Aetrium Incorporated engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of products used by the semiconductor industry (ICs) to handle and test integrated circuits and discrete electronic devices. The company offers two principal equipment product lines, test handler products and semiconductor reliability testers. Aetrium’s test handler products incorporate thermal conditioning, contacting, and automated handling technologies to provide automated handling of ICs during production test cycles. It also offers change kits to adapt its test handlers to different IC package configurations or to upgrade installed equipment. The company’s semiconductor reliability testers provide semiconductor manufacturers with structural performance data to aid in the evaluation and improvement of IC designs and manufacturing processes. Aetrium sells its products principally in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. It offers its products to semiconductor manufacturers and their assembly and test subcontractors through direct salespeople, domestic independent sales representatives, and international distributors. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in North St. Paul, Minnesota
Specialties
Model Vmax IC Handler, Model 1164 Reliability Test System, Model V16 IC Handler, Model V8 IC Handler
