Park Systems
{{Short description|South Korean scientific instrument manufacturer}}
{{Orphan|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Park Systems Corp.
| logo = File:Park Systems Logo.jpg
| logo_alt = Park Systems logo
| native_name = 파크시스템스 주식회사
| native_name_lang = ko
| former_name = PSIA ({{langx|ko|피에스아이에이}})
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{kosdaq|140860}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=no|1997|04|07}}
| founder = Sang-il Park
| hq_location = 109 Gwanggyo-ro, Yeongtong-gu
| hq_location_city = Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
| hq_location_country = South Korea
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Sang-il Park (chairman and CEO)
| products = {{flatlist|
- Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
- Imaging spectroscopic ellipsometer (ISE)
- Active vibration isolation table (AVI)
- Digital holographic microscope (DHM)
}}
| revenue = {{increase}} KRW {{KRW|link=yes|175,059,840,000}}
| revenue_year = FY 2024
| profit = {{increase}} KRW {{KRW|42,803,660,000}}
| profit_year = FY 2024
| num_employees = 545 {{small|(including subsidiaries)}}
| num_employees_year = FY 2024
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.parksystems.com}}
}}
Park Systems Corp. ({{langx|ko|파크시스템스 주식회사}}) is a South Korean manufacturer of scientific instruments. Park Systems is best known for its atomic force microscopes (AFM). The company is headquartered in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, with branch offices in the United States, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, and Switzerland.{{cite web|url=https://www.parksystems.com/en/company/locations|title=Locations|website=Park Systems website|access-date=April 3, 2025}}
Park Systems was originally established as PSIA ({{langx|ko|피에스아이에이}}) on April 7, 1997.{{cite news|date=February 24, 2002|title=[기술벤처를 찾아서] PSIA|url=https://www.khan.co.kr/article/200202241959011|trans-title=[Finding Technology Startups] PSIA|newspaper=Kyunghyang Shinmun|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}} The company changed its name to Park Systems in 2007.{{cite news|date=April 3, 2007|title=PSIA 사명 '파크시스템스'로|url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1HMRINRP43|trans-title=PSIA Changes Name to 'Park Systems'|newspaper=The Seoul Economic Daily|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}}
History
=Pre-foundation=
Dr. Sang-il Park, the founder of Park Systems, was a doctoral student of Professor Calvin Quate at Stanford University. In 1986, while Park was working in Quate’s lab, Quate, Gerd Binnig, and Christoph Gerber achieved the first experimental implementation of atomic force microscopy (AFM).{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.930|title = Atomic Force Microscope|year = 1986|last1 = Binnig|first1 = G.|last2 = Quate|first2 = C. F.|last3 = Gerber|first3 = Ch.|journal = Physical Review Letters|volume = 56|issue = 9|pages = 930–933|pmid = 10033323|bibcode = 1986PhRvL..56..930B|doi-access = free}} After graduating from Stanford, Dr. Park founded Park Scientific Instruments (PSI) in 1988, a Silicon Valley manufacturer of atomic force microscopes.{{cite news|date=April 6, 1997|title=<97한미벤처포럼>실리콘밸리 무서운아이 前PSI 박상일 사장 - 인터뷰|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/3445850|trans-title=<97 Korean-American Venture Forum> Silicon Valley’s Enfant Terrible Sang-il Park, Former President of PSI|newspaper=The JoongAng|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}} Dr. Park returned to South Korea in 1997 after selling PSI to Thermo Electron.{{cite news|date=January 20, 2016|title=[김상철 전문기자의 기업가 열전]<15>박상일 파크시스템스 대표|url= https://www.donga.com/news/Economy/article/all/20160106/75747655/1|trans-title=[Specialty Journalist Kim Sang-chul’s Entrepreneurial Column]<15>Sang-il Park, Park Systems CEO|newspaper=The Dong-A Ilbo|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}}{{cite news|date=December 7, 2015|title=파크시스템스 "원자현미경만 27년 연구…중국·인도 법인 설립하겠다"|url= https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/12/17/2015121700871.html|trans-title=Park Systems ”27 Years of Research on Atomic Force Microscopy… Will Establish Branch Offices in China and India”|newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}}{{cite news|date=November 21, 2024|title=[Who Is ?] 박상일 파크시스템스 대표이사|url=https://www.businesspost.co.kr/BP?command=article_view&num=373621 |trans-title=[Who Is ?] Sang-il Park, CEO of Park Systems|newspaper=Business Post|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}}
