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January 16, 2025 | MKS Instruments, Inc.Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, was the recipient of the 2024 Supplier Excellence Award for Innovation presented by Onto Innovation Inc. The award was presented to MKS at Onto Innovation’s first-ever conference of strategic suppliers held on December 4, 2024, in Santa Clara, California.
“We are honored by this recognition from Onto Innovation, which underscores the close relationship between our two companies,” said John T.C. Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of MKS. “We take great pride in Onto Innovation’s observation that MKS delivered unmatched innovation that contributed to Onto Innovation’s success. This reflects the remarkable efforts of the MKS team to develop a customized Newport™ precision motion solution by engaging constructively with our valued customer to rapidly generate an innovative design and provide creative technical and application support.”
Onto Innovation is a leader in process control, combining global scale with an expanded portfolio of leading-edge technologies, including un-patterned wafer quality 3D metrology spanning chip features from nanometer scale transistors to large die interconnects, macro defect inspection of wafers and packages, metal interconnect composition, factory analytics and lithography for advanced semiconductor packaging.
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