Technoprobe

Technoprobe
Company typeSocietà per azioni
BIT: TPRO
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded1996; 29 years ago (1996) in Merate, Italy
FounderGiuseppe Crippa
Headquarters
Cernusco Lombardone
,
Italy
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Stefano Felici (CEO)
ProductsProbe cards
RevenueIncrease €550 million (2022)
Number of employees
2700
Websitetechnoprobe.com

Technoprobe is a designer and manufacturer of probe cards and measurement technologies for integrated circuits headquartered in Italy.[1]

Technoprobe Headquarters

History

Technoprobe was founded in Merate near Milan in 1996 by Giuseppe Crippa, who had developed a new and more rapid method to manufacture probe cards.[2] As the company grew, it opened manufacturing and sales offices abroad, including in Rousset, France (2001), Singapore (2003), San Jose, California (2007), Philippines (2010), Korea (2015), and Japan (2018).

In 2007, Technoprobe marketed the first probe card with vertical MEMS.[3]

By 2017, it was the world's third largest manufacturer of probe cards,[4] and by 2020, it was second largest.[2][5][6]

It became a public company in 2022, with shares available for trading at Milan's stock exchange.[7]

In 2023, Technoprobe acquired Harbor Electronics, a company based in Santa Clara, California.[8] Teradyne acquired a 10% equity stake and sold its device interface solutions division to Technoprobe[9]

References

  1. ^ "Italy's Technoprobe eyes valuation of up to 3.8 billion euros in IPO". Euronews. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "How To Become A Billionaire At 87". Forbes. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ Buscaroli, Alessandro; Huseynli, Gulnar (2021). Inefficiencies reduction in the Probe Head Productive Unit of Technoprobe (PDF) (M.Sc thesis). Polytechnic University of Milan. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  4. ^ "The Week In Review: Manufacturing". Semiconductor Engineering. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  5. ^ Broz, Jerry (2020-06-24). "Semiconductor Test Landscape - An Overview" (PDF). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ Pennisi, Salvatore (6 October 2022). "The Integrated Circuit Industry at a Crossroads: Threats and Opportunities". Chips (3): 150–171. doi:10.3390/chips1030010.
  7. ^ "Technoprobe IPO progresses". globalcapital.com. 2022-02-10. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  8. ^ "China's Fastprint to Sell US Chip Testing Unit to Italy's Technoprobe for USD50 Million". YcaiGlobal.com. 2023-07-05. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Teradyne and Technoprobe Announce Strategic Agreements to Drive Semiconductor Test Interface Innovation and Accelerate Growth". EQS-news.com. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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