BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
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- US
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NEXX Systems was founded in August 2001 through the acquisition from MKS Instruments of the ASTeX systems group. The sale comprised the purchase of the Nimbus product line of sputter deposition systems and exclusive license to manufacture ECR microwave-driven plasma systems, originally sold as PlasmaQuest and now known as Cirrus. NEXX Systems core technologies reactive gas/plasma processing, low temperature CVD, and PVD of thin films are well developed in the fabrication of integrated circuits. With the acquisition of All-Wet Technologies in April 2003, NEXX Systems has enhanced its product offering to include leading edge, low cost, high performance electro-deposition technology for metal and photoresist.
CEO and President
Tom WalshNumber of Employees 2
Contact Information
900 Middlesex Tpke Bldg 6
Billerica, Massachusetts 01821-3929
1 978 932 2020
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413
Recent Events
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NEXX Systems Celebrates Shipment of 100th Deposition System
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NEXX Systems Names Keith A. Miller As Packaging Alliance Program Manager
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NEXX Systems Honored at Semicon West for Stratus Electrodeposition Systems
SAN FRANCISCO -- NEXX Systems, a leading provider of process equipment for advanced wafer-level packaging applications, today announced that it is the recipient of two prestigious industry awards for the Stratus electrodeposition system.
NEXX Systems Announces Sale of Nimbus XP and Stratus 200 to Unisem Berhad of Malaysia
BILLERICA, Mass. -- NEXX Systems, a leading provider of processing equipment for advanced wafer level packaging applications, today announced the sale of a Nimbus XP sputtering deposition system and a Stratus 200 electrodeposition system to Unisem M Berhad. The two systems will be installed at Unisem's Ipoh facility in Malaysia...
Unitive Electronics Qualifies in Production NEXX Systems' Stratus Electro-deposition System
BILLERICA, Mass. -- NEXX Systems today announced the acceptance of its Stratus 100 electro-deposition system at the Unitive Electronics, Inc. plant in Research Triangle Park, NC. Unitive will use NEXX's electroplating system for development of its lead-free and tin-lead based alloys.
NEXX Systems Ships Stratus 100 Electro-Deposition System to IMEC for Passive Components
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Walsh | CEO and President |
| John R Freeman | Vice President, Finance, and CFO |
| Stanley D Piekos | Vice President, Finance, and Cfo |
| Arthur Keigler | Vice President of Technology |
| Barry Glasgow | Vice President of Worldwide Sales |
| John Bowers | Vice President of Customer Operations |
| Kenneth Ramsey | Vice President of Asian Operations |
| Phillip Villari | Vice President of Operations |
| Clifford Haas | Managing Director, Sigma Partners and Director |
| Dr Bob Conn | Managing Director, Enterprise Partners Venture and Director |
| John Chrisos | |
| Bruce C Rhine | Director |
| R. Douglas Norby | Director |
| Robert Deuster | Director |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | CEO and President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Vice President, Finance, and CFO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Vice President, Finance, and Cfo | Current |
| August Technology Corp | Cfo | Former |
| Babson College | MBA | Former |
| Northeastern University | BA In Finance | Former |
Arthur has over 20 years experience in wafer processing. He holds an MS in materials science and engineering from MIT and a BS in applied and engineering physics from Cornell. He was also a Leaders for Manufacturing Fellow at MIT, earning an MS in business management and an MS in mechanical engineering. He holds several patents in the field of wafer processing equipment.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Vice President of Technology | Current |
| Cornell University | MS In Materials Science | Former |
| Cornell University | BS In Applied and Engineering Physics | Former |
Barry has more than 30 years of experience selling and marketing semiconductor manufacturing equipment both domestically and internationally, with an emphasis on Asia/Pacific. Prior experience includes SemiTest, Electro-Scientific Industries, and ADE. He has a BS in physics/psychology from the University of Massachusetts and has done post-graduate study at Indiana University and University of Minnesota.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Vice President of Worldwide Sales | Current |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Bs In Physics, Psychology | Former |
| Indiana University | Former | |
| University of Minnesota | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Vice President of Customer Operations | Current |
| University of Pittsburgh | MBA | Former |
| Bucknell University | Former |
Ken came to NEXX with more than 20 years experience in positions dealing with the definition, development, and implementation of sales and marketing strategies for technical hardware products, software, and systems. Most recently, he was vice president of Southeast Asia sales and managing director of Amkor's Singapore sales office. Experience prior to Amkor includes Micro Component Technologies, Robotic Vision Systems, Concurrent Computer (all three in Singapore), Orion Instruments, Genrad, and Hewlett-Packard. He holds an MS from the University of Michigan and a BS from Wichita State, both degrees in mechanical engineering.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Vice President of Asian Operations | Current |
| University of Michigan | MS | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Vice President of Operations | Current |
| Nexx | Former | |
| Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. | Former | |
| Creativedynamics.Com | Former | |
| Clarkson College of Technology | BS In Industrial Technology | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Managing Director, Sigma Partners and Director | Current |
