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Picosun ALD demonstrates effective surface protection for materials in space conditions

ESPOO, Finland, 22nd of March 2022 – Picosun Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) has been demonstrated to be a suitable solution for protection of surfaces exposed to atomic oxygen degradation in Low Earth Orbit. High material survivability is a requirement for objects sent to space as they are faced with a number of degrading circumstances, such as exposure to atomic oxygen. Researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have tested and analysed various material samples provided by Picosun to verify the protective coatings’ suitability for protection against atomic oxygen. This testing was

Picosun delivers powder MEMS technology platform to Fraunhofer ISIT

ESPOO, Finland, 17[th] of February 2022 – Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT) has taken PICOSUN® P-300B ALD system into use as their powder MEMS technology platform. Fraunhofer ISIT PowderMEMS is a new innovative technology for creating three-dimensional microstructures from a multitude of materials on wafer level. The technology is based on bonding together µm-sized powder particles in a cavity with Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD). It has many advantages compared to other manufacturing techniques as it allows using much lower process temperatures compared to a traditional

Picosun and Shincron join forces for ALD optical coating development

ESPOO, Finland, 3rd of February 2022 – Picosun Group and Shincron Co., Ltd. have joined forces for development and commercialization of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for optical coatings. ALD technology provides uniform and conformal coatings to the even most challenging structures and is therefore well suited for high-end optical applications. The R&D teams from both companies have worked together to tailor existing ALD processes optimizing them for the use in optical applications. In addition to standard ALD optical films, ALD magnesium fluoride (MgF\2\) has been researched and is now

Picosun part of extensive quantum technology development project

ESPOO, Finland, 18th of January 2022 – Picosun takes part as an industrial partner in QuTI, a recently launched extensive research project aiming to develop new components, manufacturing and testing solutions that are needed in quantum technology. Quantum technology has gained interest in a vast array of industries on a large scale. The remarkable performance improvements it offers enable for example powerful computing and benefits in communications, healthcare, sensors, imaging and measurement applications. The QuTI project is coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and

Picosun to introduce novel coating solution for organic electronics

ESPOO, Finland, 14th of December 2021 - There has been a need for enhanced coating methods in organic electronic manufacturing as foldable phones and other future product iterations need materials that are lighter, more reliable and enable folding and stretching of a device. Thus, the use of thin film encapsulation solutions has become more common in organic electronic manufacturing. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has already proven to be the coating solution of choice for a wide range of applications in the semiconductor industry. Inorganic films, which are the standard output of an ALD

Medical technology companies to benefit from Picosun biocompatible materials

ESPOO, Finland, 23 of November 2021 – Picosun Group has launched a Medical Materials Library consisting of over ten materials intended for medical-related coating and encapsulation with Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD). ALD coatings are ultra-thin, and they guarantee hermetic encapsulation of virtually any implanted device. The materials library is a reflection of over six years extensive research and development that shows ALD can render biocompatibility to a substrate coated with Picosun library materials. Biocompatibility tests were carried out according to ISO standards in accredited

Picosun’s PicoArmour[TM] reduces semiconductor manufacturing costs

ESPOO, Finland, 2[nd] of June 2021 – Picosun Group has pending patent rights for an ALD enabled corrosion protection solution against plasma etch that will bring benefits in semiconductor fabrication processes in terms of throughput, film uniformity and conformality. With PicoArmour[TM] the corrosion protection can be achieved more efficiently compared with the industry solutions commonly used today. Wafer fabrication process flows include several steps where plasma etching is necessary. An inevitable consequence of using etching chemicals is that the tool itself will be etched. A common

PICOSUN® Sprinter demonstrates record-breaking batch film quality

ESPOO, Finland, 19[th] of May 2021 – Picosun Group has further optimized its PICOSUN[® ]Sprinter ALD system processes successfully for semiconductor, display and IoT component manufacturing lines. PICOSUN[®] Sprinter ALD system Al\2\O\3\ process results showed excellent thickness uniformity even at low 90 °C deposition temperature. At 300 °C temperature the results were at record-breaking level (<0.2% 1sigma) when measured within wafer. Furthermore, the team has continued to improve also other parts of the process performance. The production capacity has more than doubled in the last two

