Metara — a pioneer and technology leader in the emerging inline chemical metrology arena — is focused on helping the global semiconductor industry monitor and control chemical processes. The company’s breakthrough technology enables chipmakers to continuously monitor the composition of their critical process chemistries so that they can a) optimize process results in critical steps, such as copper plating, and b) detect and prevent contaminants that can result in process defects and yield loss.

Metara’s inline mass spectrometer (ILMS) technology is an intelligent solution that provides accurate, real-time measurement and analysis of process chemistries, determining chemical composition and potential yield- or process-limiting contaminants from in-process inputs rather than post-defect outputs.

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, the company maintains sales, service and distribution facilities throughout the world.