| Tradebeam, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Sigma Partners | Managing Director | Current |
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Xiotech Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Saleslogix Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Edify Corporation | Investor | Current |
| Kofax Image Products, Inc. | Investor | Current |
| American Pacific Corporation | Assistant to the President | Former |
| Cresap Incorporated | General Management Consulting | Former |
| 3M Company | Team Member | Former |
| McCormick & Company, Incorporated | General Management Consulting | Former |
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Consultant and Engineer | Former |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | M.B.A | Former |
| Stanford University | MBA | Former |
| California Polytechnic State University | BS In Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Partners Venture Capital | Managing Director | Current |
| Quartics | Managing Director,Enterprise Partners | Current |
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Managing Director, Enterprise Partners Venture and Director | Current |
| University of California, San Diego | Dean of the Jacobs School | Current |
| Pathscale, Inc. | Current | |
| Enterprisepartners | Current | |
| 3Leaf Networks | Board of Directors | Current |
| Quorum Systems, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Hammerhead Systems Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Intersil Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tarari, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Quartics | Board of Directors | Current |
| National Academy of Engineering | Member | Current |
| Plasma.Com | Co-Founder | Former |
| University of Wisconsin | Faculty | Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles | professor of engineering | Former |
| California Institute of Technology | Ph.D. In Engineering Science | Former |
| California Institute of Technology | M.S. | Former |
| Pratt Institute | B.S. In Chemical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Current | |
| PRI Automation, Inc. | vice president of worldwide account management and global operations | Former |
| Nexx | Former | |
| Salem State College | MBA | Former |
| Northeastern University | BS in mechanical engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tevet Process Control Technologies, Inc | Chief Strategy Officer and Director | Current |
| Nanometrics Incorporated | Chief Strategy Officer and Director | Current |
| Soluris, Inc. | Chief Strategy Officer and Director | Current |
| Nanometrics Incorporated | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Accent Optical Technologies, Inc. | CEO | Former |
| Nanometrics Incorporated | President & CEO | Former |
| Lam Research Corporation | President and Coo | Former |
| Asyst Technologies, Inc. | president | Former |
| Asyst Technologies, Inc. | COO | Former |
| Accent Optical Technologies, Inc. | Co-Founder | Former |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | Former | |
| Accent Optical Technologies, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| The Pennsylvania State University | MBA In Finance | Former |
| The Pennsylvania State University | BS In Chemical Engineering | Former |
R. Douglas Norby joined Tessera as chief financial officer and senior vice president in July 2003. An industry veteran with more than 35 years in the technology sector, Norby has held numerous executive management positions with such prominent companies as LSI Logic, Mentor Graphics and Syntex Corporation. Most recently, he was chief financial officer of Zambeel, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class network storage solutions. Norby has served on the boards of entertainment company Lucasfilm Ltd., where he was also president and chief operating officer, and Recordati, S.p.A., an Italian pharmaceutical company. He currently serves on three public company boards: LSI Logic, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and STATS ChipPAC. Norby holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tessera | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| S2IO, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President | Current |
| Magnachip Semiconductor Ltd. | Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee | Current |
| Tessera Technologies, Inc. | Consultant | Current |
| Alxn | Board of Directors | Current |
| S2IO, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Jazz Semiconductor, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Director | Current |
| STATS ChipPAC Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Novalux, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Tessera Technologies, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Syntex Corporation | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Zambeel.Com | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Syntex Corporation | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Novalux, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Tessera Technologies, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Zambeel.Com | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Tessera | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Tessera | Consultant | Former |
| Itel Corporation | Former | |
| Recordati Corporation | Board of Directors | Former |
| Magnachip Semiconductor Ltd. | Director | Former |
| Harvard University | Bachelor's Degree In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Maxwell Technologies, Inc. | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Current |
| Symmetry Medical Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Newport Corporation | Chairman & CEO | Former |
| Spectramed, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Spectramed, Inc. | President | Former |
| Nexx Systems, Inc. | President | Former |
| Newport Corporation | President | Former |
| BASF Catalysts LLC | Consultant | Former |
| Applied Power, Inc. | Former | |
| Newport Corporation | Board of Directors | Former |
| Fluor Corporation | Board of Directors | Former |
| Marquette University | B.S. In Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Fluor Corporation | member | Former |
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