reliable processes, high throughput and then offers significant improvements and innovations in the areas of process capabilities, throughput, uptime, accessibility and serviceability.

An interview with Evatec

Read the Interview with Kevin Chen, Head of Asia, and Henfy Su, Head of Sales, about the market development of China Compound Semiconductor and the Advanced Packaging Industry.

LAYERS 7 – Welcome to the world of ITO

Evatec’s experts talk us through some of the film ITO properties which can be influenced through deposition conditions.  

LAYERS 7 - Challenges In 3D IC and Heterogeneous Integration

Evatec’s experts illustrate just one example of the production solutions helping lead the way in  advanced CMOS fabs.

LAYERS 7 - Chiplets and the new era of Advanced Packaging

E. Jan Vardaman, President and Founder, TechSearch International Inc. reviews the state of play and the challenges ahead.

LAYERS 7 - a message from Andy Waelti

CEO Andy Waelti tells us actions taken by Evatec to be ready for whatever our customers demand in 2023 and introduces the new LAYERS magazine.

Helping you to help yourself

Training at your site, at our headquarters or remote online learning using “HOLOLENS” technology – the choice is yours  

LAYERS 7 - REACH OUT AND GET YOUR COPY NOW

The 7th edition of our thin film technology magazine “LAYERS” has just been released. Get a taste of what’s inside and order your copy now.

Evatec expands ISO accreditation

Evatec has just completed the reaccreditation process for both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 until 2026. We are also proud to have gained ISO 45001 accreditation.

BAK 911 - a step up in output

Easier loading, better vacuum conditions and even higher repeatability – what’s not to like! Find out more.

ANDY WAELTI WINS AWARD

XPERIENCE SOFTWARE - Your Evatec tool on your desktop

XPERIENCE Simulator – Bring your Evatec tool to your desktop.  Using our XPERIENCE  simulator train your personnel, develop  and test process recipes  and familiarise yourself with new software updates before you work with them live.

"MADMAX" - the search for dark matter

Evatec’s CLUSTERLINE is supporting the search for dark matter in the European MADMAX project

THE MULTI BAK - LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN

The MULTI BAK - Up to 4 process modules with all the load lock and handling you need for fully automated production.  Access the video now to find out more.

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT WITH CLUSTERLINE® 300

Kai Wenz, Senior Manager Development Projects for BU Semiconductor at Evatec, reveals the thinking behind the release of a new high performance front-end sputtering module on the latest variant of CLUSTERLINE® 300.

THE NEW HEXAGON IS HERE

The new HEXAGON is here.  Our new HEXAGON is the perfect choice for FOWLP, delivering the lowest Rc values at the best cost of ownership.

WHY OPTICAL MONITORING - THE NEW GSM

Optical monitoring technology is the perfect way to improve accuracy and process yields for production of high precision optical layers. Find out more

A NEW APPROACH IN VCSEL

Product Marketing Manager Dr. Chongqi Yu reviews the benefits of VCSEL technology for 3D sensing and other growing markets, and how Evatec's know-how can support VCSEL makers with the right thin film production solution.

ON SITE SUPPORT - HERE TO HELP

Having Evatec technicians to support you at your site is a great way to maintain and improve overall system performance and uptime. Find out more

COMING SOON - THE NEW HEXAGON

Evatec China - Expanding & relocating

To accommodate our growing business, we are pleased and excited to inform you that we are expanding our office area and relocating to a larger office with more facilities. Click here for more.

BIOMETRIC SENSING - DO I KNOW YOU?

Silvio Nigg, Product Marketing Manager at Evatec, talks about how our smartphones recognize us and what optical coatings are required.

CUSTOMER SERVICE - HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

Evatec’s Head of Customer Service Thomas Germann runs through some examples of the latest new Customer Service solutions available in the Evatec tool box and gives us a taste of the future. 

GOING TO JAPAN

Evatec's Head of Strategic Sales & Marketing, Dr Reinhard Benz explains Evatec's approach to building the right organisation to support a growing business in Japan.

INDUSTRY GURU STEFFEN KROEHNERT TALKS

Industry guru, Steffen Kroehnert, shares his thoughts on the Advanced Packaging Industry and the emerging opportunities for Foundaries, IDMs and Suppliers. 

“Tuning” Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

Find out how Facing Target Sputter technology delivers magnetic multilayers with optimum Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy without the need for post deposition anneal

BAK 941- MAKING THE GREAT EVEN BETTER

EVATEC- THE POWER UNSEEN

Meet some of the people behind the scenes at Evatec that help put the "power" in the "thin film powerhouse" 

Silicon Austria Labs pushes boundaries in PZT

Silicon Austria Labs ( SAL)  and Evatec push the boundaries in Lead Zirconium Titanate (PZT) technology.  Find out more. 

