worldwide products specialty chemicals for printed circuit boards ic substrates semiconductors and surface finishing industry number of employees around 4 000 end of 2012 website www.atotech.com atotech is an international speciality chemicals company a subsidiary of the french oil and gas company total s.a. with its main office in berlin germany . atotech provides specialty chemical processes and equipment for the printed circuit board ic substrate and semiconductor industries as well as the decorative and functional surface finishing industries . atotech operates in more than 40 countries with chemistry and equipment production sites in germany czech republic slovenia spain china korea taiwan singapore india japan usa canada mexico and brazil . in 2012 the company employed about 4 000 people . atotech was founded in 1993 when elfatochem merged its m & t harshaw operations with the electroplating division of schering ag . 1 2 major competitors of atotech are the us based companies enthone macdermid and the french company coventya . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit atotech originates from the schering ag . the roots of the schering galvanotechnik division can be dated back to 1895 when schering patented a process for leaching gold and silver by potassium cyanide . in 1901 the electroplating division came into existence and produced salt mixtures for storing metals brand name trisalyt . 3 in 1936 the electroplating division developed the first fast electrolyte copper trisalyt extra rapid as well as the world s first gloss surface bath brilliant . the success of these innovations led to the establishment of the first department for plant construction for electroplating . in 1951 schering ag started the electroplating division in feucht germany where atotech has its main equipment production site until today . in 1989 the electroplating division moved to a new location in berlin germany . 4 in 1993 schering ag sold its electroplating division to the french chemical company elf atochem . elfatochem merged its subsidiary m & t harshaw with the electroplating division from schering ag and founded atotech deutschland gmbh . after the establishment of plants and service centers in germany a manufacturing and service network in other european countries and asia and later in the americas followed . today atotech s core businesses are decorative and functional surface finishing and printed circuit boards and package substrates as well as the complementary fields of electronic materials and semiconductor technology . the company provides custom made integrated production systems and local service to its customers worldwide . products edit atotech provides specialty chemical processes and equipment for printed circuit board industry ic substrate industry semiconductor industry electronic materials decorative and functional surface finishing industry decorative coatings corrosion protection coatings electroless nickel hard chrome functional electronic coatings references edit http www.life sciences germany.com index term schering elf investment 199302 fse sch nyse shr 2001 12462.html http www.atotech.com en corporate the company.html trisalyte schering und ihre anwendung in der galvanotechnik . berlin schering kahlbaum ag . 1935 . schering broschure milestones company history dates and facts research development and production . schering ag . external links edit atotech corporate website total corporate website http siva sg.jobstreet.com siva11 company viewprofile.aspx token ju4ay4fvs23ajflmxta45x6tbrgz324h7nfwegnvet4 & rnd 59997718 & max 1 http www.smtnet.com company index.cfm fuseaction view company & component library listings & company id 53636 http engineering.case.edu atotech agreement http www.pcb007.com pages zone.cgi a 87386 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atotech & oldid 674335565 categories chemical companies of germany 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 deutschespa olfran ais italianoportugu s ti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 3 august 2015 at 07 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view