Companies that make technology products need companies such as Amtech Systems Inc. The company is a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers. Amtech has their headquarters in Tempe, Arizona and are part of the NASDAQ exchange. Founded in 1981, they manufacture capital equipment, including silicon wafer handling automation, thermal processing equipment, and related consumables used in fabricating solar cells and semiconductor devices.

Amtech Systems Inc. operates four wholly owned subsidiaries. Their Amtech Automation, which is the company’s headquarters, designs, manufactures, and sells products used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices and wafer manufacturing. These include diffusion furnaces, furnace automation, and wafer polishing consumables. Their systems are for automating the loading and unloading of silicon wafers from all brands of existing and new semiconductor diffusion furnaces.

The company’s Bruce Technologies Inc. has their base in Billerica, Massachusetts. This subsidiary