About TCZ
Created upon a strong foundation of technology prowess of both Cymer and Carl Zeiss SMT, TCZ is empowered to make a lasting impact on the large and growing flat panel display market. TCZ's senior management team offers decades of experience in advanced laser research organizations, leading semiconductor companies, and world-class optics and manufacturing groups. Led by our management team, TCZ is well supported by its cadre of industry experts and its parent companies’ long history of unmatched service and success.
About Cymer
Cymer, the world's leading supplier of excimer light sources, currently delivers the deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography sources that are essential to today's semiconductor marketplace. Known for their highly narrowed bandwidths, higher processing speeds and reliability, Cymer light sources are a key enabling technology which has allowed the semiconductor industry to meet the exact specifications and manufacturing requirements for volume production of today's most advanced semiconductor chips.
Designed to be highly reliable and compatible with existing semiconductor manufacturing processes, Cymer light sources enable the required resolution, depth of focus, and critical dimension control required to image semiconductor circuits. To search for and view Cymer's growing patent portfolio, visit the IBM Intellectual Property Network.
For more information about Cymer, please visit: www.cymer.com.
About Carl Zeiss
Founded as a workshop for precision mechanics and optics in the German city of Jena in 1846, Carl Zeiss is today a global leader in the optical and opto-electronic industries. There are currently more than 14,000 employees in the Group. They have offices in over 30 countries and are represented in more than 100 countries, with production centers in Europe, North America, Central America and Asia. The company's headquarters are located in Oberkochen, Germany, in northeastern Baden-Wuerttemberg.
As Zeiss sees it, their most important task is to enable science and technology to go beyond what man can see. "We make it visible" — is Zeiss's corporate slogan and their promise to customers to open doors that were previously sealed.
Zeiss is a market leader in the majority of the fields Zeiss serves, offering an extraordinary spectrum of leading-edge solutions and products for:
- Semiconductor and Optoelectronic Technology
- Life Sciences and Health Care
- Eye Care
- Industrial Solutions
Carl Zeiss SMT AG: With a wide-ranging product portfolio, Carl Zeiss SMT meets the requirements of the key processes involved in nanotechnology and microchip production, making it one of the leading direct and indirect suppliers to the semiconductor industry. As an innovation leader in the field of Lithography Optics and optical and electron beam-based inspection and measuring systems, Carl Zeiss SMT generates important momentum for further development in the chip industry and nanotechnology. Together with its subsidiaries at locations in Germany, UK, USA and France, the international group of companies employs a total workforce of some 1,800 people.
For more information about Carl Zeiss SMT, please visit: www.smt.zeiss.com.