Park Systems
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| Public | |
| Industry | Nanotechnology |
| Founded | April 7, 1997 (as PSIA Inc.) |
| Headquarters | Suwon, South Korea and Santa Clara, California, USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Dr.Sang-il Park (Founder), (CEO) & (Chairman) |
| Products |
Research AFMs Industrial AFMs |
Number of employees | Over 100 - Jan. 2010 |
| Website | ParkAFM.com |
Park Systems Corporation
Park Systems Corp. was founded as PSIA in 1997 by Dr. Sang-il Park, a co-founder of Park Scientific Instruments, one of the pioneers in developing commercialized AFM. PSIA changed its name to Park Systems to reflect the company’s focus on total metrological solutions and AFM and SPM (scanning probe microscopes) for both small and large-sample measurement, Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM) and Raman spectrometry. In addition, the company also offers an industrial product line that extends its innovative XE technology to a variety of metrological applications, including hard disk inspection, next-generation sliders, sidewall/overhang imaging and profiling, and semiconductors.
Product Lines
Park Systems' product lines are in two categories: A. Research Products: Park NX10, Park NX20, Park NX-Hivac, Park NX-Bio, Park XE7, Park XE15 B. Industrial Products: Park WAFER series, Park 3DM series, Park HDM series, Park PTR series
and Auto-AFM imaging software, Park SmartScan lets even inexperienced, untrained users produce high quality nanoscale imaging through simple clicks
Dr. Sang-il Park—Founder, Chairman and CEO of Park Systems
Dr. Park is the world-recognized leader and pioneer in AFM industry where he took the lead in commercializing the early AFM technology by founding Park Scientific Instruments (PSI) in California, where he served as the Chairman and CEO for 9 years (1988~1997). Prior to founding PSI, he worked with Prof. C.F. Quate at Stanford University, the birthplace of the AFM. His contribution to the AFM industry and business has been recognized by numerous awards, including Iron Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit (by Republic of Korea, 2005) and Industrial Technology Innovation Award (by Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Energy, Republic of Korea, 2004). He has authored numerous research papers, text books, and eighteen U.S. patents. He also serves as the Director of the Korean Nanotechnology Research Society, a member of the Nanotechnology Steering Committee at Korean Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Nanotechnology Information Committee at KISTI. Dr. Park has a Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford University and B.S. in physics from Seoul National University.
