Amtech Systems, a global supplier of production equipment and related supplies for the solar, semiconductor, and LED markets, today announced that Dr. Albert Hasper, Ph.D., has been appointed to Managing Director of Amtech Europe, and Dr. Jan-Marc Luchies to Chief Technology Officer of Amtech Systems, Inc.
As Managing Director of Amtech Europe, Dr. Hasper will have direct responsibility for Amtech's European-based companies including Tempress Systems, R2D Automation, and SoLayTec all of which focus on the solar market. With this appointment, Dr. Hasper will use his more than 25 years of solar and semiconductor industry experience, including approximately twelve years in senior management roles, and deep knowledge of device and process technologies in leading all of Amtech's solar growth strategy and investments. Prior to joining Tempress as the General Manager of Tempress Systems, Dr. Hasper served as Vice President of Global Operations for ASM International, Product Manager of ASM's Vertical Furnace capital equipment product line and as General Manager of ASM Europe. He has authored and co-authored more than 25 journal and conference papers related to the semiconductor and capital equipment markets, and is an inventor on more than 10 U.S. patents in the areas of CVD and ALD deposition and capital equipment design. Dr. Hasper received his M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Twente, the Netherlands.
Dr. Luchies currently serves as R&D director at Tempress Systems and has more than 20 years experience in R&D at different companies. After receiving his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Twente, Dr. Luchies joined Philips Semiconductors in front-end integrated circuits manufacturing in process integration, followed by technology program manager. At NXP Semiconductors he served as Vice President Process and Library Technology and Vice President Innovation for the Business Unit Identification. Prior to joining Tempress in 2011, he worked for several solar technology start-ups. With this appointment, Dr. Luchies assumes additional responsibilities for execution of the Amtech R&D, technology partnering with customers and institutes, and the acquisition of new technology.
Fokko Pentinga, Chief Executive Officer of Amtech, commented, "I am very pleased to have Dr. Hasper and Dr. Luchies assume these executive roles which will further strengthen the leadership of our solar business, the development of opportunities within our expansion markets, and further accelerate the ongoing advancement of our solar technologies. These appointments are integral to our longer-term growth strategy and the positioning of our company to more fully participate in an exciting, continuously developing solar industry."
