Our Organization
Innovation in semiconductor industry
technology. 80% of microchip- and semiconductor manufacturers for communications- and consumer electronics worldwide, as well as renowned research & development organizations are our customers. Since its establishment in 2008 amcoss GmbH has been steadily growing and according to a Dun & Bradstreet rating it is among the best 4% of all Austrian companies with regard to its financial ratio (as e.g.,credit rating). Our business activity is highly efficient and productive, showing in an extraordinarily high sales volume per employee.
Overview of business divisions:
Optical and Mechanical Engineering Components
as e.g., lenses, filters, mirrors, reflectors, fibre optics, wafer chucks, wafer handlers, endeffectors, etc.
Refurbishment & Repair
of Optical, Mechanical and Mechatronic Components
as e.g., lenses, mirrors, reflector plates, shutters, image shifters, motor controllers and -drivers, spinmotors, exposure chucks, lamp houses, ball bearings, masking blades, Wafertec pumps, etc.
Equipment, Systems
and Components for Wafer Processing
Coating, development, cleaning, Lift-off, etching, heating/cooling, HMDS, software, temperature control
OUR MOTTO
Orientation towards results, quality, trust
We do not offer mainstream products. Whether it is the most insignificant small part or our fully automatic equipment, you can expect individual solutions in all aspects. Customer orientation is no mere lip service for us, but the entire foundation of our business.
We constantly create taylor-made products and processes in a pragmatic and absolutely results-oriented manner. With sound expert knowledge, our hands on mentality and a great portion of innovative spirit, as well as inventiveness, we always come up with what our customers need and other suppliers can’t do. At the same time you can absolutely trust the quality of our products and processes. With our quality work we also support our customers in maintaining the quality of their production processes and consequently, their finished products. So, many renowned companies are among our customers, with whom we have been sharing longtime business relationships based on mutual trust.
In the heart of Europe
amcoss GmbH headquarters is in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, an industrial region characterized by modern medium-sized enterprises in a scenic and magnificent landscape in the west of Austria. From here, the internationally active company sells its products and services into many countries all over the world. Here you can also find our research department with its laboratory and cleanroom for equipment final assembly. amcoss cooperates with strong partners worldwide to develop high-class solutions.
Constant sustainability since the beginning
Sustainability is in vogue. Every company concerned about its reputation currently
occupies this topic. amcoss also, especially its finished products, are sustainable and have been since the beginning. So, sustainability becoming of public interest over the last years, has always been of central interest to us. Our components and equipment present savings potential in various respects because they improve our customers´ cost- and energy efficiency and they contribute to saving resources and occupational safety. They are part of circular economy and make it become reality. Many of our components are brought back into the economic cycle and therefore prolong the lifetimes of machines for which manufacturers no longer offer spare parts or repair services and so force customers into buying new equipment and to destroy old, but still functional machines.
