ClassOne Announces Major Savings with Solstice Gold Plating

Gold savings can pay back Solstice equipment cost within a year KALISPELL, Mont., June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — ClassOne Technology (classone.com), manufacturer of budget-friendly wet processing equipment, is reporting significant savings in the plating of gold in ≤200mm applications using its Solstice® systems. The savings come from elimination of gold waste, faster and simpler processing, […]

New Funding Fuels ClassOne Technology's 2016 Growth Surge

KALISPELL, Mont., April 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — ClassOne Technology (www.classone.com), manufacturer of cost-efficient Solstice® electroplating systems, has announced the completion of a major new round of funding from Salem Investment Partners of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The announcement was made jointly by Byron Exarcos, CEO of ClassOne and Meredith Jolly, Vice President at Salem Investment Partners. […]

New Plating-Plus: Now ClassOne Plating Tools Do More Than Plate

KALISPELL, Mont., March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — ClassOne Technology, manufacturer of the cost-efficient Solstice® electroplating systems, has announced their new Plating-Plus™ capability, which allows additional processes to be integrated into a single plating tool. This can optimize utilization of the ≤200mm Solstice plating equipment and give substantial net cost savings as well as process enhancements. Photo […]

Top LED Company Selects ClassOne's Solstice Electroplater

KALISPELL, Mont., Feb. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology announced the purchase of its Solstice® S8 electroplating system by one of the world's leading LED (Light Emitting Diode) manufacturers. Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160208/330941 "The unique flexibility and process control of the Solstice electroplating system were particularly important factors in addressing this customer's needs," said […]

TRUMPF Photonics Chooses ClassOne's Solstice S8 Electroplater

KALISPELL, Mont., Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology (www.classone.com/) announced the sale of its Solstice® S8 Plating System to one of the world's leading semiconductor laser manufacturers, TRUMPF Photonics. The new Solstice S8 will be installed at the TRUMPF facility in Cranbury, NJ, where it will be used for high-precision gold plating […]

ClassOne Technology Opens New European Office

KALISPELL, Mont., Nov. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — ClassOne Technology, developer and provider of wet processing equipment, has announced the opening of a new European sales and support office in Ulm, Germany. "We are seeing a significant upsurge in our business in Europe," said Win Carpenter, ClassOne's VP of Global Sales. "This new office is a natural […]

ClassOne Technology Names Kevin Witt Chief Technology Officer

KALISPELL, Mont., Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology (classone.com) has today announced the appointment of Kevin Witt to the position of Chief Technology Officer. Part of the company's initial executive team, Witt has served as ClassOne's Vice President of Technology since 2013. Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150908/264336 "I'm delighted to announce Kevin's promotion," said […]

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ClassOne Introduces New Mid-Sized Electroplater — Solstice S4

S4 also named finalist in "Best of West" industry competition KALISPELL, Mont., July 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology (www.classone.com) has announced a new addition to its popular Solstice® family of <200mm wafer electroplaters. The fully-automated, cassette-to-cassette Solstice S4 is available with up to 4 chambers and can deliver up to 75wph throughput. […]

MEMS Foundry X-FAB Selects ClassOne Solstice for Electroplating

KALISPELL, Mont., June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology announced that X-FAB — recently named "MEMS Foundry of the Year" — has just purchased a new Solstice® S8 Electroplating System. The 8-chamber, fully-automated tool will be installed at the X-FAB facility in Erfurt, Germany. Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150630/226924 "X-FAB selected ClassOne from a field […]

ClassOne Enters ECD Lab Partnership with Shanghai Sinyang

New Applications Lab Will Be First of Its Kind in China KALISPELL, Mont., April 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology announced today that it has signed a joint electrochemical deposition (ECD) applications lab agreement with Shanghai Sinyang Semiconductor Materials Co., Ltd.  Sinyang, China's premier supplier of ECD chemicals, is purchasing ClassOne electroplating equipment […]

AWSC Purchases ClassOne's Solstice S8 Electroplater

Taiwan RF Foundry Selects Multi-metal Solstice for WLP and TWV Production KALISPELL, Mont., April 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology announced the sale and delivery of its Solstice™ S8 Plating System to Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) of Taiwan. The fully automated Solstice S8 will be installed at the AWSC facility in […]

ClassOne Acquires Microprocess Technologies Product Lines

SRD and SST Lines Provide Higher Performance, Lower Cost KALISPELL, Mont., Jan. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — ClassOne Technology, the wet-chemistry semiconductor equipment manufacturer, has announced the acquisition of two complete product lines from Microprocess Technologies. Included in the acquisition are the Microprocess Spin Rinse Dryer (SRD) and Spray Solvent Tool (SST) families — which have become […]

Major RF Supplier Chooses ClassOne Spray Solvent Tools

Five-Tool Purchase Expected to Increase Efficiency KALISPELL, Mont., Sept. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — ClassOne Technology just announced a five-unit order for its next generation of batch-processing spray solvent tools, the Trident™ SST. The new tools were sold to one of the industry's leading manufacturers of RF Power semiconductors where they will be used primarily in photoresist […]

New ClassOne Electroplater a "Sellout" at SEMICON

First Solstice System Goes to Washington Nanofabrication Facility KALISPELL, Mont., Aug. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — When ClassOne Technology introduced its new Solstice™ electroplating systems at SEMICON West last month they didn't expect to actually sell their first production unit off the show floor, but that's what happened. The company reported that the Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF) […]

New Spin Rinse Dryers Increase Performance, Lower Cost

ClassOne Technology Raises the Bar in SRD Systems SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — ClassOne Technology has released its new Trident™ line of Spin Rinse Dryer (SRD) tools which are aiming to bring more advanced SRD performance to smaller and emerging-technology users — while also reducing their costs. Photo – http://http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140709/125587 The new Trident SRDs […]

ClassOne Technology Announces New Wet-Process Apps Lab

Major New Atlanta Facility to Aid Process Development SAN FRANCISCO, July 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — At Semicon West today, ClassOne Technology announced the opening of a major new cleanroom and applications lab in Atlanta, Georgia.  The Class 100 facility will focus specifically on wet chemical processing such as Electroplating, Metal Lift-Off, Resist Strip, Polymer Removal, FEOL […]

New Solstice Plating Tool Targets Smaller-substrate Users

Advanced Plater Serves Emerging Technologies – Cuts Cost in Half SAN FRANCISCO, July 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — ClassOne Technology today announced its new Solstice™ line of electroplating tools. Described as "advanced plating for the rest of us," Solstice is designed specifically for the smaller-substrate users in emerging technologies such as MEMs, LEDs, Power Devices, RF Communications, […]