Etch companies
As of 2026-10-04, wafergraph tracks 10 Etch companies across 5 countries; Lam Research, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron hold monopoly or leader positions. The largest by market cap is Lam Research at $434.9B, and the 6 priced companies total $981.1B.
Data as of 2026-10-04 · market caps from the daily wafergraph pipeline; unpriced companies are listed but not summed
10 companies in the Etch part of the semiconductor & AI value chain.
Companies
- Lam Research — Etch leader, critical to 3D NAND and advanced logic patterning.
- Applied Materials — Broadest wafer fab equipment maker, leading in deposition and implant.
- Tokyo Electron — Japan's biggest fab equipment maker; near-monopoly in coater/developers.
- Hitachi High-Tech — Hitachi subsidiary strong in conductor etch and CD-SEM metrology.
- SEMES — Samsung's in-house equipment arm; etch, cleaning, and packaging tools.
- NAURA Technology — China's largest domestic fab equipment maker across etch and deposition.
- AMEC (Advanced Micro-Fabrication) — Chinese plasma etch maker qualified at advanced foundries.
- PSK Inc — Korean dry-strip and etch equipment maker.
- Oxford Instruments — Plasma etch and deposition tools for compound semis and research.
- Plasma-Therm — Plasma etch and deposition systems for specialty and compound-semi devices.
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Cite as: wafergraph, “Etch companies — list, suppliers & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/segment/equipment_front_end/etch/ (data as of 2026-10-04).
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