Organization
The SUSS MicroTec Group is a leading supplier of equipment and process solutions for microstructuring applications with 75 years of engineering experience.
Our portfolio covers a comprehensive range of products and solutions for backend lithography, wafer bonding and photomask processing.
The production of memory chips, cameras for mobile phones or tire pressure sensors – the equipment solutions of SUSS MicroTec are applied within a wide variety of manufacturing processes for applications of daily or industrial use. Customers in the semiconductor industry and related markets like Advanced Packaging, MEMS and LED appreciate our comprehensive experience in wafer processing. This makes us a valuable partner for high-volume production as well as for research and development.
Product Portfolio
Our portfolio covers a comprehensive range of products and solutions for backend lithography, wafer bonding, and photomask processing.
Management
Management Board
Burkhardt Frick
Chief Executive Officer
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Professional career
Burkhardt Frick (born 1965) has more than 30 years experience in the high-tech industry. Before his appointment to the Management Board of SUSS MicroTec in September 2023, he had worked for the leading global semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML since 2014. As the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain, he was initially responsible for purchasing and strategic partnerships with some of the company’s most important suppliers. Since 2021, as the Vice President of Corporate Marketing, he has supported the Management Board with the long-term product and market strategy. Between 1994 and 2014, Burkhardt Frick served in various management positions in Philips' mobile display and semiconductor business, with stations of several years each in the USA and Hong Kong. Specifically, he led strategic marketing and sales organizations and most recently served as a member of the Management Board of Assembléon, a former Philips subsidiary. Burkhardt Frick lived in Asia and the USA for many years and has an excellent network in the sales markets that are most important for SUSS MicroTec.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany: None
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises: None
Member of the Management Board since September 11, 2023. Currently appointed to the Management Board until September 10, 2026.
Dr. Cornelia Ballwießer
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
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Professional career
Prior to her appointment to the Management Board of SUSS MicroTec SE, Dr. Cornelia Ballwießer was most recently a member of the Executive Board and CFO of PWO AG, a mobility industry company listed in the Deutsche Boerse’s Prime Standard segment. There, between November 2020 and June 2023, she was responsible for finance, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, purchasing, IT, legal, compliance, and corporate governance. She served in various management roles in the automotive supply industry starting in 2001. She was responsible for controlling, accounting and corporate planning throughout the Group at LEONI AG, most recently as Senior Vice President for Corporate Planning and Corporate Accounting, before moving to the position of Managing Director and CFO at Hirschmann Car Communication GmbH. Ballwießer began her career at VIAG AG in Munich in 1995 and took charge of its corporate accounting activities in 1998. She studied business administration at Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet of Wuerzburg, where she worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Auditing and Consulting and completed her academic career with a doctorate in 1996.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany: None
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises: None
Member of the Management Board since July 1, 2023. Currently appointed to the Management Board until June 30, 2026.
Dr. Thomas Rohe
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
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Professional career
Before his Ph.D. as Dr. Ing. at the University of Stuttgart in 2001, Thomas Rohe (born 1966) studied Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt. In 2009 and 2010 he completed an MBA course at the Universities of Augsburg and Pittsburgh (USA). Thomas Rohe began his professional career in 1994 at the Fraunhofer Institute ICT. In 2001, he joined the industry at Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, where he was initially responsible for developing wafer scanner optics as a product manager. In 2005, he became head of the LIT-TM Technology Mechatronics department. From 2007 to 2014, he also worked for companies of the Carl Zeiss Group as Business Unit Manager and, most recently, as Senior Director of Operations in the Electron Microscopy Business Unit. He then assumed the position of Executive Board member and COO of Prueftechnik Dieter Busch AG, which was sold to the American Fortive Group and its subsidiary Fluke, respectively, in July 2019. Thomas Rohe has a high level of understanding of technology and manufacturing and relevant industry experience.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany: None
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises: None
Member of the Management Board since May 1, 2021. Currently appointed to the Management Board until April 30, 2027.
