About Crossing Automation
About the Company
Crossing Automation, Inc. is a leading supplier of efficient, cost-effective front-end and back-end automation solutions and engineering services to high volume semiconductor equipment manufacturers. The company's unique approach to automation solutions enables its customers to shorten time to market, lower development cost and reduce total costs. Through its front-end and back-end automation solutions, Crossing achieves critical manufacturing flexibility for OEMs and IC manufacturers alike.
Company History
Crossing Automation, Inc., is a privately held company founded in 2003 and funded by Tallwood Ventures and Intel Capital, raising $15 million in its Series A round in 2005-2007 and $6.5 million in a B round in 2009. Crossing Automation designed and built an innovative and proprietary approach to automated vacuum wafer handling systems known as ExpressConnect, which it brought to market in early 2009. In August 2009, Crossing Automation acquired the atmospheric IP and related assets of the former Asyst Technologies, Inc., making it a complete supplier of atmospheric and vacuum wafer-level automation to the semiconductor and related manufacturing industries.