What Nano-Master does

Nano-Master (legal entity NANO-MASTER, Inc.) is a privately held manufacturer of thin film processing systems founded in 1992 and headquartered at 4115 Freidrich Lane, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78744. The company designs, engineers, and builds custom and standard capital equipment for thin film deposition, etching, growth, and cleaning — including Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), Plasma Enhanced ALD (PEALD), E-Beam Evaporation, Sputtering, Thermal Evaporation, Reactive Ion Etching (RIE), Deep RIE (DRIE), Ion Beam Milling, Plasma Assisted MOCVD, Microwave PECVD, hybrid PECVD/PEALD platforms, dual chamber systems with automatic wafer transfer, wet and dry cleaning systems (single wafer, large substrate, reticle, plasma ashing), Roll-to-Roll ALD, and space simulation device testing systems. Featured platforms include the NLD-4000 ALD system, NOC-4000 dual chamber system, NSC-4000 sputtering system with load lock, and NDT-4000 thermal evaporation system. Custom manufacturing is described as the company's forte.

The business model is hardware sales of custom and catalog thin film processing equipment, sold via a quote-based, direct enterprise field sales motion with no publicly disclosed pricing. Customer segments are diversified across semiconductor manufacturers (Applied Materials, ASML, IBM, Motorola), aerospace and government (NASA, U.S. Air Force, NREL), industrial (GE, GM), and academic research institutions (MIT, Northwestern, HKUST, Shanghai University, University of Illinois, Ecole Polytechnique). The company maintains an active conference-led marketing presence (SEMICON West, ALD/ALE, ICTF, PSE, UK Semiconductors, Small Satellite Conference) and a European sales representative relationship with Irida Iberica.

Name

Nano-Master

Legal name

NANO-MASTER, Inc.

Website

https://nanomaster.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nano-Master is a privately held Austin, Texas manufacturer founded in 1992 that builds custom and standard thin film processing systems — including ALD, PECVD, etching, and cleaning tools — for semiconductor manufacturers, aerospace and government agencies, and academic research institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

NAICS

Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing (333242)

SIC

Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries (3990)

akta.pro primary industry

Deposition Equipment (CVD/PVD/ALD/Epitaxy) (HDAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Etch & Strip Equipment (Dry/Wet/Ashing) (HDAHAEAC), Wafer Cleaning & Surface Preparation Equipment (HDAHAEAG)

Keywords

• Thin film processing equipment
• Atomic layer deposition systems
• Semiconductor manufacturing systems
• Plasma enhanced CVD
• Ion beam etching systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Thin Film Processing Equipment Sales: Sale of custom and standard thin film processing equipment including ALD systems, deposition systems, etching systems, cleaning systems, and dual chamber systems. Manufacturing custom products to meet specific customer requirements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NANO-MASTER, Inc. designs and manufactures single-wafer thin film processing systems, including atomic layer deposition (ALD), PECVD, PEALD, E-beam evaporation, sputtering, thermal evaporation, RIE, DRIE, ion beam milling, PA-MOCVD, MW-PECVD, dual chamber platforms, robotic wafer/mask cleaning systems, and space simulation testing systems. The company emphasizes custom manufacturing, working closely with customers to configure equipment for semiconductor, research, and aerospace/defense applications. Both standard catalog systems and bespoke configurations are sold quote-based to enterprise and government customers.