Supervisory Board
Dr. David Robert Dean
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
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Member of the following committees
- Personal-/ and Nomination Committee (Chairman)
- Audit Committee
Professional career
For more than 30 years, Dr. Dean has successfully worked at the executive level with global technology companies on their strategy and business development. After Master's and Doctoral degrees in physics and theoretical nuclear physics, he started his academic career before moving to the Boston Consulting Group in 1985. Between 1994 and 2013, Dr. Dean was a partner (from 2002 as Senior Partner) in the Technology & Telecoms Practice of The Boston Consulting Group and held worldwide responsibility for this business between 2000 and 2006; between 2006 and 2013, he was active as senior partner. Since 2014, he has acted as an independent management consultant and member of various international supervisory bodies, and he regularly deals with the financial matters of the respective companies. These include accounting issues, risk management, annual and consolidated financial statements and corresponding discussions with the auditors.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany: None
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises: Axiata Group Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (stock listed), Member of the Board of Directors, also a member of Audit Committee and Chairman of Risk & Compliance Committee
Member and Chairman of the Supervisory Board since May 20, 2020. Elected until the AGM 2026.
Dr. Myriam Jahn
Vice Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board
Personal Data
Member of the following committees
- ESG Committee (Chairwoman)
- Personal-/ and Nomination Committee
Professional career
Dr. Myriam Jahn brings her diverse technical, sales, and M&A experience to the Supervisory Board of SUSS MicroTec SE: An academic business graduate and M.Sc. in electrical engineering with a doctorate in business informatics, and she began her career in 1994 as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in Düsseldorf. For 14 years, she worked for the ifm Group, a leading sensor technology company and thus a customer of the semiconductor industry. Most recently, Dr. Jahn was a member of the executive board of TiSC AG here and was responsible for the sales division. After two years at q.beyond AG, an IT company specializing in digitization for medium-sized businesses, Dr. Jahn headed the Possehl Group's digitization business unit (Possehl Digital GmbH) as Managing Director and CEO until the end of 2023.
Further mandates
- AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG, Müllheim (member of the Advisory Board)
- PVA TePla AG, Wettenberg (member of the Supervisory Board)
Member of the Supervisory Board and Vice Chairwoman since May 20, 2017. Elected until the AGM 2026.
Dr. Bernd Schulte
Member of the Supervisory Board
Personal Data
Member of the following committees
- Audit Committee
Professional career
Dr. Bernd Schulte was a member of the Management Board of AIXTRON SE in Herzogenrath until March 2021. Since 2017 he has been responsible for research and development, procurement, investor relations and communication, corporate governance, environment, social and governance, compliance, and risk management. He started his academic career by studying physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 1983. In 1993 he received his Ph.D. in Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt. From 2002 to 2017, Dr. Schulte worked as COO in the AIXTRON Management Board. From October 2022 until September 2023, he worked as interim CEO at SUSS MicroTec SE before returning to the Supervisory Board as planned on September 11, 2023.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany: None
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises: None
Member of the Supervisory Board since November 6, 2020. Elected until the AGM 2026, interruption of Supervisory Board mandate from October 17, 2022, to September 10, 2023, as interim Management Board member for SUSS MicroTec.
Jan Smits
Member of the Supervisory Board
Personal Data
Member of the following committees
- Personal-/ and Nomination Committee
- Audit Committee
- ESG Committee
Professional career
A graduate mechanical engineer, he began his career in contract research at Eindhoven University of Technology (1980-1983). After a year as Technical Manager at Konings N.V., he moved to Philips Electronics. There he was responsible for designing, constructing, and installing various development and production facilities from 1983 to 1997. In 1997, he started working at ASML Holding N.V., holding various management positions for 22 years. From 2016 until his retirement in 2019, he served as Executive Vice President of Strategic Sourcing & Procurement. Before that, Jan Smits was Head of the Business Unit "Deep UV" Lithography at ASML and responsible for EUV Sources.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany: None
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises: None
Member of the Supervisory Board since May 20, 2020. Elected until the AGM 2025.
Prof. Dr. Mirja Steinkamp
Member of the Supervisory Board
Personal Data
Member of the following committees
- Audit Committee (Chairwoman)
- ESG Committee
Professional career
Prof. Dr. Mirja Steinkamp is a tax consultant, certified public accountant, and auditing and corporate accounting professor at the HAW (University of Applied Sciences) in Hamburg. She worked as an audit manager at the international auditing company Ernst & Young GmbH for several years. Then she spent 14 years as an authorized signatory and manager at a global trading company. Since 2022, Mirja Steinkamp has been a lecturer at Interfin Forum GmbH, which offers the courses “Qualified Member of the Supervisory Board” and “Member of the Audit Committee/Financial Expert.”
