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Passion for Precision

Ready to go the extra mile for your success.

Do you have high demands on quality, flatness, and efficiency?

Challenge accepted. The constantly increasing demands of new materials for outstanding results are part of our everyday lives, which we meet with experience and know-how from many industrial sectors, individual and series production, small companies, and international corporations.

Through intensive research and development in engineering, mechatronics, and process technology, as well as through cooperation with our customers and many research institutes and the intensive exchange of experience between our subsidiaries, we are constantly consolidating our technological leadership.

Standorte von Lapmaster Wolters auf der Weltkarte

Team spirit and precision for success

Anyone who values precision looks to Lapmaster Wolters

Whether in sales, production, research & development, service, or administration. It is always people who determine the international success of Lapmaster Wolters. Competence, commitment, and team spirit strengthen our outstanding market position and technology leadership today, tomorrow, and beyond in numerous multinational projects and collaborations.

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Of pioneers and innovators

For us, tradition and innovation are not mutually exclusive.

We still look back on our tradition with pride today. We honor the legacy of our founder, Johann Peter Wolters, with more than just a few charming mementos. His values are still part of our DNA, giving us orientation in an ever faster-changing world. So, we effortlessly balance virtues such as commitment, motivation, diligence, agility, flexibility, and internationality.

2024
Asset Deal with Revasum
2021
The production of wire saws has been relocated from Switzerland to Rendsburg, Germany
2019
Acquisition of the wafering division of Meyer Burger in Switzerland
2014
Lapmaster takes over Peter Wolters GmbH and subsequently changes its name to Lapmaster Wolters
2007
Lapmaster relocates to new facility in Mount Prospect, IL (Lapmaster)
2005
Established Lapmaster China Shenyang (Lapmaster)
2004
Takeover of Peter Wolters by Lam Research
2004
Established Lapmaster India Chennai (Lapmaster)
2003
Management Buyout (Lapmaster)
2001
Deburring machines become part of the Peter Wolters product portfolio
1996
Delivery of the first series of Peter Wolters CMP machines for processing structured wafers
1980
Development of a saw, based on wire technology (Meyer Burger)
1970
Development of inner diameter saw and start of cutting of silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry (Meyer Burger)
1965
The first machine series for the semiconductor industry will be sold to Wacker
1961
Delivery of the first lapping machine for silicon wafers to the Wacker company
1960
Established Japanese Joint Venture (Lapmaster)
1954
Established Lapmaster UK (Lapmaster)
1948
Established as division of John Crane in Chicago, IL (Lapmaster)
1936
Start of licensed production of fine grinding, lapping, and polishing machines
1804
The foundation of the company by Mr. Johann Peter Wolters

Precision meets partnership

A model for success

Customers in high-tech industries have one thing above all else - specific needs. We develop the right solution regardless of the task, industry, material, or market. From the initial idea to machine commissioning, maintenance, and service. As standardized as necessary, and as individual as possible.