What Solarius does

Solarius GmbH is a privately held German precision metrology company founded in 2000, providing optical 3D surface inspection, measurement, analysis, and visualization systems for industrial manufacturing customers. The company's core offering centers on non-contact optical 3D metrology technology, delivered through a proprietary software platform called SolarCore that powers all product tiers. Solarius organizes its portfolio into three categories: desktop systems (Viking, Phoenix, Polaris) for benchtop inspection; modular AOP solutions (including probe card, BGA, CMP, uLED, and wafer-thickness variants) for semiconductor and advanced packaging; and automated systems (Matrix 3000 HVM, SIMP wafer inspection, AMT battery packs) for high-volume manufacturing lines. Applications span critical dimension measurement, photoresist and CMP inspection, interconnects, fingerprint sensors, micro-LED displays, fuel cells, battery packs, and aerospace components.

The company sells through direct enterprise sales with regional operating entities in San Jose (Americas), Essen (Europe), and Shanghai (Asia), supported by a multilingual website in five languages. Revenue is generated through one-time capital equipment sales supplemented by professional services including service contracts, contract measurement jobs, and custom development. Primary customer verticals are semiconductor (flagged as primary), medical devices, consumer electronics, mobility/EV, and broader industrial manufacturing. No funding rounds, named investors, patents, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. Managing Director Gianluca Elmo leads the registered German entity (München HRB 231612), with active operations confirmed across all three regions and no evidence of acquisition, closure, or IPO activity.

Name

Solarius

Legal name

Solarius GmbH

Website

https://solarius-asia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Solarius GmbH is a privately held German precision metrology company providing optical 3D surface inspection systems for semiconductor, medical device, consumer electronics, mobility, and industrial manufacturing customers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Metrology Equipment Sales: Sale of optical 3D metrology systems including desktop systems (Viking, Phoenix, Polaris), modular probe card solutions, and automated inspection systems for semiconductor, medical, and industrial manufacturing applications
2. Support & Services: Service contracts, technical support, job measurements, and development services for customers utilizing Solarius metrology equipment

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Solarius develops, manufactures, and sells optical 3D metrology and surface inspection systems for industrial quality control, spanning desktop benchtop units (Viking, Phoenix, Polaris), modular semiconductor and advanced-packaging solutions (AOP product family), and automated high-volume manufacturing inspection systems (Matrix 3000 HVM, SIMP, AMT). The Solarius SolarCore software platform powers data acquisition, processing, and measurement analysis across the product line, with supporting service, contract measurement, and custom development offerings.

Product overview

Solarius is a metrology and surface inspection technology company offering a comprehensive portfolio of optical 3D measurement and quality control systems. The product portfolio spans three main categories: Desktop Systems (Viking, Phoenix, Polaris) providing benchtop metrology solutions; Modular Solutions (AOP product line including PCI Probe Card, Custom TTV, Custom, SEMI BGA, uLED, MDS, CMP, WGI, BWT) for semiconductor and advanced packaging applications; and Automated Solutions (Matrix 3000 HVM, SIMP Wafer Inspection, AMT Battery Packs) for high-volume manufacturing inspection. The Solarius SolarCore Software Platform serves as the core software infrastructure across all systems. Applications span semiconductor, medical, consumer electronics, mobility, aerospace, energy, and industrial manufacturing sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Viking: Desktop system product line
• Phoenix
• Polaris
• Matrix 3000 HVM
• SIMP
• AMT
• SolarCore

Products and services

• Viking Desktop metrology system for surface inspection and quality control measurement applications.
• Phoenix Desktop metrology system designed for precision measurement and surface analysis.
• Polaris 3D surface inspection tool for quality control and metrology applications.
• AOP PCI Probe Card Modular probe card solution for semiconductor testing applications.
• AOP Custom TTV Custom total thickness variation measurement solution for advanced packaging.
• AOP Custom Custom modular metrology solution tailored to specific customer requirements.
• SEMI BGA Ball grid array probe card solution for semiconductor testing.
• AOP uLED Modular solution for micro-LED display inspection and metrology.
• AOP MDS Modular metrology solution for display and semiconductor applications.
• AOP CMP Chemical mechanical planarization inspection solution for semiconductor manufacturing.
• AOP-WGI Wafer grid inspection modular solution for semiconductor process control.
• AOP-BWT Modular solution for wafer thickness measurement and inspection.
• Matrix 3000 HVM High-volume automated metrology system for manufacturing inspection.
• SIMP — Wafer Inspection Automated wafer inspection system for semiconductor quality control.
• AMT — Battery Packs Automated inspection and metrology solution for battery pack manufacturing.
• Solarius SolarCore Software Platform Core software platform powering Solarius metrology and inspection systems with optical measurement and data processing capabilities.
• Service & Support Technical support and maintenance services for Solarius metrology systems.
• Job Measurements Contract measurement services for customers requiring specialized metrology testing.
• Development Service Custom development services for specialized metrology and inspection solutions.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• KLA Corporation: Dominant incumbent in semiconductor process-control and optical metrology, offering broad defect-inspection and metrology portfolios. Highly relevant because Solarius explicitly targets the same semiconductor Critical Dimension, CMP, interconnect, and packaging inspection use cases.
• Keyence: Large industrial sensor and measurement company with a broad portfolio of optical/laser measurement systems. Comparable in its industrial-inspection go-to-market and reach across automotive, electronics, and manufacturing verticals.
• ZEISS Industrial Metrology: Major optics/metrology incumbent offering coordinate measuring machines, optical 3D scanners, and industrial inspection solutions. Comparable to Solarius in leveraging optical technology for precision industrial measurement across multiple verticals.
• Hitachi High-Tech (Metrology division): Major Japanese semiconductor metrology and inspection OEM offering CD measurement and review tools. Highly relevant as a direct competitor in semiconductor wafer inspection and a benchmark for what 'enterprise-grade' semi metrology looks like.
• Bruker Nano Surfaces: Broad scientific instruments vendor with significant optical/profilometry metrology products. Comparable to Solarius in offering non-contact 3D surface measurement to industrial, semiconductor, and biomedical customers.

Emerging players

• Cognex Corporation: Machine vision and industrial inspection specialist serving electronics, semiconductor, and automotive manufacturing. Comparable in applying optical/imaging technology to automated surface inspection and quality control, though more vision-software than optical-3D-metrology oriented.

Direct peers

• Nova Measuring Instruments: Specialist in optical metrology for semiconductor process control, particularly for CMP, etch, and advanced packaging — directly comparable to Solarius's AOP CMP, WGI, and BWT modules serving wafer fabs and OSATs.
• Onto Innovation: Directly competes in optical metrology for advanced packaging, micro-LED inspection, and 3D surface measurement — overlapping almost exactly with Solarius's AOP modular and SIMP automated solutions targeting semiconductor and display customers.
• CyberOptics: Optical metrology and 3D sensing specialist for semiconductor and SMT applications, including wafer and package inspection. Comparable to Solarius in its optical-sensor approach and focus on high-precision 3D surface inspection.

Others

• SensoTech (acoustic/optical inline sensors): Inline process measurement specialist; included as a thematic adjacent in industrial process metrology for battery, chemical, and food applications — partially overlapping with Solarius's industrial manufacturing and battery-pack inspection verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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