SCIL was spun-off from Philips in 2023, to commercialize a nano-imprinting technology called Substrate Conformal Imprint Lithography, capable of providing high precision and high volume production capabilities. SCIL equipment has been shipping since 2017.
For the MicroLED market, SCIL offers a high-throughput transfer process solution. The company is also looking into using the technology to assist in RGB epiwafer LED growth.
Established in 1975 in France, SET develops flip-chip bonding equipment, from R&D and pilot line machines to full production scale systems.
For the microLED industry, the company offers three R&D systems, supporting die sizes down to 0.3 micron.
Shashin Kagaku, based in Japan, is a producer of equipment for printed electronics, additive printing and test equipment. The company also holds a media company for PR and sales support (Shashin Kagaku Media).
Shashin Kagaku develops equipment for the mass transfer of mini and micro LEDs. The company's MicroLED equipment is distributed globally by Nagase.
Germany-based Singulus technologies produces manufacturing equipment systems for photovoltaics, semiconductors (including MRAM technology) and optical discs.
For the microLED industry, Singulus offers its TIMARIS thin-film coating systems.
STAr Technologies, established in 2000 and headquartered in Taiwan, develops test equipment for the semiconductor industry.
In March 2021 STAr Technologies introduced an advanced integrated test system for Micro-LED displays.
UK-based Teknek, a subsidiary of ITW, is a pioneer in contact cleaning for reel-to-reel and sheet-to-sheet processes. Teknek provides its cleaning equipment for a wide range of industries, from advanced electronics to labels and glass.
For the display industry, Teknek offers contact cleaning equipment for the elimination of contamination and the removal of visual and functional defects. The company's machines are typically used before the display assembly and for the cleaning of display films such as diffuser and prism films.
Tetos, established in 2010 in Korea, develops ion beam surface treatment, sputtering and plating process equipment for R&D and production.
In early 2023 Tetos announced that it has developed automated sputtering tools aimed towards side wiring for tiled microLED displays. The company announced that BOE ordered such systems for its microLED project aiming to develop displays for wearables and VR devices.
Top Engineering, established in 2013 and based in Korea, produces equipment for the production and testing of batteries, camera modules and displays.
For the MicroLED industry, Top Engineering offers non-contact testing equipment for high speed inspection of micro/mini LED Chips in a COW(Chip on Wafer) status.
Japan-based Toray Engineering supplies manufacturing and testing equipment for the semiconductor and display industries.
For the MicroLED industry, Toray Engineering offers its inspection equipment, the INSPECTRA series. The equipment can be used for testing, quality control and repair of MicroLED devices.
ULVAC, based in Japan and founded in 1952 is an international corporation that designs, manufacturers and markets equipment and materials for industrial applications of vacuum technology.
For the microLED industry, ULVAC offers sputtering (transparent conductive layer deposition) and etching systems (used to create conical shape on the surface of the substrate to increase light reflection efficiency).
US-based Uniqarta developed IC assembly processes. The company's Laser Enabled Advanced Placement (LEAP) technology replaces conventional pick-and-place assembly methods with an ultra-fast, massively parallel laser technique.
Uniqarta also has developed an assembly process it calls FlexChip that can overcome integration issues in ultra-thin ICs for use in flexible electronics. In February 2021 Uniqarta was acquired by Kulicke & Soffa.
Established in 1997 in Japan, V-Technology develops and provides production systems for the display, solar and LED industries.
For display production, V-technology offers exposure systems, color filter processes and polarization film production systems. The company has an active microLED project and is developing microLED mass transfer technologies.
Veeco Instruments produces processs equipment for several markets, mainly the LED, PV and data storage markets.
For the display market Veeco provides Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) equipment and Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) products. The company's MOCVD deposition equipment can be used for microLED production, and the company sold several such systems to microLED developers.
X Display Corporation (XDC) was spun-off from Ireland-based X-Celeprint to commercialize its patented Micro-Transfer-Printing (μTP) technology for the MicroLED display market.
XDC's technology is based on elastomer stamp transfer printing and microIC backplanes. As of early 2020, XDC owns and has rights to over 400 worldwide microLED display patents.
In early 2020 XDC finalized its Series A investment round, led by Daktronics. In October 2020 XDC and Lextar entered into development, licensing and services agreements.
Ireland-based X-Celeprint, a wholly-owned subsidiary of XTRION N.V. is developing a patented elastomer stamp Micro-Transfer-Printing technology developed by Professor John Rogers and colleagues at the University of Illinois.
X-Celeprint technology is based on elastomer stamp transfer printing. The company currently offers a line of R&D micro-transfer-printing tools and expects to release mass-production tools in the near future.
In 2019 X-Celeprint spun-off its display related business to xDisplay.
Korea-based WEVE, established in 2014, develops microLED inspection equipment based on confocal raman microscopy.