improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources aetrium news newspapers books scholar jstor free images may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message aetrium inc. type public citation needed industry semiconductor equipment founded 1982 headquarters north saint paul minnesota website http www.aetrium.com aetrium inc. nasdaq atrm is a global company developing manufacturing and supplying electromechanical and electro thermal equipment for semiconductor manufacturers in united states united kingdom germany china south korea singapore etc. the company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in north saint paul minnesota . citation needed the company was awarded supplier certificate award from microchip technology as recognition for outstanding performance in quality reliability and service for 1995 in the industry . 1 in 2013 the company was ranked in the list of top 100 minnesota companies by star tribune business . 2 background edit the company was founded in 1982 in north saint paul minnesota with its original name automated electronic technology inc. aet . it developed and made the first surface mount gravity test handler in the industry in the following year . the company was renamed aetrium in 1986 . in 1993 the company completed its ipo on nasdaq . 3 the company operates two equipment product lines including test handler products and reliability test equipment . 4 test handler products line provides technologies to support the automated production of integrated circuit ics for manufacturers . reliability test equipment line offers structural performance data for integrated circuit producers in the production process to improve the product reliability . 5 the focus of the company s products is on high volume ics ic package designs and ic using advanced geometry designs 6 which can be used in manufacturing testing . in detail the company provides products such as gravity feed test handler automated handling technologies and change kits . 1 in november 2013 the company introduced its new product multiple vmax test handler which brought about an order valued at 2.1 million . 7 in 2013 cascade microtech bought the company s test products business . 8 references edit a b st. paul company receives industry award for outstanding performance . thefreelibrary.com . 1996 02 27 . retrieved 2014 02 27 . star tribune 100 top minnesota companies ranked . startribune.com . 2013 05 18 . retrieved 2014 02 27 . company history . retrieved 2014 02 27 . aetrium inc. reuters.com . reuters.com . retrieved 2014 02 27 . atrm stock quote aetrium inc. stock price marketwatch . marketwatch . retrieved 2014 02 27 . aetrium inc. nyse atrm quotes & news google finance . google.com . retrieved 2014 02 27 . aetrium reports orders for multiple units of vmax ic handlers . globenewswire.com . 2013 11 21 . retrieved 2014 02 27 . cascade microtech acquires aetrium s reliability test products business press release . 2014 08 01 . retrieved 2016 05 21 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aetrium & oldid 721514619 categories companies established in 1982publicly traded companies of the united states1982 establishments in minnesotahidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from may 2016all articles with topics of unclear notabilityorphaned articles from february 2014all orphaned articlesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 may 2016 at 10 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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