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Amtech Systems designs, manufactures, and sells capital equipment and consumable products serving the semiconductor and solar photovoltaic industries worldwide. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, Amtech operates through two segments: semiconductor equipment producing thermal processing systems including diffusion furnaces and chemical vapor deposition reactors used in silicon wafer fabrication for producing integrated circuits, and polishing and wafer handling automation equipment for semiconductor manufacturing facilities; and solar and specialty equipment manufacturing photovoltaic cell production equipment including diffusion furnaces and texturing systems used by solar panel manufacturers. The company's semiconductor thermal processing equipment enables critical manufacturing steps including dopant diffusion creating semiconductor junctions, oxidation forming insulating layers, and chemical vapor deposition depositing thin films onto wafers during chip production. Amtech's solar equipment serves photovoltaic manufacturers producing crystalline silicon solar cells, with products including high-temperature diffusion furnaces creating P-N junctions essential for photovoltaic conversion. The company reported annual revenues of approximately $90-110 million with profitability highly dependent on capital equipment spending cycles driven by semiconductor demand and solar manufacturing capacity expansion, both characterized by boom-bust cyclicality creating revenue volatility. Amtech serves customers including Samsung Electronics, TSMC, and major solar manufacturers in China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia where semiconductor fabrication and solar panel production concentrate. The company employs approximately 150 people and faces intense competition from larger equipment vendors including Applied Materials, Lam Research, and Chinese equipment manufacturers benefiting from government subsidies supporting domestic semiconductor independence initiatives. Recent strategic priorities include developing advanced semiconductor processing equipment supporting smaller geometry chips, expanding solar equipment portfolios addressing next-generation cell architectures including PERC and TOPCon technologies, and strengthening aftermarket services providing recurring spare parts and upgrade revenues.