Korean National Nanofab Centre Installs High-Vacuum Wafer Bonder from EV Group
"NNFC's vision is to provide the critical infrastructure needed to support world-class nanotechnology research and business development. To that end, it is important that we have state-of-the-art process technology to support our key areas of research and foundry services, which include silicon CMOS, biochip technologies, nano-materials and MEMS," stated Dr. H.Y. Kim, department head of nanosystem research at NNFC. "EV Group is a recognized leader in wafer bonding, which is an enabling technology for advanced MEMS R&D and manufacturing. This recent purchase of the EVG520IS wafer bonder will enable us as well as our partners and customers to have ready access to process technology that is critical to advanced MEMS R&D and production."
For several decades, EVG has had a strong presence in Korea working closely with local device manufacturers, academia and research institutes in the micro- and nanoelectronics industries. EV Group Korea Ltd. was founded as a wholly owned subsidiary in 2008 to further improve and enhance local support for EVG's customers and partners. In addition to local sales, customer support, field service and spare parts management teams, EV Group Korea has its own technology development and process technology teams.
"EVG has a long history of partnering with academia and research institutes, like KAIST and the NNFC, which are at the leading edge of developing new processes and technologies that drive the micro-electronics and nanotechnology industries," stated Paul Lindner, executive technology director at EV Group. "These collaborations are an important part of our strategy of identifying opportunities where our process solutions can play an enabling role in developing new micro- and nanotechnology end-products and applications. We're pleased to offer our products and services to the NNFC in support of our shared mission and vision of furthering nanotechnology development, education and commercialization."