Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. · Fort Washington, PA United States ·(NASDAQ (GM): KLIC)

"Some assembly required" is music to Kulicke and Soffa Industries' ears. Kulicke and Soffa (K&S) is the world's top supplier of assembly equipment for the semiconductor industry. Its die bonders and wire bonders use fine wires to connect an integrated circuit to its package leads, thereby completing the chip's electrical circuit. K&S also makes semiconductor packaging materials and other chip assembly equipment. The company sells its products to such contractors and chip makers as Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Amkor, STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments. Customers in Asia account for most of the company's sales. To read the full description, subscribe now.