Picosun increases efficiency for LED and OLED production

ESPOO, Finland, 13[th] of April 2021 – Picosun Group has proved to significantly increase the production efficiency of its LED and OLED customers with the PICOSUN[®] P-300BV ALD system. Recent tests show that a reduced ALD process cycle time and an increased number of wafers deposited with the same film thickness resulted in almost 100% better throughput. A throughput of over 20 000 wafers per month can be reached with a wafer batch of 100 wafers*. At the same time, the process quality in terms of film thickness uniformity has remained on an excellent level (<1% 1sigma) when measured within

Picosun Group demonstrates strong growth in 2020

ESPOO, Finland, 30[th] of March 2021 – Picosun Group reports strong growth and a positive operating profit from its fiscal year 1.1.2020-31.12.2020.  Fiscal year 2020 in short* · Order intake grew by 48,4% and was €40,9M (€27,5M) · Turnover grew by 38,6% and was €37,6M (€27,1M) · Operating profit was €0,9M (€-0,3M), which is 2,5% (-1,1%) of the turnover A bigger portion of the new order intake and turnover, compared to previous years, consisted of sales of machines meant for production in the industry and medical sector. The growth was especially strong in Asia and Europe.

Picosun trusts in augmented reality for refined customer support

ESPOO, Finland, 22[nd] of March 2021 – During the past year, organizations worldwide have been forced to adapt to new ways of working and serving their customers due to the covid-19 pandemic and the related restrictions to travel and logistics. Picosun Group has significantly reinforced its local service units globally and established its PicoSupport™ Center. PicoSupport™ Center provides on-site support and planned service items such as ALD system installations and preventive maintenance visits conducted by highly experienced, trained and certified field service engineers. It also takes

Safer medical devices with Picosun’s antimicrobial ALD coatings

ESPOO, Finland, 12[th] February 2021 – Picosun Group, the leading provider of AGILE ALD[®] (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating technology and solutions, reports excellent aseptic properties measured from its ALD materials. Numerous ALD oxide coatings deposited with Picosun’s processes showed remarkable reduction of microbial growth and had low values of bacterial endotoxin contamination[(*)]. The coatings were characterized by an independent third party laboratory according to ISO 22196:2011 antimicrobial standard and ANSI/AAMI ST72:2019 bacterial endotoxin standards. These

Juhani Taskinen to lead Picosun’s new PicoMedical business area

ESPOO, Finland, 16[th] December 2020 – Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD[®] (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating technology, has established a new business area, PicoMedical, for medical and healthcare ALD segments. The newly established business area will reinforce and streamline Picosun Group’s activities in the medical field. These activities include product and solutions development for medical ALD applications, driving the profitable growth from the medical segment, and increasing the Picosun brand awareness in the healthcare and medical industries. PicoMedical

Picosun launches PicoOS™, a unified control software for PICOSUN[®] ALD modules and clusters

ESPOO, Finland, 2[nd] December 2020 – Picosun Group, leading provider of AGILE ALD[®] (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for industrial manufacturing, presents PicoOS™ , the new, full stack operating system and process control software for PICOSUN[®] ALD equipment. “PicoOS™ brings PICOSUN[®] ALD equipment control to the modern era. It is designed for wafer fabs and industrial environments where transition to Industry 4.0 is ongoing. Data-driven PicoOS™ enables future production solutions where machine learning, artificial

PICOSUN[®] Sprinter disrupts fast batch ALD on 300 mm wafers

ESPOO, Finland, 2[nd] December 2020 – Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD[®] (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for global industries, has launched Sprinter , a brand new, fully automated high throughput ALD production module for 300 mm wafers. Barrier, high-k and other films are deposited in Sprinter with perfect ALD for semiconductor (e.g. emerging memory, transistor, capacitor), display, and IoT component applications. In Sprinter, single wafer film quality and uniformity are upscaled to fast batch