Product overview

NANO-MASTER is a manufacturer of thin film processing systems based in Austin, TX. The product portfolio consists of multiple specialized systems across deposition (E-Beam Evaporation, PECVD, Sputtering, Thermal Evaporation), etching (RIE, DRIE, Ion Beam Milling), growth (ALD, PA-MOCVD, MW-PECVD, Hybrid PECVD/PEALD), and cleaning (Wet and Dry cleaning systems). The company also offers dual chamber systems with automatic wafer transfer, space simulation testing systems, and custom components including platens and plasma sources. Featured systems include the NLD-4000 ALD system, NOC-4000 dual chamber system, NSC-4000 sputtering system, and NDT-4000 thermal evaporation system. The company emphasizes custom product manufacturing and serves semiconductor, research, and space simulation applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ALD System NLD-4000 Atomic Layer Deposition system producing ultra-high quality conformal films for thin film processing. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• E-Beam Evaporator Systems Electron beam evaporation systems for thin film deposition processes. Used by semiconductor, optics, and research customers.
• PECVD Systems Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition systems for thin film deposition applications. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• Sputtering Systems (NSC-4000) Sputtering deposition systems for thin film fabrication, including the NSC-4000 with load lock configuration. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• Thermal Evaporation Systems (NDT-4000) Thermal evaporation deposition systems for thin film processing. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• RIE Systems Reactive Ion Etching systems for precise material removal. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• DRIE Systems Deep Reactive Ion Etching systems for advanced etching applications. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• Ion Beam Milling Systems Ion beam etching systems for precision material processing. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• PA-MOCVD Systems Plasma Assisted Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition growth systems for thin film growth. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• MW-PECVD Systems Microwave PECVD systems for specialized thin film growth applications. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• Roll-to-Roll ALD Systems Atomic Layer Deposition systems configured for continuous roll-to-roll processing of flexible substrates. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• Hybrid PECVD & PEALD Systems Combined plasma enhanced CVD and plasma enhanced ALD hybrid systems for advanced sequential deposition. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• Single Wafer Cleaning Systems Single wafer cleaning systems with robotic load/unload capabilities for wafer and mask cleaning. Used by semiconductor manufacturers.
• Large Substrate Cleaning Systems Wet cleaning systems for large substrate processing. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• Reticle Cleaning Systems Pelliclized and unpelliclized reticle cleaning systems with robotic handling. Used by semiconductor manufacturers.
• Plasma Ashing Systems Dry cleaning plasma ashing systems for wafer and mask processing. Used by semiconductor manufacturers.
• NOC-4000 Dual Chamber System Dual chamber system with automatic wafer transfer between two chambers for sequential processing. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• NSC-4000 Sputtering System Sputtering system with load lock configuration for enhanced processing capability. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• NDT-4000 Thermal Evaporation System Thermal evaporation deposition system for thin film processing. Used by semiconductor manufacturers and research institutions.
• Space Simulation Systems Device testing systems designed for space simulation environments. Used by aerospace/defense organizations and government agencies including NASA.
• Platens Custom platen systems and components for thin film processing equipment. Used as accessories with NANO-MASTER thin film processing systems.
• Plasma Sources Plasma source components for deposition and etching systems. Used as components with NANO-MASTER thin film processing systems.

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Aixtron: Aixtron is a specialist MOCVD equipment manufacturer serving the LED, power electronics, and emerging optoelectronic markets — directly comparable to Nano-Master's PA-MOCVD product line.
• Oxford Instruments: Oxford Instruments offers plasma etching and deposition tools (e.g., PlasmaPro, Atomfab ALD) for semiconductor and research applications, operating at greater scale but with overlapping technologies to Nano-Master.
• Tokyo Electron (TEL): Tokyo Electron supplies coater/developer, deposition, and etch systems globally to semiconductor fabs, representing a broad-line incumbent in the same equipment categories Nano-Master addresses.
• Applied Materials: Applied Materials is the dominant broad-line semiconductor equipment supplier (deposition, etch, inspection). It's listed as a Nano-Master customer (for thin film processing equipment), and addresses overlapping end-markets at vastly larger scale.
• Lam Research: Lam Research is a major incumbent in deposition and etch semiconductor manufacturing equipment, competing for the same thin-film and etch end-customers as Nano-Master.
• Veeco Instruments: Veeco provides MOCVD, ion beam, and other thin-film process equipment, addressing adjacent semiconductor and photonics markets comparable to Nano-Master's PA-MOCVD and ion beam milling products.

Direct peers

• SENTECH Instruments: SENTECH manufactures ALD, PECVD, and plasma etching systems for research and small-scale production, directly overlapping Nano-Master's deposition and etching portfolio for thin-film applications.
• Kurt J. Lesker Company: Lesker manufactures vacuum and thin-film deposition equipment (sputtering, e-beam, thermal evaporation) and components, overlapping significantly with Nano-Master's deposition product line for academic and industrial R&D customers.
• Plasma-Therm: Plasma-Therm is a closely comparable niche manufacturer of plasma etch, PECVD, and ICP deposition systems for semiconductor and research markets, sharing Nano-Master's R&D/academic customer mix and custom product approach.
• Angstrom Engineering: Angstrom Engineering makes thin-film deposition systems including sputtering, thermal/e-beam evaporation, and ALD for R&D and pilot production — directly comparable custom thin-film equipment to Nano-Master.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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