KLA Corporation

Employee size

501-1,000

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Allentown, PA

KLA Corporation makes the inspection, metrology and process-control systems that semiconductor manufacturers use to find defects, manage production and improve chip yield. Founded in 1976, the company has built more than 50 years of innovation around the electronics industry and now employs about 16,000 people across 18 regions. Its broadband plasma wafer-inspection line, introduced in 1984, has helped move defect discovery from manual checks to inline monitoring in chip fabs.

• KLA CorporationBuilt on more than 50 years of innovation, KLA Corporation develops and manufactures the inspection, metrology, process-control and analytics systems that semiconductor makers use to produce advanced chips. Its work spans the chip’s journey from wafer to finished device, with specialized measurement tools also serving fields such as biomedical manufacturing and materials research. KLA operates across 18 regions with approximately 16,000 employees and has traced its semiconductor process-control work to a pioneering mask-inspection tool introduced in 1975.FAIRPORT, NY
• KLA CorporationKLA Corporation develops and manufactures process-control and process-enabling equipment and analytics used in electronics manufacturing. Its tools support the production of semiconductors and related technologies, and the company identifies semiconductor manufacturing as a core area of its work. KLA says it has operated since 1976 and reports approximately 16,000 global employees.ALLENTOWN, PA
• Microtronic, IncFounded in 1994 by former Zeiss Semiconductor engineer Reiner Fenske, Microtronic designs and manufactures automated equipment for semiconductor wafer defect inspection, sorting, and metrology. Its U.S.-made EAGLEview platform grew from the company’s early inspection microscopes into high-throughput systems that create a full-color image of every wafer, with integrated software for analysis and process control. Based in New York, Microtronic serves semiconductor manufacturers and fabs worldwide and has received supplier awards from Lucent Technologies and Texas Instruments.HAWTHORNE, NY
• Lam Research CorporationFounded in January 1980 and headquartered in Fremont, California, Lam Research Corporation manufactures wafer-fabrication equipment and provides services to the semiconductor industry. Its equipment supports processes used to produce advanced chips, and the company reports global operations and approximately 19,700 employees in 2025.ALBANY, NY