Nikon Precision Inc., located in Belmont, California, and Nikon Precision Europe GmbH, headquartered in Langen, Germany, are wholly owned subsidiaries of Nikon Corporation. Our 900 employees provide sales, service and customer support for Nikon photolithography systems.
Established in 1917, Nikon Corporation has been one of the world’s leading optical companies for almost 90 years. With decades of experience as a manufacturer of optical lenses and precision equipment, Nikon developed the world’s first production-worthy step-and-repeat photolithography tool in 1980, the NSR-1010G. Since then, over half of all the integrated circuits ever printed have been manufactured on more than 50 models of Nikon steppers and scanners. Today, Nikon is the leading global supplier of step-and-repeat and step-and-scan lithography systems.
Nikon photolithography systems span the range of resolutions required by today’s IC manufacturers. From high-throughput 280 nm i-line steppers to advanced immersion ArF 45 nm scanners, Nikon delivers superior performance with the lowest cost of ownership and the most comprehensive customer support of any manufacturer.
As part of our commitment to provide world-class training to our customers, in 2005 Nikon opened the Worldwide Training Center in Belmont to meet the increasing global demand for lithography training in English. The WTC features the latest computer-based training technologies and a cleanroom for sub-90 nm lithography applications.