Nearfield Instruments is a provider of advanced metrology solutions for the semiconductor industry, specializing in high-speed, high-resolution metrology tools for the semiconductor manufacturing process.

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Nearfield Instruments brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop, produce and market revolutionary high throughput scanning probe microscopy systems, enabling atom-scale resolution 3D metrology at industry-level throughput. 

We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced metrology machines, which enable our customers – the world’s leading chipmakers – to increase the production yields, and thus, functionality of their microchips. In this way NFI contributes to the development of smaller, more powerful consumer electronics.

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Celebrating the marvelous year that 2023 has been for Nearfield Instruments isn't complete without applauding and celebrating the dedication, hard work and smart work, and fun spirit our fantastic colleagues have brought to build Nearfield Instruments success! Embracing the diversity that brings our company the creativity to develop and deliver our in-line metrology & inspection solutions that make the semiconductor industry smarter and greener every day. Thank you all, dear Nearfielders!

And from all of us at Nearfield Instruments we wish you a prosperous and innnovative 2024!  We will make it another memorable and measurable year!

Last week Nearfield Instruments participated in the joint Dutch/Flanders semiconductor economic mission to the USA. An excellent opportunity to experience a caleidoscope of US semicon-focussed industry, academia and local governments, deepen our existing US relationships and spent quality time with our Dutch and Flemish colleagues.    

For our Dutch-listening followers, listen to NFI's Director of System Engineering Rudi Wilhelm invited by BNR Nieuwsradio to tell all about Nearfield Instruments , our participation in this mission and our added value to the worldwide semiconductor industry:

https://lnkd.in/gff6ceUZ

Nearfield Instruments finalist Best Customer Award in Dutch Industry Supplier and Customer Award

We are proud to have been nominated as one of the 5 finalists in the category Best Customer of the DISCA23. A big thank you to our supply chain partners for the nomination, in particular to Leo Eijkemans from Sentech | the sensor integrators, pitching on our account in front of the DISCA jury.

The nomination and selection is a strong motivation for us to continue our value-added way of working with our partners/suppliers to further strengthen the prominent position the Netherlands in the world wide semiconductor value chain.   

And a hearty congratulations to Microsure for grabbing the award from under our nose!

For more information (in Dutch): https://lnkd.in/ey5ez3EK

We are proud to announce that Nearfield Instruments has been named as one of the fifty most challenging, innovative and fast-growing companies in the Netherlands. According to the judges of the MT/Sprout Challenger50 the companies on the list show show the established order how things can be done differently, better, faster, cheaper and more sustainable. 

Sounds like our kind of innovation! Creating a better world, atom by atom!

See:  https://lnkd.in/ef7WdT9n

Nearfield Instruments is pleased to announce it's Direct Partnership in the Important Project of Common European Interest on Microelectronics and Communication Technologies (IPCEI ME/CT). The activities within this large EU-project complement our commitment and innovative drive to develop and deliver high-throughput, non-destructive, in-line probe-based metrology & inspection solutions for 2 nm and beyond process control for the entire semiconductor value chain.   

As the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs & Climate Micky Adriaans puts it: "The Netherlands has a good position in the semiconductor industry. We need to strengthen that." 

For more information, find the press release (in Dutch) of the Dutch government here :
https://lnkd.in/e7jp57kV

As Nearfield Instruments (with our fellow Hamed Sadeghian at the forefront) we could not agree more with the Netherlands Academy of Engineering:

Technology is the engine for sustainable social change! The nomination of 62 fellows of the Dutch Academy of Engineering Sciences highlights the importance of engineering-based sustainable solutions for, among other things, the energy transition and other global challenges. With this, NAE actually starts! The fellows are committed to creating an innovation climate where synergism is central.

Want to know more? https://lnkd.in/eMaEmi4w

News Flash! The Netherlands Academy of Engineering (https://nae.nl/en/) has appointed 62 top experts as Fellows. NAE thus emphasizes the great importance of technological innovation for sustainable societal change. Who are the fellows? 
Alright, we will give away one of them already: Nearfield Instruments is extremely proud to announce that our CEO Hamed Sadeghian has been appointed as Fellow of the NAE! 
For all other experts follow the link https://nae.nl/en/fellows
 
#Engineering #Sustainability #Innovation #Collaboration #Knowledge #Entrepreneurship #NAE Nearfield Instruments #proud

On September 7, Nearfield Instruments CEO, Hamed Sadeghian, will give an invited talk on "High Throughput, Angstrom-level Metrology and Inspection for Copper-Copper Hybrid Bonding" at 2023 CMP Forum Taiwan.

More details and registration can be found here:
https://lnkd.in/edauTKiV

#taiwan #semiconductormanufacturing #cmp #metrology #inspection

Dirk Veldhuis appointed as Senior Program Manager Customer Support at Nearfield Instruments .

Nearfield Instruments is pleased to announce that Dirk Veldhuis is appointed as Senior Program Manager Customer Support as of August 1st, 2023.
Dirk brings 25 years of experience in the semiconductor equipment industry in various roles ranging from engineering, project management, technical sales and account management to quality management and IT. He gained experience in Europe and South-East Asia.

Dirk Veldhuis: ‘I am excited to join this team and, together with the talent at Nearfield Instruments, create a strong customer support team, serving our customers in the semiconductor industry.’

Marco Van Den Dungen appointed as Director of Supply Chain Management at Nearfield Instruments . 

Nearfield Instruments is pleased to announce that Marco Van Den Dungen is appointed as Director of Supply Chain Management as of August 1st, 2023.
Marco brings 30 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, building and developing resilient supply-chains in a variety of industries such as Material Handling, Mechatronics, Healthcare and Semicon. He gained experience in Europe, the USA and China.

Marco Van Den Dungen: ‘It is an honor to join the creative minds at Nearfield Instruments and I am excited, getting the opportunity to support this team, developing and delivering the unique solutions for the worldwide advanced semiconductor manufacturing industry.’

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