Garching, Germany--SUSS MicroTec, a supplier of equipment for the the semiconductor industry, has acquired Tamarack Scientific (Corona, CA) for $9.34 million plus an additional variable earn-out component that depends on revenues for the next three financial years.
Tamarack develops, manufactures, and distributes UV projection lithography systems as well as laser micro-structuring tools for advanced packaging, 3D integration, MEMS, and LEDs. These systems are used in high volume industrial manufacturing as well as research and development. With the acquisition of Tamarack, SUSS MicroTec is pursuing a consolidation strategy in the semiconductor backend equipment industry by complementing its exposure technology portfolio with projection lithography.
In the last two years SUSS MicroTec has been repositioning itself to respond to market and customer requirements. Frank Averdung, President and CEO of SÜSS MicroTec, said, “With this acquisition, we enlarge our company’s lithography segment by adding a new product line and core technology, both of which are highly complementary to our existing exposure capability.”
Conard Holton
Conard Holton has 25 years of science and technology editing and writing experience. He was formerly a staff member and consultant for government agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and engineering companies such as Bechtel. He joined Laser Focus World in 1997 as senior editor, becoming editor in chief of WDM Solutions, which he founded in 1999. In 2003 he joined Vision Systems Design as editor in chief, while continuing as contributing editor at Laser Focus World. Conard became editor in chief of Laser Focus World in August 2011, a role in which he served through August 2018. He then served as Editor at Large for Laser Focus World and Co-Chair of the Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar from August 2018 through January 2022. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, with additional studies at the Colorado School of Mines and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.