Entegris, Inc.
July 2008
Company Overview
Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTG) is a leading provider of products and systems that purify, protect and transport critical materials used in the manufacturing of semiconductors and other microelectronics. These 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; specialty coatings that provide high purity surfaces for wear-resistance, corrosion protection and smoothness; and shippers and trays for protecting and transporting disk drive components. Entegris primarily sells direct to its customers, which include virtually every maker of semiconductors, flat panel displays and data storage devices as well as suppliers of fabrication equipment, wafers and substrates.
Entegris uses its broad base of semiconductor industry experience to help customers successfully move to the next technology level. The company’s products improve yields in key semiconductor manufacturing processes, including lithography, wet etch and clean, chemical mechanical planarization, deposition, bulk chemical processing, wafer and reticle handling and shipping and testing, assembly and packaging.
Leading Through Innovation
For more than 40 years, Entegris has provided innovative solutions to the industry that have enabled the cost-effective production of increasingly complex generations of semiconductors and electronics.
Entegris core competencies include:
- Materials science: The study of the characteristics and uses of materials such as polymers, metals, semiconductors and ceramics commonly used in the world’s leading microelectronic products.
- Separation science: The use of techniques to facilitate the separation, purification and analysis of complex mixtures of organic and inorganic compounds. Customers throughout the semiconductor and microelectronic industries rely upon these separation techniques to precisely control microcontamination.
These competencies, optimized with the company’s worldwide manufacturing capabilities, enable Entegris to provide the highest level of contamination control for semiconductor and high-tech manufacturers, improving their flexibility and decreasing cost.
Industry Partnerships
Entegris partners with industry leaders in the semiconductor and other high-tech industries to ensure that its customers can take full advantage of the latest advances in contamination control and filtration. Entegris also has unique research and development relationships with manufacturers around the world.
In addition to its strategic partners, Entegris is an active member of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), SEMI and other industry groups that work to create specifications, standards and practices for the improvement of the high-technology industry.
Quick Facts
- Headquartered in Chaska, Minn., with a global infrastructure of manufacturing, service centers and research facilities in the United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, Germany and France
- Fiscal 2007 sales of $626 million
- Approximately 2,700 employees worldwide
- Traded on NASDAQ under ENTG
- www.entegris.com
Milestones
- 1966 - Founded as Fluoroware, Inc
- 2000 - Begins trading under the ENTG symbol on NASDAQ
- 2005 - Merges with Mykrolis Corporation, a leading provider of liquid filtration and gas purification products and systems
- 2006 - Expands manufacturing facility in Kulim, Malaysia
- 2007 - Acquires Surmet Corporation's high-purity semiconductor coatings business
- 2008 - Investment in Integrated Materials Inc.
Executive Management
- Gideon Argov, president and chief executive officer
- Bertrand Loy, executive vice president and chief operating officer
- Gregory B. Graves, senior vice president and chief financial officer
- Roger McDaniel, chairman of the board
Contacts
Steven Cantor
Vice President of Corporate Relations
+1 978-436-6500
steven_cantor@entegris.com
Scott Moroney
Global Communications Manager
+1 978-436-6681
scott_moroney@entegris.com