ATV develops, produces and supplies high-temperature vacuum reflow soldering machines for the chip industry, which are required for the process step of contacting the wafer with external connecting wires. Kurtz Ersa is thus moving upstream in the electronics production value chain and will take ATV’s team of approximately 50 staff onboard.
The aim of Kurtz Ersa new product segment is to assume a leading role in the market. To this end, the product range is to be modularized, expanded and marketed globally. The company plans to exhibit its newly acquired solutions for the semiconductor industry at productronica 2025 in Munich, Germany.
“We are very pleased to have found a strategic investor who will continue and develop our business, which has been in existence for over 50 years. We are particularly pleased that all employees will be taken on,” commented Alexander Tschernev, former Managing Director and shareholder of ATV Technologie.
Thomas Mühleck, CEO of the Kurtz Ersa Group, commented that gaining ATV’s expertise is “the perfect entry into the semiconductor industry, which we have had on our strategic roadmap for some time. The high level of technological knowledge of the employees fits perfectly with our claim to be the No.1 for sustainable production solutions in our markets.”
Dr Michael Fischer, who heads the group’s electronics production equipment business unit, said that the acquired technology is “the perfect nucleus for our entry into the semiconductor world. The high level of technological expertise offers us the opportunity to generate significant growth. There is also potential for synergies with the automation expertise for upstream and downstream processes related to semiconductor production already available within the group. I am very much looking forward to the next steps and I am sure that the technology will be an integral part of Kurtz Ersa in the future.”