=Company formation and early days=
On April 7, 1997,{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/KR/XKRX/140860/company-people|title=140860.KR | Park Systems Corp. Company Profile & Executives - WSJ|website=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=April 3, 2025}} PSIA was founded by Sang-il Park. The "A" in PSIA stood for "Advanced," reflecting the company's goal of developing more advanced technology than PSI.{{cite news|date=June 26, 2006|title= PSIA 박상일 대표, 차세대 나노측정장비로 美 위협|url= https://www.mk.co.kr/news/all/4041016|trans-title=PSIA's President Sang-il Park Challenges the U.S. with Next Generation Nanometrology Equipment|newspaper=Maeil Business Newspaper|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}} In its early days, PSIA relied on selling imported PSI products, but soon began developing and manufacturing industrial atomic force microscopes on its own. In 2002, PSIA released XE-100, the first research AFM in Korea.{{cite news|date=February 19, 2002|title=PSIA, 원자현미경 첫 국산화|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/all/2707184|trans-title=PSIA Becomes the First to Localize Atomic Force Microscopes|newspaper=Maeil Business Newspaper|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}} In 2006, PSIA moved its headquarters to Korea Advanced Nano Fab Center (KANC; {{langx|ko|한국나노기술원}}).
=After changing name to Park Systems=
On April 6, 2007, PSIA changed its name to Park Systems, following its tenth anniversary. On March 23, 2015, Park Systems and IMEC launched a joint development project (JDP) to develop industrial AFM technology for semiconductor manufacturing.{{cite news|date=March 23, 2015|title=파크시스템스, IMEC과 3D AFM 기반 나노계측기술 개발|url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2015032313202667787|trans-title=Park Systems to Develop 3D AFM-Based Nanometrology Technology with IMEC|newspaper=Money Today|access-date=April 3, 2025}} Later that year, on December 17, Park Systems went public on the KOSDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol {{kosdaq|140860}}.{{cite news|date=December 17, 2015|title=1997년 설립… 국내 최초로 원자현미경 개발|url=https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/12/17/2015121700158.html |trans-title=Established in 1997… First in the Country to Develop Atomic Force Microscopes|newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}} On February 17, 2020, the company launched a second joint development project with IMEC.{{cite news|date=March 23, 2020|title=Imec signs JDP with Park Systems|url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/imec-signs-jdp-park-systems-2020-03/|publisher=Electronics Weekly|access-date=April 3, 2025}}
On September 6, 2022, Park Systems announced its acquisition of Accurion GmbH, a German manufacturer of imaging spectroscopic ellipsometers and active vibration isolation tables.{{cite news|date=September 7, 2022|title=파크시스템스, 독일 첨단 계측장비사 '아큐리온' 인수|url=https://www.thebell.co.kr/free/content/ArticleView.asp?key=202209061546484640108560|trans-title=Park Systems Acquires German High-tech Metrology Manufacturer Accurion|publisher=The Bell|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}} In early 2025, Park Systems acquired Lyncée Tec, a Swiss manufacturer of digital holographic microscopes.{{cite news|date=January 7, 2025|title=파크시스템스, 스위스 '린시테크' 인수… 광학계측 사업 확장|url= https://www.thelec.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=32154|trans-title=Park Systems Acquires Swiss Company Lyncée Tec… Expands on Optical Metrology|publisher=The Elec|access-date=April 3, 2025|language=ko}}
Products
Park Systems produces atomic force microscopes (AFM), imaging spectroscopic ellipsometers (ISE), active vibration isolation (AVI) tables,{{cite web|url=https://www.parksystems.com/en/products|title=Products|website=Park Systems website|access-date=April 3, 2025}} and digital holographic microscopes (DHM).{{cite web|url=https://www.lynceetec.com|title=LynceeTec - Digital Holographic Microscopy|website= Lyncée Tec website|access-date=April 3, 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.parksystems.com}}
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