About scia Systems

The company was founded 2013 in partnership with the VON ARDENNE GmbH from Dresden and is located in Chemnitz, Germany. As manufacturer of precise surface processing equipment, based on advanced ion beam and plasma technologies, scia Systems established itself in a very short time on the worldwide market. Our customers are companies and research institutes, mainly in the field of microelectronics, MEMS and precision optics manufacturing.

scia Systems stands for highly reliable equipment to meet expectations for today and the future. To ensure our high standards, we work closely with our customers to optimize tool performance and meet the future roadmap requirements. To ensure an optimum and individual customer support scia Systems built up a worldwide network of local sales and service partners.

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Range of Services

System Design
New design or adaption of standard systems in design and/or process

Manufacturing
In-house core components manufacturing and usage of high quality standard components

Software Development
Easy to use GUI and worldwide remote access support

Research & Development
Own department for process optimization and support

Service & Support
Training, maintenance, spare parts and retrofits

New Presentation: Reactive Ion Beam Etching of PIC Materials with High Optical Performance

Susanne Hartmann's presentation at the Photonics Spectra Integrated Photonics Summit 2026 discusses the typical challenges associated with ion beam etching and explains how our technology addresses sidewall effects such as footing, fencing, and trenching in thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) processing, thereby enabling lower optical losses in photonic integrated circuits.

 

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Reactive Ion Beam Etching of Lithium Niobate for Photonic Integrated Circuits

Memberships

Memberships in research and industry associations generate synergistic effects by exchanging and increasing of know-how. Therefor scia Systems is member of the following associations:

EFDS

European Society of Thin Films

SEMI

Industry Association for Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International

SEMI FOA

Fab Owners Alliance

SAWLab Saxony

The scientific network for acoustoelectronics!

SPIE

International society for optics and photonics.
 

Inplas

Network of Competence of Industrial Plasma Surface Technology

Certified

We are certified according to EN ISO 9001:2015.