Picosun’s medical ALD solutions enable safer surgeries

ESPOO, Finland, 23[rd] November 2020 – Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD[®] (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions, partners with prominent Chinese hospitals and researchers to apply medical ALD technology for safer surgical procedures. Picosun’s biocompatible ALD coatings will be applied on electrosurgical equipment (electrotomes) to improve their performance, safety, and service life. “It’s great to collaborate with a company such as Picosun to develop solutions for safer and more patient-friendly surgeries. Picosun is the leader in medical ALD

Picosun’s success brings Chairman of the Board Kustaa Poutiainen the National Entrepreneur Award of Finland 2020

ESPOO, Finland, 17[th] October 2020 – The Chairman of the Board and founder of Picosun Group, Mr. Kustaa Poutiainen, has been awarded as Finland’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2020. Mr. Poutiainen received the National Entrepreneur Award in the annual meeting of the Federation of Finnish Enterprises in Jyväskylä on 17[th] October. The award is given every year to four Finnish entrepreneurs as a recognition of exceptional entrepreneurship. Picosun provides ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions to global microelectronics and other industries. ALD was invented in Finland in

Picosun’s cluster ALD solutions enable next generation power electronics

ESPOO, Finland, 6[th] October 2020 – Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD[®] (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for global industries, strengthens its position in power electronics market with several cluster ALD system sales to prominent manufacturers in Europe, USA and Asia. “Power electronics is an important, fast growing market for Picosun. ALD has potential to solve various challenges manufacturers are facing in this field, and our solutions have enabled our customers to create significant added value in terms of device quality and throughput. At

Picosun’s ALD technology boosts UVC LED performance

ESPOO, Finland, 24[th] September 2020 – Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD[®] (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating technology, reports excellent results in UVC (ultraviolet-C) LED performance, achieved with the company’s ALD solutions. Excellent reliability and lifetime improvements of UVC LEDs have been obtained at Picosun’s customer and collaboration partner site, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan, using passivation and barrier films deposited with PICOSUN[®] ALD equipment(*). ALD passivation layer could potentially replace the expensive hermetic seal

High customer satisfaction with Picosun’s new service and support model

ESPOO, Finland, 31[st] August 2020 – Picosun Group’s growth strategy is based on strong expansion into industrial ALD markets. To support this strategy, special emphasis has been placed on strengthening the Group’s global service organization. The investment has paid itself back in the form of high level of customer satisfaction, despite the challenges caused by the global covid-19 pandemic especially in traveling and logistics. “Due to the reinforced localization of our service and support units, our service engineers’ utilization level has been more than 85% in the past six months, and

Sales to 300 mm wafer market boosts Picosun to new record in Q2/2020

ESPOO, Finland, 28[th] July 2020 – Picosun Group, leading supplier of AGILE ALD[®] (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating equipment and solutions, reports record sales during the second quarter of 2020. Especially the Group’s 300 mm production ALD technology was well welcomed by customers. Total order intake in the second quarter of 2020 was 11,6 M€ and total net sales 9,8 M€. Picosun’s first quarter of 2020 was also successful. Order intake during the first half of the year was 22,3 M€ which resulted in 137% growth compared to the same period last year, and net sales was 20,5 M€,

Picosun’s medical ALD solutions ensure excellent hermetic encapsulation

ESPOO, Finland, 29[th] June 2020 – Picosun Group reports excellent results in ALD-organic bilayer encapsulation of metal electrodes for neuroprosthetics and bioelectronic medicine. Group also reports superior hermetic barrier performance of its ALD nanolaminates against corrosive ion diffusion in aqueous media. This is an important result for medical ALD applications and implantology, where metal components and sensitive microelectronics need to be protected against corrosion caused by human body fluids. Picosun’s ALD nanolaminates were proven to completely block the diffusion of Na[+],

Picosun Group’s strong growth continues in 2020

ESPOO, Finland, 26[th] May 2020 – Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD[®] (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating technology for global industries, reports strong growth during fiscal year 2018-2019, as a result of Group’s strategy to focus on industrial customers. The growth has continued in the first quarter of 2020. During the fiscal year 1[st] October 2018 – 31[st] December 2019, Picosun Group’s order intake was 35,9 M€ and turnover 34,2 M€. EBIT was 377 k€. The growth from the previous corresponding 15 months period was +18,4 % in order intake, and +5,5 % in turnover.

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