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With the start of the new fiscal year 2025/2026, the long-standing cooperation between Bertrandt and ZEISS SMT will be further intensified. Bertrandt has achieved the status of “Strategic Partner” within the SUCCESS development program (Supply Chain Cooperation Enhances SMT’s Strategy). This strategic partnership represents the successful transfer of cross-industry expertise into the semiconductor equipment industry and sets new standards in the professionalization and development of collaboration models and technologies.
“By combining and continuously developing our engineering expertise and cross-industry know-how, we can significantly advance our partner’s roadmap. Our advantage is that we offer scalable solutions including hardware deliveries. In addition, we have been working with ZEISS SMT in a trusting relationship for over 15 years. Together, we have already successfully established many products in the market,” says Ulrich Spiller, Head of Technical Sales at Bertrandt.
“The appointment of Bertrandt as a strategic partner is the result of a long-standing and trusting collaboration,” says Dr. Jaane Seehusen, Head of Supply Chain Management at ZEISS SMT. “Strong partnerships and reliable supply chains are crucial in our dynamic and high-tech semiconductor industry.”
The ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology division covers various key processes in microchip production with its product portfolio and world-leading expertise. Its products include semiconductor manufacturing optics – such as lithography optics, photomask systems, and process control solutions for the semiconductor industry. Thanks to ZEISS technologies, microchips are becoming increasingly smaller, more powerful, energy-efficient, and cost-effective.
About Bertrandt
Through our development performance, we accelerate technological progress and make a relevant contribution to a sustainable future. We are an independent and international development service provider with many years of automotive expertise. With cross-industry know-how and a holistic understanding of systems and products, we create technological solutions along the entire value chain. We deal with a focus on trend topics such as digitalization, e-mobility and autonomous systems, mainly for the automotive, aerospace and mechanical engineering sectors, and consistently facilitate the development of tailored solutions in these areas. We work on this every day – with around 13,000 employees at over 50 sites worldwide.
