Ensights

Entegris Highlights 2019 2019 was a year of exciting change and significant accomplishments for Entegris including strategic acquisitions, supplier awards, footprint expansions and technology center openings, sustained Five+ Sigma quality levels, hundreds of issued technology patents, and so much more!

Wetting the membrane is an important first step in preparing your filter. Wetting the membrane pores eliminates dry pathways where contaminants, like particles, gels, or bubbles could pass through, resulting in high defect levels in your process. Polymer membranes are natively hydrophobic or hydrophilic.

What should you look for in a materials supplier to ensure quality, reliability and safety? Listen as Entegris' Sandrine Felix, senior manager, solutions marketing, interviews Neil Richards, senior VP, global operations & supply chain, to get his perspective on what it takes to be a world-class specialty materials supplier.

Technologies like AI, IoT, and virtual reality are changing the way people live across the globe. To achieve the performance for these technologies, manufacturers have adopted new, more complex chip designs. These changes have increased the demands on the materials used in all steps of semiconductor processing.

Q2 was full of celebrations with the Anniversary of Moore’s Law and Global Internet of Things (IoT) Day. Check out more of Q2’s highlights and join us as we continue to fuel the Fourth Industrial Revolution and travel down the road to “smart everything.”

Buyer beware Today’s fast-paced semiconductor manufacturing industry is dynamic, and competition is stronger than ever. To stay competitive, suppliers and manufacturers seek to reduce costs wherever possible. Be careful those cost saving initiatives do not lead to buying products that compromise safety and performance in semiconductor manufacturing.

Take a look at what we were up to during SEMICON West 2019. From our CEO's appointment as chairman of SEMI, to the launch of our interactive well-managed fab app, we had a busy couple of days.