Dr. Franz Richter

Biography

Upon completion of his mechanical engineering studies at the University of Applied Sciences at Münster as well as Physics at the University Bielefeld and the University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Dr. Richter started out on his professional career at the research and development department at Carl Zeiss. In 1988 he moved on to the research and development of the Fraunhofer Institute. Following his professional activities as a scientist at the Carl Zeiss Group and the Fraunhofer Institute, he spent 14 years working for SUSS MicroTec, the last six of them as its CEO until 2004. During this time, the IPO took place and revenue grew beyond 200 million Euro. After serving as President of Semiconductor Equipment Division at Unaxis (now OC Oerlikon) in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, he set up Thin Materials AG and became its CEO in 2007. The company is engaged in the process development for the 3D chip integration and was successfully sold to Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.,Tokyo, in 2013. Today Dr. Richter serves as a member of the supervisory board of the stock listed Siltronic AG, Munich, Germany, the administrative board of Meyer Burger Technology AG, Gwatt, Switzerland and the COMET Holding AG, Flamatt, Switzerland. Additionally he is the president of the board of directors at Scint-X AB, Stockholm, Sweden. * As of September 7, 2016, appointed until September 6, 2019

Research Interest

Upon completion of his mechanical engineering studies at the University of Applied Sciences at Münster as well as Physics at the University Bielefeld and the University of Applied Science Darmstadt, Dr. Richter started out on his professional career at the research and development department at Carl Zeiss. In 1988 he moved on to the research and development of the Fraunhofer Institute. Following his professional activities as a scientist at the Carl Zeiss Group and the Fraunhofer Institute, he spent 14 years working for SUSS MicroTec, the last six of them as its CEO until 2004. During this time, the IPO took place and revenue grew beyond 200 million Euro. After serving as President of Semiconductor Equipment Division at Unaxis (now OC Oerlikon) in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, he set up Thin Materials AG and became its CEO in 2007. The company is engaged in the process development for the 3D chip integration and was successfully sold to Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.,Tokyo, in 2013. Today Dr. Richter serves as a member of the supervisory board of the stock listed Siltronic AG, Munich, Germany, the administrative board of Meyer Burger Technology AG, Gwatt, Switzerland and the COMET Holding AG, Flamatt, Switzerland. Additionally he is the president of the board of directors at Scint-X AB, Stockholm, Sweden. * As of September 7, 2016, appointed until September 6, 2019