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Picosun is the leading provider of high quality Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) thin film coating equipment and solutions for global industries and R&D. Picosun offers its production customers reliable and productive ALD process tools with highest uptime and yield, world-leading process uniformity and purity, compact, optimized design, leading selection of options for automatic substrate handling and SEMI compatibility/certification, and low cost of ownership. The unique, inbuilt scalability of Picosun's R&D tools, on the other hand, ensures smooth transition of research results into full high volume industrial manufacturing without the technological gap between. Picosun is based in Espoo, Finland, its production facilities are located in Masala (Kirkkonummi), Finland, it has subsidiaries in North America, Singapore, China, Taiwan, and Japan, and global sales and support network with distributors and representatives in over 30 countries. Today, PICOSUN™ ALD process tools are at daily production use at several leading industries and high-level research organizations across the world. Picosun's unique, groundbreaking ALD expertise reaches back to the birth of the ALD technology itself. Dr. Tuomo Suntola, who invented and patented the ALD method for industrial purposes in Finland in 1974, is a Member of Picosun Board of Directors, and our former CTO, Sven Lindfors, has decades of experience in ALD system design since 1975. Highly committed Picosun personnel has an unparalleled amount of ALD experience and it has contributed to a significant number of patents on ALD. Our long history and comprehensive background establish Picosun as the optimal partner for all your ALD technology needs.
