Entegris

Infobox_Company
company_name = Entegris, Inc.
company_
company_type = Public (ENTG: [http://www.marketwatch.com/quotes/entg] ) |
foundation = 1966
location = Chaska, MN
key_people = Gideon Argov, CEO & President
Jean-Marc Pandraud, Chief Operating Officer
Greg Graves, CFO
num_employees = 2,780 (2007)
industry = Microelectonics materials and components
products =
revenue = profit$626 million USD (2007)
homepage = [http://www.entegris.com www.entegris.com]

Entegris, Inc. NASDAQ: [http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/summaryquote.asp?mode=&kind=&timeframe=&intraday=&charttype=&splits=&earnings=&movingaverage=&lowerstudy=&comparison=&index=&symbol=ENTG&symbol=AMAT&symbol=&symbol=&symbol=&symbol=&symbol=&symbol=&symbol=&symbol=&symbol=&symbol ENTG] is a major provider of products and systems that purify, protect, and transport critical materials used in the semiconductor device fabrication process. 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.

In recent years, contamination control has become increasingly more difficult as semiconductor manufacturers drive their sub-45nm technology applications. [ [ [http://aaqr.org/VOL7 No3 September2007/9 AAQR-07-05-OA-0030 432-442.pdf 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: 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 Corporation in 2000.

Entegris operates out of its headquarters in Chaska, Minn. The company has nearly 2,800 employees in manufacturing, service centers and research facilities in the United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, Israel, India, Germany and France.

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

* [http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=entg Entegris at Yahoo Finance]
* [http://moneycentral.msn.com/companyreport?Symbol=ENTG Entegris at MSN Money Central]
* [http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/profile.asp?symb=ENTG Entegris at Marketwatch.com]
* [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:ENTG Entegris at Google Finance]