As with all high-tech industries, the tools for the manufacturing and testing of semiconductor devices have had to meet specifications for mechanical precision and electrical performance that become ever stricter.  Simultaneously, production efficiency demands ever-larger substrate sizes and ever-shrinking critical dimensions.  ERS engineers understand the interplay of temperature, mechanical precision and electrical performance to a degree seldom found elsewhere in the industry.

Over 95% of the production process of ERS thermal chuck systems can be accomplished within the walls of our factory near Munich, Germany.  CAD designs from our engineering department are sent through the ERS network to control CAM machine tools making same-day protoyping a reality.  The built-in quality of new products is a result of the proximity of the design engineer to the production floor.  Qualified local sub-vendors are used later to control costs and reduce lead times once the system is mature.

Development engineers make up over 25% of the ERS work force.  Located in its own building at the ERS factory, the well-trained engineering team has access to state-of-the-art thermal imaging tools and the software tools in use throughout the industry.