no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2014 btu international inc. type subsidiary of amtech systems traded as nasdaq btui industry technology semiconductor equipment & materials founded 1950 headquarters north billerica massachusetts united states key people paul j. van der wansem chief executive officer president chairman peter j. tallian chief operating officer dec 31 2012 revenue 47.75 m sep 30 2013 1 website www.btu.com btu international inc. was set up in 1950 and now is based in north billerica massachusetts . the company focuses on thermal processing equipment for alternative energy and electronics such as semiconductor packaging solar cell manufacturing printed circuit board assembly and nuclear fuel processing . the company completes its assembly systems integration and testing at the facilities in north billerica massachusetts and shanghai china . 2 contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit btu international inc. was founded in 1950 in cambridge massachusetts producing small ovens for hospital laboratory and daily use . the company entered the semiconductor market making alloying furnaces in late 50 s. in 1972 btu moved to billerica massachusetts . the company entered photovoltaics market and shipped its first furnace for solar cells in 1985 . in 1989 btu became a publicly traded company on the nasdaq . in the early 90 s btu began to produce solder reflow related products and convections . it also produced the industry s first lead free reflow furnace . in 1995 btu hired its first direct employees in mainland china . the intellectual property portfolio of btu includes over 200 patents and patent applications . in 2003 the company acquired sagarus robotics corporation of tempe ariz a provider of advanced automated systems for the semiconductor packaging mems and sensor markets . 3 in 2006 btu acquired atmoplas technology and research team from data corporation . in the same year the company acquired the product line trademarks and other related assets of radiant technology corporation rtc . 4 products and services edit in the alternative energy market btu offers processing equipment for silicon and thin film photovoltaics meridian in line diffusion system spray coating systems rapid thermal processing furnaces supported by near infrared heating technology and walking beam and pusher systems for sintering nuclear fuel . in the electronics market the company s products are used in solder reflow and curing stages for surface mount applications such as connecting and sealing integrated circuits in wafer and dies level packaging such as the pyramax family of convection reflow systems flip chip reflow . 5 awards edit in november 2013 btu international inc. won the 2013 global technology award in the category of soldering equipment for its new dynamo . the product also win the 2013 em asia innovation award . 6 7 in june 2009 btu international won the industry choice international solar technology award . 8 references edit company key statistics . company business summary . btu international acquires sagarus robotics . company history . company full description . btu international picks up another award for the dynamo during productronica . btu international s dynamo collects its first industry award during nepcon china 2013 . btu international wins industry choice international solar technology award for its meridian in line diffusion system . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title btu international & oldid 740484261 categories defunct semiconductor companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in massachusettscompanies based in billerica massachusettscompanies formerly listed on nasdaqelectronics companies established in 1950technology companies disestablished in 20152015 disestablishments in massachusettsdefunct companies based in massachusettsamerican companies established in 1950hidden categories orphaned articles from march 2014all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 21 september 2016 at 10 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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