Milestones

2007 Three customer areas: sensors, semiconductors and technology
2007 Expansion of Vantaa plant in Finland
2006 Sales office Okmetic K.K. founded in Japan
2005 Silicon carbide technology industrialized in Sweden
2001 SOI wafer production line started
2000 Okmetic IPO on the Helsinki Stock Exchange
1999 Okmetic Inc. epitaxial wafer plant founded in Texas, USA
1997 Start of new crystal and wafer plant in Vantaa, Finland
1996 Epitaxial wafer production line started
1996 Export Award granted by the President of Finland
1994 Volume production of sensor wafers
 1987 First crystal and wafer plant started in Espoo, Finland
1985 Foundation of Okmetic Oy, a joint venture of Nokia and Outokumpu
1981 Pilot production line in Helsinki University of Technology and first silicon crystal
1973 Beginning of operations in the form of research and pilot projects

1996

Export Award granted by the President of Finland