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January 8, 2026 | Mycronic ABEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
Mycronic AB has received an order for an FPS 6100 Evo from an existing customer in Asia. The order value is in the range of USD 4-5 million. Delivery of the system is planned for the third quarter of 2026.
FPS 6100 Evo is a mask writer for the multi-purpose market, a broad segment that comprises many different areas of application. Within the multi-purpose segment, uses of photomasks include applications for electronic packaging, touch-screens and MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems).
“The FPS series is well-established in the multi-purpose segment, where electronic packaging is an important application area,” says Charlott Samuelsson, Sr VP Pattern Generators at Mycronic.
Mycronic’s Pattern Generators division provides mask writers and metrology systems for display manufacturing and production of semiconductors.
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