What Keteca USA does

Keteca USA, Inc. is a privately held semiconductor equipment consumables supplier founded in 1990 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, operating globally through direct sales and service engineering offices in nine territories: Singapore, the United States, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Japan, and Korea. The company develops, manufactures, and distributes products and custom solutions used in semiconductor wafer dicing and adjacent cleaning processes, serving global semiconductor manufacturers as its primary customer vertical.

Keteca USA's product portfolio centers on four core offerings: Diamaflow, a precision cleaning and non-ionic surfactant dicing solution marketed as the world's leading brand in dicing solutions; Diamablade, a diamond dicing blade incorporating a patented Single Crystal Silicon Carbide Whisker (SiCw) reinforcement of the nickel diamond plating matrix to improve tensile strength, cut quality, and blade wear rate; DiamaKleen, an advanced aqueous cleaning solution for stencil printing and parts washing; and the ADS6-ADV automated multi-saw dispensing system, a PLC-controlled unit with touch screen interface and process data retention that controls pump dilution ratios for up to six saws independently. The products are designed to function as an integrated dicing ecosystem in which the dispensing equipment meters Diamaflow surfactant during cutting while Diamablade performs the wafer slicing and DiamaKleen supports post-process cleaning.

The business model is sales-led, generating revenue through two streams: equipment and consumable sales (dicing solutions, dispenser systems, blades, and cleaning chemistries) and custom solutions/engineering services for materials, equipment, product development, and engineering needs of semiconductor customers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is handled through direct sales contact. No public funding rounds, M&A activity, or institutional investor relationships are disclosed, and the company operates as an independent, privately held corporation with an 11-50 employee headcount range.

Name

Keteca USA

Legal name

Keteca USA, Inc.

Website

https://ketecausa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Keteca USA is a Phoenix-based, privately held supplier of semiconductor wafer dicing solutions, including Diamaflow surfactants, Diamablade SiCw-reinforced diamond blades, ADS6-ADV dispensing systems, and DiamaKleen cleaning chemistries, serving global semiconductor manufacturers across nine territories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment and Consumables Sales: Keteca USA generates revenue through the sale of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and consumables including dicing solutions, surfactant dispensers, diamond dicing blades, and cleaning solutions. The company serves global semiconductor manufacturers with both products and custom solutions.
2. Custom Solutions and Engineering Services: Provides complete solutions for customers including materials, equipment, product development, and engineering solutions. Service excellence supports product sales with local technical support in nine territories.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Keteca USA develops, manufactures, and distributes semiconductor manufacturing equipment and consumables focused on wafer dicing processes. Its product portfolio includes precision cleaning surfactant formulations (Diamaflow), aqueous cleaning solutions (DiamaKleen), diamond dicing blades with patented SiCw whisker-reinforced nickel plating (Diamablade), and automated multi-saw dispensing systems (ADS6-ADV) for delivering surfactant into deionized cutting water streams.

Product overview

Keteca USA offers a portfolio of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and consumables centered on wafer dicing processes. The product line includes Diamaflow (dicing solution/surfactant), DiamaKleen (cleaning solution), Diamablade (diamond cutting blades), and ADS Systems (automated dispensing equipment). These products work together as an integrated dicing ecosystem—the dispensing systems deliver Diamaflow surfactant during cutting operations while Diamablade blades perform the actual wafer slicing, with DiamaKleen providing post-process cleaning. The ADS Systems represent the company's equipment offering, while the chemical formulations (Diamaflow, DiamaKleen) and Diamablade constitute the consumables portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DiamaKleen: World Class Semiconductor Cleaning Solution - an advanced aqueous (water based) cleaner designed specifically to clean solder paste and other organic soils in stencil printing operations.
• Diamaflow
• Diamablade
• Keteca Automated Dispensing Systems (ADS)

Products and services

• DiamaKleen Advanced aqueous (water-based) cleaning solution designed for stencil printing operations to clean solder paste and other organic soils, also used for parts washing and general cleaning in semiconductor manufacturing environments.
• Diamaflow World-leading semiconductor dicing solution formulated with precision cleaning and surface-activated non-ionic surfactants for optimal wafer dicing processes, providing dust control, lubrication, and debris removal during wafer cutting.
• Diamablade Diamond dicing blade for semiconductor wafer cutting featuring patented Single Crystal Silicon Carbide Whisker (SiCw) technology embedded in nickel alloy matrix, offering extended blade life, improved cut quality, and reduced wafer chipping during dicing.
• ADS6-ADV (Automated Dispensing System) Automated multi-saw dicing solution dispensing system for the semiconductor and electronics industry; controls pump dilution ratios and concentration settings through a touch-screen PLC interface for up to six saws independently, with leak detection sensors, remote access router, inline static mixers, network communication, and full process data retention for traceability.

Quantifiable outcome

• Improves blade life through SiCw whisker reinforcement of nickel alloy matrix
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Versum Materials (Merck Electronics): Supplies advanced materials and chemistries for wafer cleaning and semiconductor processes. Comparable on the cleaning-chemicals side of Keteca's portfolio and shares similar global fab customers.
• Entegris: US-based supplier of specialty chemicals, materials, and fluid handling for semiconductor manufacturing. Comparable as a chemistries-and-consumables peer serving the same fab customers, though at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Kulicke & Soffa Industries: Large diversified semiconductor and LED assembly equipment supplier with consumables. Sells into overlapping fab and packaging customers as Keteca, but operates much more broadly across the assembly process.
• SCREEN Holdings (SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions): Major supplier of wafer cleaning equipment and surface-preparation chemicals. Overlaps with Keteca's DiamaKleen/cleaning side and shares the same Japanese fab customer base, but as a broader equipment incumbent.

Emerging players

• Synova SA: Swiss developer of laser-based dicing technology as an alternative to mechanical blade dicing. Represents a competing emerging technology for the same wafer singulation step where Keteca's blades compete.

Direct peers

• Asahi Diamond Industrial: Manufacturer of diamond tools including dicing blades used in semiconductor wafer cutting. Competes with Keteca's Diamablade product on the same fab bench and supplies similar Asian fab customers.
• Kanto PPC: Japanese specialty chemicals supplier focused on semiconductor cleaning chemistries. Direct overlap with Keteca's Diamaflow/DiamaKleen surfactant and cleaning line and shared Japanese fab customer base.
• DISCO Corporation: Global #1 supplier of dicing saws, blades, and related consumables to semiconductor manufacturers. Most directly comparable to Keteca across the dicing ecosystem (equipment + blades + chemistries), though at vastly larger scale.
• Tokyo Seimitsu (Accretech): Major Japanese dicing and grinding equipment maker with consumables. Overlaps directly with Keteca's dicing focus and similar Japanese/Asian customer base, and competes in fab tool qualification lists.
• Advanced Dicing Technologies (ADT): Israel-based specialist in dicing blades, dicing saws, and wafer preparation consumables. Closest pure-play niche peer to Keteca in technology scope and customer type.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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