August 20, 2007 — /Prime Newswire/ — CHASKA, MN — Entegris has announced its acquisition of the assets of the high-purity semiconductor coatings business of Surmet Corporation, located in Burlington, MA. The acquisition strengthens Entegris’s leadership in delivering solutions that purify, protect, and transport critical materials in semiconductor applications, and gives Surmet customers access to a wider range of global resources. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Surmet is a pioneer in high-performance, high-purity coatings that protect wafer handling and equipment components, such as electrostatic clamps, in the semiconductor manufacturing process, as well as reduce contamination of wafers from the components themselves. These microparticle-free and corrosion-resistant high-performance coatings use an innovative low-temperature plasma process that can be applied on a wide range of substrates.
“In semiconductor manufacturing, the high-performance coatings offered by Surmet are indispensable,” says Gideon Argov, president and CEO of Entegris. “This acquisition fits our core strategy to enable our customers to increase their yields by controlling micro and molecular contamination in critical advanced processes. Surmet’s customers should benefit from our well-established support infrastructure worldwide, and we see important opportunities to use Surmet’s technology to further enhance and differentiate our wafer handling products. In addition, we see the potential to extend the application of Surmet’s technologies beyond the semiconductor industry.”
About Entegris
Entegris is a global leader in materials integrity management, delivering a wide range of products for purifying, protecting, and transporting critical materials used in processing and manufacturing in semiconductor and other high tech industries. Entegris is ISO 9001 certified and has manufacturing, customer service and/or research facilities in the United States, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Additional information can be found at www.entegris.com.
About Surmet
Founded in 1982, Surmet Corporation is a world leader in surface engineering, engineered coatings, and advanced material solutions for aerospace and other industries. Following the sale of its semiconductor coatings business, Surmet specializes in optical ceramics and other high-performance composite technologies. Additional information can be found at www.surmet.com.
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