- Adds Wet Processing to its Expanding Portfolio of Surface & Material 
Enhancement Solutions

YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.) [ https://yieldengineering.com/ ], a 
leading manufacturer of process equipment for semiconductor advanced packaging, 
life sciences and "More-than-Moore" applications, today announced that it has 
acquired SPEC (Semiconductor Process Equipment Corporation) of Valencia, 
California for an undisclosed amount. The companies had announced a strategic 
partnership agreement in June. 

The purchase brings together two longtime, trusted semiconductor equipment 
suppliers with more than 70 years of industry experience between them. "YES and 
SPEC have many characteristics in common," said Rama Alapati, CEO of YES. "Both 
of us have accumulated decades of technological expertise and have installed 
hundreds of systems in dozens of countries. We both take pride in our many 
repeat customers, and our excellent industry reputations. In acquiring SPEC, we 
feel YES is now better-positioned to meet the growing demands of current and 
future customers in emerging markets such as HPC, AI/ML, 5G, autonomous 
driving, augmented reality, and other computationally intensive applications." 

"The SPEC product line, which includes cleaning, etching, stripping and plating 
equipment, complements our portfolio well, and will allow YES to extend our 
offerings into the wet processing market," added Rezwan Lateef, President of 
YES. "We welcome SPEC's employees to the YES team, and we look forward to 
developing a variety of new products together to address and anticipate 
customer needs." 

"SPEC is very pleased to join forces with YES. With global demand for 
semiconductors increasing dramatically, this merger could not have come at a 
better time for both companies. We are excited to help YES open new markets and 
opportunities for our proven wet-process technologies going forward," said 
Kevin McGillivray, co-founder of SPEC.  

In addition to augmenting its personnel resources with the SPEC staff, YES will 
gain more than 40,000 square feet of manufacturing, assembly, and cleanroom 
space in Valencia, as well as SPEC's regional offices around the world.

About YES 

YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.) is a preferred provider of high-tech, 
cost-effective equipment for transforming surfaces, materials, and interfaces. 
The company's product lines include vacuum cure systems, chemical vapor 
deposition (CVD) systems, and plasma etching tools used for precise surface 
modification and thin-film coating of semiconductor wafers, semiconductor and 
MEMS devices, biosensors and medical substrates. With YES, customers ranging 
from startups to Fortune 100 companies can create and volume-produce products 
in a wide range of markets, including Advanced Packaging, MEMS, Augmented 
Reality/Virtual Reality and Life Sciences. YES is headquartered in Fremont, 
California, with a growing presence globally. For more information, please 
visit: www.yieldengineering.com.

About SPEC

SPEC (Semiconductor Process Equipment Corporation) is a highly experienced 
supplier of surface conditioning wet process equipment. Since 1986, SPEC has 
designed and manufactured wafer-level and device-level wet process equipment 
for acid and solvent surface modification (cleaning, etching, stripping), 
electroplating, and electroless (chemical) plating for all industries requiring 
a high level of process cleanliness. SPEC's products are used for polysilicon 
chip, chunk, and ingot cleaning; crucible cleaning, cavity cleaning for 
particle accelerators, chemical mixing and delivery, hard drive component 
cleaning, and quartzware cleaning. SPEC systems are engineered to match the 
unique requirements of the end user. For more information, please visit: 
www.team-spec.com.

Media Contact:
Victoria Barnes
Director of Communications
YES (Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.)
+1-510-954-6723 direct
VBarnes@yieldengineering.com 

 
SOURCE:  Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.