INSIGHTS - ADVANCED PACKAGING

Ralph Zoberbier, Head of BU Advanced Packaging, answers questions on the role of the industry going forwards, the challenges it faces and how Evatec can contribute.

HAMR - EXPANDING DATA STORAGE

Seagate’s Dr. Xiaoyue P. Huang and Dr. Michael C. Kautzky explain how thin film technology has helped pioneer the introduction of new drive technology  to provide a commercially viable path beyond the density limits of today’s perpendicular magnetic recording. 

Panel Level Packaging Consortium - The first Year

Despite the COVID-19 crisis Fraunhofer IZM and the 17 partners of the PLC 2.0 consortium including Evatec have achieved excellent results within the first year.  Click here to find out more about what they have been doing. 

SMART DEVICES - HOW TO PROTECT THEM

Evatec’s Dr. Maria Fischer tells us about the new hard coating solutions available to protect our smart devices as they take a pounding from the keys in our pockets or lying in the sand while we sit at the beach. 

GOING DIGITAL - READY FOR ANYTHING

Evatec’s Digital Transformation program began already 3 years ago. CTO Marco Padrun answers questions on what it means for Evatec, where we are today and how it helps our company be ready for whatever comes our way. 

TOOL RELOCATION - AT YOUR SERVICE

Need to move an existing Evatec tool ? Find out how we can help you relocate your Evatec tools in the most efficient way possible. 

MICRO LED - GAME SET & MATCH TO SPUTTER?

Evatec Product Marketing Manager Jakob Bollhalder talks about the differences between thin film process requirements for LED and Micro LED and what sputter technology can offer

LAYERS 6 - 300MM BACKSIDE METALLIZATION PROCESSES

Latest high demands on productivity and performance require tailoring of process configurations depending on the individual application needs of customers. Find out how Evatec can offer improved process control and productivity  

LAYERS 6 - ANDY WAELTI TALKS

Evatec CEO Andy Waelti reflects on the challenges and opportunities that 2020 brought,  and the measures taken by Evatec to prepare the company for the future. 

LAYERS 6 - GET YOUR COPY NOW

LAYERS 6 has just been released. Get a quick preview of what's inside and request your copy now. 

We are nominated - please vote for Evatec

Please cast your vote now at the 2021 3D InCites awards recognizing industry-wide contributions in the development of heterogeneous integration technologies.

Quantum Computing gets a research boost

The German government just announced 19 million Euros of state funding to develop insights from research in the field of quantum technologies with regard to practical applications and to harness their potential for industry. 

PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

Watch our short video about Evatec's new Product Lifecycle management software.

LAYERS 5 - EVATEC YOUR PARTNER IN MICRO LED

The layer types may be the same, but the demands are different for the new emerging micro LED technology when compared with conventional LED production. Stefan Seifried, Head of Business Unit Optoelectronics summarizes the current state of play.

PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE

Preventative maintenance services improve your uptime.  Find out more

REMOTE ASSISTANCE

Read about our options for remote assistance 

HEALTH CHECK - FIND OUT HOW WE CAN HELP

Learn more about our health check services for your existing Evatec tool

EXTENDED WARRANTY

Find out more about our options for extended warranty  

CONSIGNMENT STOCK

Read about the benefits of consignment stock 

PARTS & CONSUMABLES KIT

Learn how we can save you time and money with our kits

Enabling next generation FOPLP

Fraunhofer IZM and Evatec co-operate on next generation  FO-PLP and IC-Substrate processing

LAYERS 5 - FAST TRACKING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT

An enhanced lab environment equipped with enhanced thin film characterization and measurement tools is the perfect way to help our customers speed up their new process development.

LAYERS 5 - HYBRID MODE OPTICAL MONITORING

Benefiting from Monochromatic and Broadband Algorithms in the same coating process.

LAYERS 5 - Plasma assisted SiO2 FOR TC-SAW DEVICES

Evatec’s Process Engineer Hokwon Kim, Scientist Edmund Schuengel and Product Marketing Manager Carlo Tosi explain the importance of temperature compensation for TC-SAW devices and how plasma enhanced reactive magnetron sputter deposition on CLUSTERLINE® provides a cost effective manufacturing solution.

LAYERS 5 - KEEPING STRESS UNDER CONTROL

BU Head, Silvan Wuethrich and Senior Scientist Dr. Andrea Mazzalai explain how advanced plasma intensity distribution control brings the superior “wafer-in- wafer” levels of stress uniformity required for BAW processes on 8 inch wafers.

