PVA TePla Partners with Scientific Visual to Enhance Silicon Carbide Quality Control

PVA TePla Partners with Scientific Visual to Enhance Silicon Carbide Quality Control

(IN BRIEF) PVA TePla has partnered with Scientific Visual, acquiring a 25% stake to enhance its silicon carbide quality control capabilities. This collaboration aims to improve the inspection and production yield of silicon carbide crystals, meeting the growing global demand and supporting sectors like e-mobility. Initial results from the partnership are expected in 2025.

(PRESS RELEASE) WETTENBERG, 8-AUG-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — PVA TePla has announced a strategic partnership with Scientific Visual, a Swiss company based in Lausanne, to bolster its activities in the crucial area of silicon carbide (SiC). Scientific Visual specializes in quality control solutions for industrial crystals and has extensive research and development capabilities.

Key Highlights of the Partnership:

• Acquisition of Stake: PVA TePla has acquired a 25% stake in Scientific Visual.
• Focus on Quality Control: The collaboration aims to improve the inspection and growth process of silicon carbide crystals, ultimately enhancing production yield.
• Expected Outcomes: Initial results from the pilot project are anticipated in 2025.

Strategic Importance

Jalin Ketter, CEO of PVA TePla AG, emphasized the significance of the partnership: “The collaboration with Scientific Visual marks another milestone in our work on silicon carbide. Our expertise in production as well as in quality testing using our measurement technology methods will be meaningfully expanded by the know-how we have gained and will strengthen our position in the market.”

Silicon carbide is vital in power electronics due to its superior semiconductor properties, playing a critical role in sectors such as e-mobility and contributing significantly to decarbonization efforts.

Enhanced Defect Detection

The partnership will leverage Scientific Visual’s advanced inspection technology for industrial crystals to enhance the quality of silicon carbide crystals produced by PVA TePla. This will enable customers to achieve higher yields and produce higher quality wafers.

Dr. Ivan Orlov, CEO of Scientific Visual, commented: “The synergy between Scientific Visual’s automated inspection technology for industrial crystals and PVA TePla’s industrial production capabilities will enhance the quality of silicon carbide crystals. This partnership is an important step towards leveraging Industry 4.0. We anticipate substantial benefits for the semiconductor industry as a whole.”

Meeting Growing Demand

With global demand for silicon carbide expected to rise significantly in the coming years, this partnership aims to strengthen PVA TePla’s capabilities in defect detection and quality improvement. The enhanced metrology expertise from Scientific Visual will support this development, with the first collaboration results expected within a year.

The financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

Media Contact:

Dr. Gert Fisahn
Investor Relations
Phone: +49(0)641/68690-400
gert.fisahn(at)pvatepla.com

SOURCE: PVA TePla AG