QuantumClean, the provider of high-purity outsourced process tool parts, cleaning and surface treatment to the solar and LED industries , has acquired Advent Cleaning Technology, Inc. (Advent) semiconductor parts cleaning business located in Carrollton, Texas.

The acquisition enhances QuantumClean's regional cleaning capabilities and adds quartz fabrication and repair to QuantumClean's already extensive portfolio of semiconductor parts refurbishment services.

"We are pleased to acquire Advent Cleaning Technology, long-recognised in the industry for their strong customer orientation and quality focus. Advent is a perfect fit with QuantumClean's strategy to continually increase its value to its semiconductor wafer fabrication, OEM and OPM customers through the offering of greater capabilities and convenience," comments Scott Nicholas , CEO & President of Quantum Global Technologies, LLC.

"With the Advent acquisition, QuantumClean now operates fifteen Advanced Technology Cleaning Centers and three world class ChemTrace microcontamination analytical laboratories in seven countries employing nearly 1,000 employees dedicated to providing the industry's most technologically advanced high-purity semiconductor parts cleaning and analytical services," Nicholas continues.

ChemTrace is a reference analytical testing laboratory primarily serving the semiconductor, solar and related industries by providing answers and solutions to its customers' micro-contamination related issues.