Mirja Steinkamp has many years of experience as Chairwoman of the Audit Committee and Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Boards of listed and unlisted companies. As an auditor, tax consultant and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee, she has particular knowledge and experience in the application of accounting principles in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB), the German Income Tax Act (EStG) and IFRS, the audit of internal control and risk management systems (including compliance management system), and the audit of sustainability reporting.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- Basler AG, Ahrensburg, Member of the Supervisory Board (Chairwoman of the Audit Committee)
- BarthHaas GmbH & Co. KG, Nuremberg, Member of the Supervisory Board (Vice Chairwoman; Chairwoman of the Audit Committee)
- Hochtief AG, Essen, Member of the Supervisory Board (Member of the Audit Committee)
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises: None
Member of the Supervisory Board since March 10, 2022. Elected until the AGM 2026.
Competence Profile
Implementation of the Competency Profile (incl. Diversity Concept) | |||||
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Length of Membership | Dr. Dean | Dr. Jahn | Dr. Schulte | Jan Smits | Prof. Steinkamp |
Member since | 2020 | 2017 | 2020 | 2020 | 2022 |
Elected until | 2026 | 2026 | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 |
Diversity | Dr. Dean | Dr. Jahn | Dr. Schulte | Jan Smits | Prof. Steinkamp |
Year of Birth | 1958 | 1968 | 1962 | 1954 | 1970 |
Gender | male | female | male | male | female |
Nationality | british / german | german | german | dutch | german |
Educational Background | PhD Physics | PhD Business Administration | PhD Physics | Master's Degree Engineering | Professor for Corporate Accounting and Auditing |
Skill Profile | Dr. Dean | Dr. Jahn | Dr. Schulte | Jan Smits | Prof. Steinkamp |
Integrity and assumption of ethical responsibility | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ |
Business or operational understanding of business models in and outside the semiconductor market | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ |
Commitment | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ |
Analytical and systematic thinking as well as vision | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ |
Openness to new ideas and innovative thinking | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ |
Negotiation and reasoning skills | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ |
Social skills | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ |
Team player, especially given the need for interdisciplinary collaboration | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ |
Appreciation of cultural diversity | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ |
Independence | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ |
Qualification Matrix | Dr. Dean | Dr. Jahn | Dr. Schulte | Jan Smits | Prof. Steinkamp |
Experience at the senior level of a technology company in a medium-sized and international environment, preferably C-level at a listed company | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | |
Experience in the semiconductor market and semiconductor equipment market from a customer and technology perspective | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ |
International leadership and customer experience with a focus on the main sales markets of SUSS MicroTec SE in Asia | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | |
Experience in strategy development, execution, and resulting transformation processes in rapidly changing markets | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ |
Information technology: Solid digitalization expertise, particularly in the development of Company processes | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Research and development: In-depth expertise in product digitalization and innovation | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ||
Market: Extensive experience and expertise in sales, marketing, and after-sales service in the international machinery and plant engineering business | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | |
Operations: Profound expertise in production, supply chains, and quality management in the international machinery and plant engineering business | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ||
Human Resources: Experience and expertise in international human resources planning and leadership, talent management, and organizational development | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Accounting: Special knowledge and experience in the application of accounting principles and internal control and risk management systems as well as in financial reporting and non-financial reporting or sustainability reporting | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | Auditing: Special knowledge and experience in auditing financial statements and auditing non-financial and sustainability reporting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
