VIENNA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IMS Nanofabrication AG (“IMS”) and JEOL Ltd. (“JEOL”) announced today that they have reached a long-term agreement to extend their business partnership for the production of the IMS MBMW-101, the world’s first commercial high-volume manufacturing Multi-Beam Mask Writer (MBMW). IMS manufactures a multi-beam write engine providing 262-thousand programmable beams of 50keV energy. JEOL provides a novel platform with an air-bearing vacuum stage for writing most advanced patterns on 6-inch mask blanks. Together, IMS and JEOL will supply the industry’s leading-edge photomask manufacturers with the MBMW-101.