SMART Center "fast-tracks" piezoelectrics

The Northeastern University SMART Center has added an Evatec CLUSTERLINE^® 200  to its nanofabrication capability

Evatec wins the Prix SVC Ostschweiz Award

Evatec is the winner of the Prix SVC Ostschweiz award

LAYERS 5 - POWER DEVICE MANUFACTURING

Evatec’s Product Marketing Managers Hans Auer and Gernot Engstler give us an overview on the state of play in front and backside metallization processes and production solutions on CLUSTERLINE®

LAYERS 5 -Ultra-thin flexible HDI-PCBs

Overcoming challenges in fabrication using CLUSTERLINE® panel-sized etch and sputter solutions

FOPLP - GET THE BROCHURE

LAYERS 5 - EVATEC IN KOREA

Welcome to Evatec Korea -  안녕하세요?

SilTerra selects Evatec

SilTerra deploys Evatec’s CLUSTERLINE^® 200 for manufacturing high performance Piezo-MEMS devices.

Evatec wins SJ Semi award

Evatec Advanced Packaging group wins supplier award at SJ SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION.

LAYERS 5 - SOFT MAGNETICS READY FOR THE FUTURE!

Evatec’s Senior Product Marketing Manager, Maurus Tschirky tells us how taking a proven concept, leveraging other existing know-how and a bit of simple thinking is the risk free way to develop a high performance new module on CLUSTERLINE® 300 for production of integrated voltage regulators on 300mm in quick time.

LAYERS 5 - LOW LOSS CMOS

Compatible silicon nitride photonics utilizing reactive sputtered thin films on CLUSTERLINE® 200

LAYERS 5 - ITO DEP & ETCH ENABLING OLED ON CMOS

Evatec Product Marketing Manager Franz Xaver Lenherr tells us how leveraging 30 years of know-how in sputtering and etch helped us fast track development of ITO deposition and ITO etch processes on CLUSTERLINE® 300 to produce the anode for next generation OLED on CMOS on 300mm.

Evatec Taiwan expands operations

Evatec Taiwan just moved offices to make space for our growing team. Find out more

LAYERS 5 - Information is Power

Supporting customers around the globe as quickly and efficiently as possible helps us stand out from our competitors. David Dietsch, Customer Service Manager Evatec SEA Pte.*, tells us how Evatec’s Global Service Management Tool (SMT) helps his local sales and service organization do just that.

LAYERS 5 - ANDY WAELTI TALKS

CEO Andy Waelti talks about the importance of continued investment and how the investments we have made in recent years are benefitting customers around the globe.

LAYERS 5 - GET YOUR COPY NOW

The 5th edition of our thin film technology magazine "LAYERS" is now available. Click here to get a taste of whats inside and order your copy now.

NEW WEBSITE

Welcome to our new website with more information than ever at your fingertips. Find out more!

Panel Consortium 2 Kick Off

More than 50 international guests gathered at Fraunhofer IZM to mark the "kick off" of PLC2.0, a consortium made up of Evatec and 16 other companies focused on reaching the next level in FOPLP.

SILICON NITRIDE PHOTONICS

Prix SVC Finalist News

Evatec is one of the 6 finalist for the Prix SVC (Swiss Venture Club) entrepreneur award.

Evatec & Disco Hi-Tec

Evatec and Disco Hi-Tec announce a partnership based around development of processes on Evatec’s CLUSTERLINE® 300 II.

SkyWater chooses Evatec

SkyWater has chosen CLUSTERLINE® 300 equipped with high performance evaporation technology for new process developments.

CLUSTERLINE® 200 II IS READY

THE ROAD TO $2 BILLION

STRESS IMPROVEMENT FOR FBARS

INDUSTRY TRENDS - ADVANCED PACKAGING

Guest author Yole Développement talk about trends in Advanced Packaging and expected market revenues up to 2023.

OBSERVATIONS FOR A SAFER WORLD

Kari Kuukkonen from Vaisala explains how their sensing technologies keep us safe at airports around the world.

PANEL PROCESSING - WHEN SIZE MATTERS

INDUSTRY TRENDS - POWER DEVICES

WIDE BAND GAP ( WBG) TECHNOLOGIES

INDUSTRY TRENDS - MEMS

TFME TALK ABOUT THEIR VISION

ENABLING TRILLIONS OF SMART OBJECTS

INTEGRATED MAGNETIC PASSIVE DEVICES

INDUSTRY TRENDS - WIRELESS

INDUSTRY TRENDS - OPTOELECTRONICS

Guest author Yole Développement talk about trends in the Optoelectronics market and expected market revenues for VCSEL up to 2023.

LED OR LASER - EVATEC HAS THE SOLUTION

HOT SPUTTERED ITO - A NEW PROCESS FOR LED

SCINTILLATORS - GOING DIGITAL

AUGMENTED REALITY - IN JUST ONE TOUCH

ECL - ITS THE PLACE TO BE

EVATEC NA INC - USA & CANADA

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE

FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR

HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS GROW