Internal control systems: Expertise in corporate planning, corporate management, internal auditing and compliance and risk management, particularly with regard to risks which relate to digitalization, such as cyber risks. | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
Corporate finance: Experience in connection with listed companies, capital markets as well as M&A and the underlying legal framework | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
Law: National and international legal and regulatory framework for Company processes and products | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ||
Experience in target and implementation in environmental issues, in particular greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and circular economy, in products and processes, proven knowledge of the associated standards (environment) | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ |
Experience in target and implementation in social and socio-political issues, in particular employee satisfaction and employer branding (social) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ |
Experience in supervisory and committee work, knowledge of relevant CSR, GCGC and other corporate governance standards, in particular in connection with compliance and risk management and responsible supply chain (governance) | ✓✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
Dr. Dean | Dr. Jahn | Dr. Schulte | Jan Smits | Prof. Steinkamp |
Key Figures
in € million | 2023* | 2022* | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
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Business Development | |||||
Order Intake | 420.5 | 411.0 | 337.0 | 281.1 | 219.3 |
Order Book as of Dec 31 | 452.5 | 335.4 | 193.9 | 120.1 | 93.2 |
Total Sales | 304.3 | 260.0 | 263.4 | 252.1 | 213.8 |
Gross Profit | 103.9 | 100.6 | 94.2 | 83.7 | 49.7 |
Gross Profit Margin | 34.1 % | 38.7 % | 35.8 % | 33.2 % | 23.2 % |
Cost of Sales | 200.4 | 159.3 | 169.2 | 168.4 | 164.1 |
Research and Development Costs | 31.3 | 28.7 | 22.1 | 19.8 | 20.2 |
EBITDA | 34.7 | 37.4 | 29.6 | 28.2 | -5.2 |
EBITDA Margin | 11.4 % | 14.4 % | 11.2 % | 11.2 % | -2.4 % |
EBIT | 27.8 | 31.5 | 22.6 | 20.4 | -13.8 |
EBIT Margin | 9.1 % | 12.1 % | 8.6 % | 8.1 % | -6.5 % |
Net Income (Earnings after taxes) | 17.3 | 23.3 | 16.0 | 12.4 | -16.3 |
Earnings per Share (basic) | 0.91 | 1.22 | 0.86 | 0.65 | -0.85 |
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow | |||||
Equity | 176.6 | 177.7 | 156.9 | 136.5 | 125.4 |
Equity Ratio | 47.8 % | 50.3 % | 56.2 % | 59.0 % | 62.7 % |
ROCE (Return on Capital Employed) | 17.5 % | 23.6 % | 14.0 % | 12.9 % | |
Balance Sheet Total | 369.7 | 353.2 | 279.2 | 231.4 | 199.9 |
Net Cash | 32.8 | 41.3 | 33.8 | 20.3 | -18.0 |
Free Cash Flow | 7,9 | 17,0 | 14,7 | 44,0 | -36,9 |
Further Key Figures | |||||
Capital Expenditure | 4,6 | 4,1 | 9,6 | 11,3 | 6,1 |
Capital Expenditure in Percent of Sales | 1,5 % | 1,6 % | 3,6 % | 4,5 % | 2,9 % |
Depreciation | 6,9 | 5,9 | 7,1 | 7,8 | 8,6 |
Employees as of December 31 | 1.207 | 1.091 | 1.178 | 1.009 | 937 |
in € million | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
*without SUSS MicroOptics |
Locations
SUSS MicroTec SE and its subsidiaries form an international corporation that manufactures and sells products in the field of microsystems technology and microelectronics. Production is concentrated at facilities in Garching and Sternenfels in Germany and in Hsinchu in Taiwan.
The products are distributed through the production sites as well as through independent distributors in the USA, The Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, China, and Korea.
In countries in which SUSS MicroTec has no subsidiaries, our international presence is supported by a network of SUSS representatives.
Production Sites
Garching | Germany
The headquarters of SUSS MicroTec is located in Garching, a university city in the northern part of the district of Munich. SUSS MicroTec benefits from ideal infrastructure with an international airport close by, as well as direct access to the A9 motorway and excellent rail connections. In addition to the company headquarters, the development and production facilities of SUSS Mask Aligners, alignment and exposure equipment for lithographic applications, are also located in Garching.
Sternenfels | Germany
SUSS MicroTec’s largest production facility in Sternenfels accommodates three product lines, Coater/Developer, Wafer Bonder and Photomask Equipment, under one roof. The Sternenfels premises, in the prosperous and scenic region between Karlsruhe and Stuttgart, meet the latest demands for development, production and management structures.
Hsinchu | Taiwan
The SUSS MicroTec facility in Taiwan consists of an office and a production area. It is located in the state-funded Science Park in Hsinchu, one of the world's most important centers for semiconductor manufacturing as well as industrial and computer technology development. The facility covers an area of 4,800 square meters, of which 2,900 square meters consist of a cleanroom area, including storage. The primary activity will be production and delivery of the majority of SUSS ACS200 and ACS300 coaters/developers. In addition, UV projection scanner systems are designed and manufactured at this site.
History
- 1940s & 50s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s