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Park Systems Corp.
Native name
파크시스템스 주식회사
FormerlyPSIA (Korean: 피에스아이에이)
Company typePublic
KRX: 140860
FoundedApril 7, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-04-07)
FounderSang-il Park
Headquarters109 Gwanggyo-ro, Yeongtong-gu,
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Sang-il Park (chairman and CEO)
Products
RevenueIncrease KRW ₩175,059,840,000 (FY 2024)
Increase KRW ₩42,803,660,000 (FY 2024)
Number of employees
545 (including subsidiaries) (FY 2024)
Websitewww.parksystems.com

Park Systems Corp. (Korean: 파크시스템스 주식회사) is a South Korean manufacturer of scientific instruments. Park Systems is best known for its atomic force microscopes (AFM). The company is headquartered in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, with branch offices in the United States, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, and Switzerland.[1]

Park Systems was originally established as PSIA (Korean: 피에스아이에이) on April 7, 1997.[2][3] The company changed its name to Park Systems in 2007.[4]

History

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Pre-foundation

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Dr. Sang-il Park, the founder of Park Systems, was a doctoral student of Professor Calvin Quate at Stanford University. In 1986, while Park was working in Quate’s lab, Quate, Gerd Binnig, and Christoph Gerber achieved the first experimental implementation of atomic force microscopy (AFM).[5] After graduating from Stanford, Dr. Park founded Park Scientific Instruments (PSI) in 1988, a Silicon Valley manufacturer of atomic force microscopes.[6] Dr. Park returned to South Korea in 1997 after selling PSI to Thermo Electron.[7][8][9]

Company formation and early days

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On April 7, 1997,[2] PSIA was founded by Sang-il Park.[9] The "A" in PSIA stood for "Advanced," reflecting the company's goal of developing more advanced technology than PSI.[10] In its early days, PSIA relied on selling imported PSI products, but soon began developing and manufacturing industrial atomic force microscopes on its own.[7] In 2002, PSIA released XE-100, the first research AFM in Korea.[11] In 2006, PSIA moved its headquarters to Korea Advanced Nano Fab Center (KANC; Korean: 한국나노기술원).[9]

After changing name to Park Systems

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On April 6, 2007, PSIA changed its name to Park Systems, following its tenth anniversary.[4] On March 23, 2015, Park Systems and IMEC launched a joint development project (JDP) to develop industrial AFM technology for semiconductor manufacturing.[12] Later that year, on December 17, Park Systems went public on the KOSDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol KRX: 140860.[13] On February 17, 2020, the company launched a second joint development project with IMEC.[14]

On September 6, 2022, Park Systems announced its acquisition of Accurion GmbH, a German manufacturer of imaging spectroscopic ellipsometers and active vibration isolation tables.[15] In early 2025, Park Systems acquired Lyncée Tec, a Swiss manufacturer of digital holographic microscopes.[16]

Products

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Park Systems produces atomic force microscopes (AFM), imaging spectroscopic ellipsometers (ISE), active vibration isolation (AVI) tables,[17] and digital holographic microscopes (DHM).[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Locations". Park Systems website. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "140860.KR | Park Systems Corp. Company Profile & Executives - WSJ". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  3. ^ "[기술벤처를 찾아서] PSIA" [[Finding Technology Startups] PSIA]. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). February 24, 2002. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "PSIA 사명 '파크시스템스'로" [PSIA Changes Name to 'Park Systems']. The Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). April 3, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  5. ^ Binnig, G.; Quate, C. F.; Gerber, Ch. (1986). "Atomic Force Microscope". Physical Review Letters. 56 (9): 930–933. Bibcode:1986PhRvL..56..930B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.930. PMID 10033323.
  6. ^ "<97한미벤처포럼>실리콘밸리 무서운아이 前PSI 박상일 사장 - 인터뷰" [<97 Korean-American Venture Forum> Silicon Valley’s Enfant Terrible Sang-il Park, Former President of PSI]. The JoongAng (in Korean). April 6, 1997. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "[김상철 전문기자의 기업가 열전]<15>박상일 파크시스템스 대표" [[Specialty Journalist Kim Sang-chul’s Entrepreneurial Column]<15>Sang-il Park, Park Systems CEO]. The Dong-A Ilbo (in Korean). January 20, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  8. ^ "파크시스템스 "원자현미경만 27년 연구…중국·인도 법인 설립하겠다"" [Park Systems ”27 Years of Research on Atomic Force Microscopy… Will Establish Branch Offices in China and India”]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). December 7, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  9. ^ a b c "[Who Is ?] 박상일 파크시스템스 대표이사" [[Who Is ?] Sang-il Park, CEO of Park Systems]. Business Post (in Korean). November 21, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  10. ^ "PSIA 박상일 대표, 차세대 나노측정장비로 美 위협" [PSIA's President Sang-il Park Challenges the U.S. with Next Generation Nanometrology Equipment]. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). June 26, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  11. ^ "PSIA, 원자현미경 첫 국산화" [PSIA Becomes the First to Localize Atomic Force Microscopes]. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). February 19, 2002. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  12. ^ "파크시스템스, IMEC과 3D AFM 기반 나노계측기술 개발" [Park Systems to Develop 3D AFM-Based Nanometrology Technology with IMEC]. Money Today. March 23, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  13. ^ "1997년 설립… 국내 최초로 원자현미경 개발" [Established in 1997… First in the Country to Develop Atomic Force Microscopes]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). December 17, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  14. ^ "Imec signs JDP with Park Systems". Electronics Weekly. March 23, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  15. ^ "파크시스템스, 독일 첨단 계측장비사 '아큐리온' 인수" [Park Systems Acquires German High-tech Metrology Manufacturer Accurion] (in Korean). The Bell. September 7, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  16. ^ "파크시스템스, 스위스 '린시테크' 인수… 광학계측 사업 확장" [Park Systems Acquires Swiss Company Lyncée Tec… Expands on Optical Metrology] (in Korean). The Elec. January 7, 2025. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  17. ^ "Products". Park Systems website. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  18. ^ "LynceeTec - Digital Holographic Microscopy". Lyncée Tec website. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
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