EV Group Continues to Top Customer Rankings in TechInsights 2026 Customer Satisfaction Survey with Fourteenth Consecutive Triple Crown Win of Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards

EVG once again achieves Five Star rating across all participating award categories, including first-place finishes in “Global Semiconductor Supplier” segments, lithography equipment, and specialty fab equipment

ST. FLORIAN, Austria, July 21, 2026—EV Group (EVG), a leading provider of innovative process solutions and expertise serving leading-edge and future semiconductor designs and chip integration schemes, today announced that it has once again topped the rankings in the 2026 TechInsights Semiconductor Supplier Awards following results of TechInsights’ 2026 Customer Satisfaction Survey. 

EVG was voted by customers as one of the Top 10 Customer Service Focused Suppliers of Chip Making Equipment and one of the Top Suppliers of Fab Equipment and WFE to Specialty Chip Makers. In addition, EVG achieved a Five Star rating across all participating award categories, including first place finishes in Fab Equipment, WFE to Specialty Chip Makers, Lithography Equipment, and Specialty Fab Equipment (for wafer bonding). As a result, once again EVG received awards for three major customer satisfaction award groups, marking the 14th year in a row that it has achieved this feat.

According to TechInsights, customers rated EVG best at partnering, recommended supplier, trust in supplier, technical leadership, application support, quality of results, and product performance. In total, EVG was recognized by customers in the following award categories: 

  • Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards – Top 10 Customer Service – Focused Suppliers of Chip Making Equipment
  • Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards – Fab Equipment
  • Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards – WFE to Specialty Chip Makers
  • Global #1 in Fab Equipment
  • Global #1 in WFE to Specialty Chip Makers
  • Global #1 in Lithography Equipment
  • Global #1 in Specialty Fab Equipment 

A white paper detailing EVG’s survey results issued by TechInsights is available here.

“EV Group’s 14th consecutive Triple Crown win is an extraordinary achievement and demonstrates the company’s consistent ability to deliver exceptional value to its customers,” stated G. Dan Hutcheson, vice chair of TechInsights. “This year, EVG earned the highest overall scores among all fab equipment suppliers in 12 of the survey’s 14 performance categories, reflecting remarkable consistency across nearly every area customers evaluated. Survey participants repeatedly highlighted the company’s application expertise and process development support, citing EVG’s ‘excellent tools and incomparable support’ as well as ‘high reliability for both equipment and personnel.’ Recent advances such as EVG’s collaboration with imec on wafer-to-wafer hybrid bonding with a 200-nm interconnect pitch and record sub-40-nm overlay accuracy further illustrate the depth of the company’s technical leadership.”

“Earning this level of recognition from our customers year after year is something we never take for granted,” stated Hermann Waltl, executive sales and customer support director at EV Group. “It is especially meaningful because it reflects the long-standing relationships we’ve built with our customers. From early process development through high-volume manufacturing, our focus has always been on helping customers solve their most challenging manufacturing problems. We believe that close collaboration during the earliest stages of technology development lays the foundation for long-term manufacturing success. Combined with our global network of field service and applications engineering teams across Europe, North America and Asia, this commitment enables us to work closely with customers wherever they operate and deliver the technologies, expertise and local support they need to bring the next generation of semiconductor innovations to market.”

EVG offers a complete portfolio of wafer-level manufacturing solutions for a wide variety of micro- and nanotechnology applications and products, addressing established as well as emerging markets. The company’s field-proven equipment, combined with EVG’s superior process expertise and development support, enable its global customer base to stay one step ahead of the competition.

About the TechInsights Customer Satisfaction Survey

TechInsights asked its subscribers worldwide to rate equipment suppliers based on their technical capabilities and customer experience. The survey covered 14 key performance criteria including commitment, trust in supplier, application expertise, post-sales support, quality of results and more. Conducted over two and a half months and offered in five languages, the survey garnered 1,201 results, securing 15,490 total rating responses. It received feedback from more than 43% of the chip market and 58% of subsystems customers.

About TechInsights 

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About EV Group (EVG)

EV Group (EVG) provides innovative process solutions and expertise that serve leading-edge and future semiconductor designs and chip integration schemes. The company’s vision of being the first in exploring new techniques and supporting next-generation applications of micro- and nanofabrication technologies enables customers to successfully commercialize new product ideas. EVG’s high-volume-manufacturing-ready products, which include wafer bonding, lithography, thin-wafer processing and metrology equipment, enable advances in semiconductor front-end scaling, 3D integration and advanced packaging, as well as in other electronics and photonics applications. More information about EVG is available at www.EVGroup.com.

Contacts:

Clemens Schütte
Director, Marketing and Communications
EV Group
Tel: +43 7712 5311 0
E-mail: Marketing@EVGroup.com

David Moreno
Principal
Open Sky Communications
Tel: +1.415.519.3915
E-mail: dmoreno@openskypr.com