Semiconductor specific automation
AIR enables startups, global semiconductor equipment OEMs, and semiconductor fabs to transform next-generation technologies into high volume production systems on accelerated schedules. With deep expertise in inspection and metrology, wafer processing, and advanced handling systems, we deliver complex semiconductor engineering solutions built on more than four decades of innovation — including 25 years successfully serving semiconductor capital equipment customers in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Transform breakthrough technologies into market-leading products with proven engineering expertise, disciplined execution, and commercialization experience.
Accelerate the path from lab to fab with customizable, pre-engineered metrology and inspection platforms that reduce development time, cost, and technical risk.
Optimize vacuum system performance by choosing the right solution — custom or off-the-shelf — backed by AIR's expertise in designing high-performance vacuum chambers and integrated vacuum systems.
Our laser and automation team collaborates with you to develop and deliver custom laser solutions tailored to your production and manufacturing needs, including automated, specialized, and precise micromachining…
Objective, specification-driven stage selection from engineers with no distributor bias — then full integration into your tool, optimized for takt, vibration isolation, submicron precision, high speed…
Bring your chemistry and process recipe — AIR will engineer a system to run it safely, continuously, and at volume, integrating batch and single-wafer processing, multiple agitation methods, and high-purity…
Inconsistent environments cause inconsistent products. AIR designs custom controlled enclosures — such as ISO Class 1 semiconductor conditions — managing temperature, humidity, oxygen, static charge,…
Case studies
Developing new metrology or inspection technologies for an advanced semiconductor fab is a very complex endeavor requiring specialized knowledge and significant capital expense. A European startup needed…
A medical device diagnostic manufacturer needed to rapidly replicate an in-house designed manufacturing tool to support a production ramp-up. The tool included multiple control systems and needed to be…
Existing solutions presented tradeoffs that limited performance: