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Amtech Systems has acquired R2D Ingenierie (R2D), a solar cell and
semiconductor automation equipment manufacturing company located in
Montpellier, France for $6.1 million.
“R2D’s unique manufacturing automation technology and expertise secures our current solar automation product offerings and we plan to utilize these capabilities to expand the automation solutions we can provide to our current and future solar customers,” said J.S. Whang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amtech. “This acquisition advances our strategic objective to increase our share of the rapidly growing solar market and is part of our ongoing effort to truly become a multi-product provider to solar cell manufacturers. The addition of R2D’s business and proven technology expands our market opportunity by enabling Amtech to offer an integrated system under our Tempress brand to the solar industry.”
