Ultra High Precision Etching: What If Your Customer Wants a 10

September 2005

Ultra High Precision Etching: What If Your Customer Wants a 10 Times Smaller Tolerance Today?

The Electronics Manufacturing Industry and its designers, our customers, have taken another step towards higher density integration and packaging in all market segments such as automotive, aircraft, aerospace, computers, etc. The needs for “faster,” “smaller,” and “more precise” processes are dictating morc stringent equipment requirements, pushing the physical limitations to new (smaller) dimensions and tolerances. The chemical milling industry and its equipment designers and suppliers had to find answers to these requirements to continue to achieve good yields. The entire production chain – every individual link – has to be upgraded to a new standard and technology level.

Gerold Muller-Ensslin, Hollmuller Maschinenbau GmbH, Andechs, Germany