Brooks Automation, Inc.

Founded in 1978, Brooks Automation Inc. creates manufacturing efficiency for the semiconductor and other manufacturing industries. The company’s tool automation products include vacuum and atmospheric robots, cluster tool platforms and modules, load port modules, equipment front end modules, ultra-clean environments for isolating processing equipment, cryogenic pumps for high-vacuum processes such as ion implant and physical vapor deposition (PVD) as well as vacuum measurement and thermal management solutions. Brooks, with headquarters in Chelmsford MA, has direct operations in North America, Europe and Asia and employs a staff of about 1,300.