CEO Interview with Yannick Bedin of Eumetrys

Yannick founded EUMETRYS in 2012. He began his engineering career for Schlumberger in 1998 in West Africa and then became an applications engineer for the company from 2000 to 2004 in the semiconductor sector. In 2004, he joined Soluris as a field service engineer until 2006, then Nanometrics as a technical product support specialist.

Tell us about your company.

Founded in 2012, EUMETRYS is a global integrator of turnkey metrology, inspection, and robotics solutions for semiconductor manufacturers. Our headquarters are located in Gaillac in the south of France with our operations center in Meylan near Grenoble in France’s Silicon Valley. We also have subsidiaries in Germany and in the United States. EUMETRYS sells measurement and inspection equipment with associated installation, maintenance, and technical support services, as well as spare parts and robots to help its customers worldwide increase the lifespan of all their production equipment.

What problems are you solving?

Defective silicon wafers could cost the global semiconductor industry between $10 and $20 billion annually, depending on yield rates, technology nodes, and fab efficiency. This is the reason why inspection plays such a vital role in semiconductor manufacturing, ensuring chip reliability and performance in such critical sectors as aerospace, healthcare, and automotive where even the slightest failure can have serious consequences. A rigorous quality control process helps detect defects at the earliest stages of production, optimize yields, and reduce costs related to returns or repairs. By ensuring consistent quality, chip makers strengthen customer confidence and position themselves in a highly competitive market.

What application areas are your strongest?

We participate in the value chain of the inline production control, sample qualification, and processed substrates in compound semiconductor manufacturing. We bring a very high level of expertise acquired in the opto-photonic, MEMs and compound semiconductor sectors since 2012 in supporting our customers, process engineers, and cluster leaders to maintain their line yield.

What keeps your customers up at night?

In an industry as competitive as the global semiconductor sector, it is all about making sure that chip makers meet their wafer fab financial and productivity objectives. Yield is the one metric where we can help them move the needle. Metrology and inspection are the last in line when it comes to customer CapEx, though the philosophy has changed – key users are now focusing on improving the manufacturing yield as well and the sizing of their fab, with the aim to produce more efficiently than before. We do understand that very well and bring each customer a dedicated solution to help them meet their challenges.

What does the competitive landscape look like and how do you differentiate?

There are many companies on the market that offer all kinds of different solutions, but to implement those, customers often have to interface with different suppliers, making the process lengthy, cumbersome, and complex. The way we stand out from the pack and differentiate ourselves from the competition is that we provide a one-stop-shop turnkey solution – we offer equipment/hardware, integration services, spare parts, and after-sales service, and therefore a comprehensive approach from A to Z and only one single partner to interface with. But that’s not all – an important part of our solution is customization. Each customer has their own concerns and our support team made of high-level expertise technicians and engineers will tailor training and support to meet each individual customer requirement.

What new features/technology are you working on?

We just made an exciting announcement at CS ManTech in New Orleans, LA – we have been awarded the exclusive global distribution of the YPI – Clear Scanner manufactured by Japanese company YGK. This laser scanning particle inspection tool for unpatterned compound semiconductor substrates greatly enhanced the quality control of semiconductors by inspecting the surface of a variety of opaque and transparent wafers from two to 12 inches, including silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN), indium phosphide (InP), Sapphire, gallium arsenide (GaAs), silicon, and glass. This scanner offers unparalleled functionality at a very affordable price for the compound semiconductor market – unmatched substrate flexibility, advanced surface inspection capabilities, robust and proven engineering for longevity, as well as optimized cost efficiency and uptime. With this reliable and fully customizable scanner developed specifically for the compound semiconductor market, chip makers can quickly respond to the stringent quality standards dictated by increasingly complex manufacturing processes. In addition, by July of this year, we will be launching a new complementary offering for all of our customers, so watch this space for more information!

What would be your best advice to semiconductor fab owners on how to reach the best efficiencies for their manufacturing facilities?

I would recommend fab owners to always adjust their metrology and inspection investment to their fab’s design size requirements. It is really not necessary to own the most expensive metrology tools if they provide overspecification compared to actual product design needs. For me, device manufacturing efficiency starts with adapting control to fab capability. If not, spending on CapEx and resources could negatively impact the cost of chip manufacturing. Semiconductor fabs need to be lean to achieve the best yield and to be fit to meet capabilities over the long term.

How can customers engage with your company?

• Call us at +33 972 216 466.
• Email us at contact@eumetrys.com.
• Visit our web site at https://www.eumetrys.com/.
• Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/eumetrys/?viewAsMember=true.

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