MKS Instruments

MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI) is a global provider of instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions that measure, control, power, monitor, and analyze critical parameters of advanced manufacturing processes to improve process performance and productivity. MKS was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. In 2020 the company had annual revenue of $2.3 billion with over 24,000 customers in almost 100 countries.

MKS products are derived from core competencies in pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, residual gas analysis, leak detection, control and information technology, ozone generation and delivery, RF & DC power, reactive gas generation, vacuum technology, photonics, sub-micron positioning, vibration isolation, and optics. The company primarily serves the semiconductor, industrial, life and health sciences, and research and defense markets.

MKS Instruments delivers its products through the the following brands: MKS, Newport, Spectra-Physics, Ophir, and ESI.

Founded in 1961, MKS's first product was the Baratron Capacitance manometer that measured gas pressure within a semiconductor wafer fabrication chamber. MKS has grown to be a key supplier of critical instruments, subsystems, and systems for semiconductor and advanced Markets. Since 2001 the company has made over twenty acquisitions.

The original brand dating back to 1961, MKS is provides instruments for advanced manufacturing processes.

Established in 1969, Newport is a supplier of advanced technology products and systems to the photonics industry.

A brand within MKS instruments light & motion division, Spectra-Physics was an early commercial laser company that provides precision laser technologies for industrial and scientific research applications.

Founded in 1976, Ophir Optronics is a supplier of precision IR optics, laser measurement instrumentation, and 3D non-contact measurement equipment. The division is comprised of three groups that develop, manufacture, and market products in addition to the core photonics business.

Primarily producing laser-based manufacturing systems for material processors and electronic component manufacturers around the world.