Headquartered in Erkrath, Germany, Hitachi Kokusai Semiconductor Europe’s products will complement Thermco’s established and leading range of Horizontal Thermal Reactors, CSD Epitaxy Reactors, Chemical Wet-Benches and next generation Control Systems, offering customers a broader range of hi-tech solutions.
Thermco’s European customers will now also have access to the new Hitachi Kokusai Plasma Batch Ashing tool, 4-Point Probe and other key pieces of Metrology equipment. In parallel, Hitachi Kokusai and Thermco Systems will also start working on a program of joint technical product developments.
Andrew Conning, Thermco Systems Managing Director said “Throughout our 56-year history Thermco has offered customers the best in terms of quality engineering, reinforced by the highest level of technical competency and end-to-end customer support. Our Partnership with Hitachi Kokusai now enables us to extend our proposition to existing and new customers with a range of complementary quality products backed by our strong service proposition.”
Yoshio Kitahara, Hitachi Kokusai European President said “Hitachi Kokusai are proud to be partnering with Thermco in Europe – we have built a strong affiliation and together we look forward to developing our strategic relationship in a variety of areas to offer solutions tailored to meet our European customer needs.”
Thermco Systems has one of the largest installed base of over 30,000 horizontal tubes world-wide. Founded in 1962, Thermco manufactures atmospheric and LPCVD furnaces for the semiconductor, MEMS, Nanotechnology, LED and Photovoltaic markets.