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TMI provides products for semiconductor device manufacture, most of which were initially developed with SBIR funding. The products can now be found in nearly every semiconductor fabrication plant worldwide. The Company's three divisions target high growth market niches with proprietary and patented products based on ATMI's core Chemical Vapor Deposition ("CVD") technology: ADCS markets semiconductor thin film materials and delivery systems, EcoSys markets semiconductor environmental equipment, and Epitronics markets semiconductor thin film deposition services. ATMI's was started in 1986 by four scientists who used second mortgages on their homes to raise the company's initial capital. Since that time, the company has grown from annual sales of $5,000 to $102 million in revenues in 1997. ATMI went public in 1993.
Having demonstrated its capacity to perform superior-quality R&D and to commercialize its products, ATMI has received a substantial number of DoD SBIR contracts over the past decade. Some of the company's most innovative new products, developed under SBIR, are widely used in the semiconductor industry, including: capacitor and conductor materials for memory and logic devices; liquid delivery systems to allow these materials to be used in production; environmental systems that enhance the safety and minimize the environmental impact of semiconductor materials; and new high performance semiconductor materials. One of ATMI's most exciting innovations is its SDS Gas Source (SDS) delivery system. Funded by two BMDO SBIRs, SDS is a revolutionary way to "store" hazardous gases used in the semiconductor industry. The system significantly improves safety and productivity by storing toxic gases below atmospheric pressure, while simultaneously holding up to five times as much gas in the same cylinder.
Rising from basically nowhere at its founding in 1986, ATMI developed and introduced new technologies through the SBIR program that were novel solutions to long-standing industry problems, making them a market leader. The company's dry scrubbing technology (under the Novapure brand name), initiated under SBIR contract, captured 90 percent of the U.S. market in just a few years. One of ATMI's subsequent advancements, the SDS delivery system, is generating $30 million in annual revenues-approximately ten percent of the global market share for this type of technology-and sales are growing by 50 percent each year. ATMI has attracted a number of important corporate partners-including IBM, Micron Technology, Texas Instruments, Siemens, Lucent Technologies and others-to further commercialize its products. By providing the seed capital for R&D efforts resulting in such successful products as SDS, SBIR contracts have been instrumental in helping ATMI grow from its four founders and $5K revenue base barely a decade ago, to over 400 employees and $125 million in sales today.
Dean Hamilton
Tel. 203/794-1100
Fax. 203/792-8040
Email. dhamilton@atmi.com
Website. http://www.atmi.com