Lasertec Corporation

About Lasertec

Lasertec Corporation is a Japanese company headquartered in Yokohama that specializes in the development, manufacture and sale of inspection and measurement systems. The products are used mainly in the semiconductor industry for quality inspection of EUV masks, wafers and photolithographic photomasks. In addition, Lasertec offers inspection systems for photomasks in flat panel display (FPD) production as well as laser microscopes. The company was founded in 1960 as Tokyo ITV Laboratory and began with the development of X-ray cameras for medical special machines before expanding into the semiconductor industry in the 1970s. Lasertec pursues a fabless strategy and outsources manufacturing to subcontractors, allowing it to focus on research and development. In 2017, Lasertec was the first company worldwide to offer a commercial inspection system for EUV masks; in this niche the company is the global market leader. In addition to its headquarters in Yokohama, Lasertec maintains subsidiaries and branch offices in the USA, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Ireland and Israel. The shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and are part of the Nikkei 225.

Site

222-8552 Yokohama, Kanagawa

Processes

Development, manufacture, sale and service of semiconductor inspection systems, FPD inspection systems, Laser microscopes

Materials

EUV mask inspection systems, Wafer inspection systems, FPD inspection systems, Laser microscopes

Founded

1960 (創業

Industries

Semiconductor industry, Flat Panel Display (FPD), Laser technology/Metrology, Medical technology (historical, X-ray cameras)

1. 01

   Research & Development

2. 02

   System design

3. 03

   Manufacturing by subcontractors (fabless)

4. 04

   Assembly & Integration

5. 05

   Sales and service worldwide

Technologies & Systems

Locations

Yokohama (Shin-Yokohama)

JP

Headquarters and R&D (Lasertec Innovation Park announced)

Materials

Semiconductor and FPD inspection systems, laser microscopes

Düsseldorf

DE

Branch office since 1980

San José

US

Lasertec U.S.A., Inc. (since 1986); further locations in California, Oregon, New York, Idaho, North Carolina, Texas,

Products & Systems

Inside the production

History

1. 1960

   Founded as Tokyo ITV Laboratory; started with X-ray cameras for medical special machines

2. 1970er

   Expansion into inspection systems for photolithography in the semiconductor industry

3. 1979

   Opening of a branch office in San Mateo (USA)

4. 1980

   Opening of a branch office in Düsseldorf

5. 1986

   Renamed to Lasertec Corporation; founding of Lasertec U.S.A., Inc. in San José

6. 2004

   Stock exchange listing on Jasdaq

7. 2012

   Second listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

8. 2017

   Presentation of the world's first commercial inspection system for EUV masks

9. 2020

   Won the Intel annual supplier award

10. 2022

    Announcement of the Lasertec Innovation Park in Yokohama as a new R&D center

11. 2024

    Tetsuya Sendoda becomes Representative Director and President