references to primary sources . please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message park systems corporation type public industry nanotechnology founded april 7 1997 as psia inc. headquarters suwon south korea and santa clara california usa area served worldwide key people dr.sang il park founder ceo & chairman products research afms industrial afms number of employees over 100 jan. 2010 website parkafm.com contents 1 park systems corporation 2 product lines 3 dr. sang il park founder chairman and ceo of park systems 4 external links park systems corporation edit park systems corp. was founded as psia in 1997 by dr. sang il park a co founder of park scientific instruments one of the pioneers in developing commercialized afm . psia changed its name to park systems to reflect the company s focus on total metrological solutions and afm and spm scanning probe microscopes for both small and large sample measurement near field scanning optical microscopy nsom and raman spectrometry . in addition the company also offers an industrial product line that extends its innovative xe technology to a variety of metrological applications including hard disk inspection next generation sliders sidewall overhang imaging and profiling and semiconductors . park systems headquarter in suwon south korea product lines edit park systems major product lines include research products xe bio xe nsom xe 70 xe 100 xe 120 xe 150 xe 200 industrial products xe hdm xe ptr xe wafer xe 3dm xe lcd dr. sang il park founder chairman and ceo of park systems edit dr. park is the world recognized leader and pioneer in afm industry where he took the lead in commercializing the early afm technology by founding park scientific instruments psi in california where he served as the chairman and ceo for 9 years 1988 1997 . prior to founding psi he worked with prof. c.f. quate at stanford university the birthplace of the afm . his contribution to the afm industry and business has been recognized by numerous awards including iron tower order of industrial service merit by republic of korea 2005 and industrial technology innovation award by minister of commerce industry and energy republic of korea 2004 . he has authored numerous research papers text books and eighteen u.s. patents . he also serves as the director of the korean nanotechnology research society a member of the nanotechnology steering committee at korean ministry of science and technology and the nanotechnology information committee at kisti . dr. park has a ph.d. in applied physics from stanford university and b.s. in physics from seoul national university . park systems global sales & service channel external links edit park systems corps . global site park systems afm company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title park systems & oldid 500840114 categories nanotechnology companieshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from january 2010all articles lacking reliable references 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 5 july 2012 at 19 20 . 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