Experience future technologies today: ZEISS at the W3+ Fair in Wetzlar

• At the W3+ Fair on March 13 and 14, 2024 in Wetzlar, Germany, ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT) will talk about optical lithography and the next technological leap for the production of smaller, more powerful and more energy-efficient microchips
• With ist high-tech products, ZEISS SMT is driving forward global digitalization and the use of AI
• The company benefits from the optical expertise in Central Hesse as a business location
  

This year, the ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT) segment takes part in the W3+ Fair, which will take place from March 13 to 14, 2024, in the Buderus Arena in Wetzlar. ZEISS can be found at exhibition booth number A11 in the Buderus Arena and will also give a lecture on optical lithography and the next technological leap for the production of microchips on March 13 at 11 a.m.

Around 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are manufactured with optics from ZEISS SMT. For more than twenty years, the company in the optical and optoelectronic industry has been producing optics for DUV lithography (DUV stands for “deep ultraviolet light”) at its production site in Wetzlar, the “City of Optics”. “With our lithography optics, we enable chip manufacturers worldwide to produce microchips with nanometer precision,” explains Katrin Ariki, site manager of ZEISS SMT in Wetzlar. Thanks to the constantly growing demand in the market for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, there is a lot to do at ZEISS SMT in Wetzlar - and soon also in the multifunctional factory currently under construction in Wetzlar's Dillfeld, which will expand the production and development capacities by 12,000 square meters. ZEISS SMT is not only adding additional space for optics, coating and assembly, but is also hiring. “In order to advance the technologies of tomorrow, we are looking for skilled workers, especially in the areas of development and production,” says Ariki.

The company particularly benefits from the existing optics expertise in Hesse as well as the proximity to important research institutions such as the universities in Giessen, Marburg and Frankfurt. The intensive exchange with industry and association representatives is also important in order to master the challenges of the employer market. “Wetzlar and the Central Hesse region are enormously important for us as a technology company. That’s why we feel at home here and want to continue to grow,” explains Ariki.

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 11 a.m., Toralf Gruner, systems engineer at ZEISS SMT, will give a lecture on the topic “Another boost to lithographic resolution – from optical design to AI enabling chips” in the Buderus Arena Wetzlar. Gruner emphasizes: “We are already driving tomorrow’s technologies forward today. In this high-tech, promising environment, we offer exciting job and further training opportunities. We are therefore particularly looking forward to the exchange and networking at the W3+ Fair.”