OUR BASIC COMPETENCES
Extensive know-how and experience
Our experts have comprehensive competences in a broad range of areas:
Optics
- Production of plane and
curved optical components - Thin-film coating with plasma-assisted coating technologies
- Galvanic & chemical metal coatings
- Assembly of optical components
- Test-Methods (Spectrophotometer, Interferometer)
- Product specific measurement setup
- Pyrometer calibration
- Optics design
- Optical simulation
Engineering
- Mechanical design and construction
- Electrical design and construction
- SPS- and software programming
- Software reengineering
- Coordinate measuring technology
- Functional coatings (as e.g., mechanical, chemical, durable)
- Materials analysis and test procedures
- Electron- and light microscopy
Assembly and Test
- Assembly of
electromechanical components - Bonding technology
- Laser welding
- Application-specific test procedures
Substrate processing
- Fully- and semi-automatic single wafer processing equipment for coating, development, cleaning, lift-off, vapor priming, etching, cooling and/or heating of substrates (amc series)
- Development of process modules
- Spin- and spray processes
- HMDS batch processes
- Cooling and temperature control units
OUR SUCCESS STORY
Continuous business development
| 2003 | David Erne and an investment group buy shares of the Swiss Gretag AG and he founds a company that manufactures optical components and systems for Imaging. He sets up a product line for optical spare parts for I-line and DUV steppers and develops refurbishment processes for optical components. |
| 2008 | amcoss is founded as a limited liability company and builds up a sales network to market optics for lithography on a global scale. |
| 2009 | amcoss obtains distributorship for Europe for Ohara Glass wafer products & distributorship for Advanced Industrial Ceramics. |
| 2010 | Start of Semiconductor Competence Centre. Start of the first equipment engineering projects & electro-mechanical repair. The range of optical and mechanical components for which we offer refurbishments, repairs and engineering is being constantly expanded. |
| 2012 | amcoss launches its versatile coating platform amc. |
| 2013 | amcoss starts project to obtain ISO9001 certification. |
| 2014 | May 2014: amcoss obtains ISO9001 certification! |
| 2015 | The first amcoss amh Heat Exchanger model is being produced. |
| 2016 | amcoss releases a new generation of fully automatic amc wafer processing equipment for coating, development and temperature control. |
| 2017 | amcoss plans and moves into new, spacious premises with specialized laboratory as well as clean- and grey rooms for equipment assembly. |
| 2019 | amcoss releases semi-automatic amr 200 and amr 300 wafer processing equipment for flexible small lot production. It also develops its comfortable and Semi-Standard E95-1101 approved, ams PILOT Software for process control. Also, refurbishment/repair for Wafertec pumps is being offered. |
| 2020 | The repertoire of wafer processing machines is being expanded by cleaning, lift-off and etching modules and amc 2000 is being fitted with the option of a dual end-effector for high throughput. Amcoss opens its smart lab for test runs, process qualification and small lot production. |
| 2021 | amcoss introduces the new amc models, amc 500 for wet processes and amc 3000 for substrates up to 300mm. In cooperation with FIMA-Chem amcoss develops a new chrome-etching procedure where the etching substance is being recycled, refreshed and re-used directly in the machine. We also offer refurbishment of masking blades. |
| 2003
David Erne and an investment group buy shares of the Swiss Gretag AG and he founds a company that manufactures optical components and systems for Imaging. He sets up a product line for optical spare parts for I-line and DUV steppers and develops refurbishment processes for optical components.
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2009
amcoss obtains distributorship for Europe for Ohara Glass wafer products & distributorship for Advanced Industrial Ceramics.
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2012
amcoss launches its versatile coating platform amc.
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2014
May 2014: amcoss obtains ISO9001 certification!
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2016
amcoss releases a new generation of fully automatic amc wafer processing equipment for coating, development and temperature control.
|
2019
amcoss releases semi-automatic amr 200 and amr 300 wafer processing equipment for flexible small lot production. It also develops its comfortable and Semi-Standard E95-1101 approved, ams PILOT Software for process control. Also, refurbishment/repair for Wafertec pumps is being offered.
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2021
amcoss introduces the new amc models, amc 500 for wet processes and amc 3000 for substrates up to 300mm. In cooperation with FIMA-Chem amcoss develops a new chrome-etching procedure where the etching substance is being recycled, refreshed and re-used directly in the machine. We also offer refurbishment of masking blades.
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| 2008
amcoss is founded as a limited liability company and builds up a sales network to market optics for lithography on a global scale.
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2010
Start of Semiconductor Competence Centre. Start of the first equipment engineering projects & electro-mechanical repair. The range of optical and mechanical components for which we offer refurbishments, repairs and engineering is being constantly expanded.
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2013
amcoss starts project to obtain ISO9001 certification.
|
2015
The first amcoss amh Heat Exchanger model is being produced.
|
2017
amcoss plans and moves into new, spacious premises with specialized laboratory as well as clean- and grey rooms for equipment assembly.
|
2020
The repertoire of wafer processing machines is being expanded by cleaning, lift-off and etching modules and amc 2000 is being fitted with the option of a dual end-effector for high throughput. Amcoss opens its smart lab for test runs, process qualification and small lot production.
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