Semiconductor Manufacturing

Tight-tolerance components for semiconductor capital equipment, wafer handling systems, process tooling, and telecommunications hardware.

Semiconductor

Precision and Production Flexibility for
Semiconductor and Telecom OEMs

Components for wafer handling systems, process chambers, and vacuum equipment require flatness, parallelism, and positional tolerances held across large surfaces, in materials that range from aluminum to engineered plastics to refractory metals that most shops prefer not to quote. Dimensional variation that would be acceptable in other industries can shut down a fab line in this one.

Three facilities in the platform have long-running histories with this industry. Accu-Tool has machined semiconductor customers’ parts for more than 30 years, working in refractory metals and engineered plastics that most shops decline to quote.

Bergeron Machine has produced small-diameter Swiss-turned components for semiconductor programs since 1948. Strom Manufacturing has run lights-out production for these customers since 1974, with pallet-equipped machining centers built for consistent, predictable throughput.

The platform’s combination of Swiss machining, multi-axis milling, EDM, and integrated inspection covers the range of part types semiconductor OEMs need across a single supply chain. For telecommunications programs, Compass has a track record in the intricate tooling required to produce optical fibers, where close tolerances in extremely hard materials are the core technical requirement. That same process depth carries over directly to telecom applications.

Cleanroom technician holding a semiconductor wafer

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Certifications and Compliance for Semiconductor and Telecom Programs

Facilities serving semiconductor and telecom programs maintain ISO 9001:2015 quality systems, with several also holding AS9100D and ITAR registration for programs that overlap with aerospace and defense requirements.

  • AS9100D: Aerospace quality management system
  • ITAR: International Traffic in Arms Regulations compliance
  • CMMC: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, Level 2 where held
  • ISO 9001:2015: Base quality management system, maintained across all 11 platform facilities
LocationMachiningTurningEDMSecondaryMetrologyFabricationCertifications
3-Axis4-Axis5-AxisHorizontalAutomationCNCMill/TurnSwissHole PopperSinkerWireGrindingHeat TreatFinishingCMMSPCVisionAssemblyBendingLaserStampingWeldingAS9100DISO 9001:2015CMMCITAR
Accu-Tool
Apex, NC		●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Advanced Machining
Salisbury, NC		●●●●●●●●●●●●●○●
Bergeron Machine
Westford, MA		●●●●●●●○●
Douglas Machining
Winona, MN		●●●●●●●●●●●●
Gray Manufacturing
Denver, NC		●●●●●●●●●●●●○●
Pocasset Machine
Bourne, MA		●●●●●●●●
Quality Products
Charlotte, NC		●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●○●●●
R&D Machine
Oldsmar, FL		●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Strom Manufacturing
North Plains, OR		●●●●●●●●●○
Tri-Tec Industries
Charlotte, NC		●●●●●●●
Trutron Corporation
Troy, MI		●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Semiconductor

Machining for Semiconductor
and Telecom Applications

Machinist operating a multi-axis CNC machining center

Machining Processes

  • Multi-axis milling with palletized systems running lights-out for consistent output on recurring semiconductor programs
  • Small-diameter Swiss machining, 1/8 inch to 1-1/4 inch diameter, with guide-bushing accuracy for dimensional consistency conventional turning cannot hold at production volume
  • Wire EDM for precision apertures, slots, and profiles in aluminum and difficult-to-machine materials
  • Broad material capability: engineered plastics, aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, nickel-based superalloys, molybdenum, tungsten, and TZM, refractory metals that narrow the field of shops equipped to machine them
CMM touch probe inspecting a precision-machined part

Secondary Operations & Inspection

  • Assembly, graining, vibratory deburring, PEM hardware installation, plating, anodizing, powder coating, and silkscreening
  • Integrated metrology with full dimensional validation, GD&T inspection, and customer-specific reporting throughout production, not only at final inspection
Semiconductor wafer processing equipment

Semiconductor

Standard Semiconductor Parts

  • Wafer Carriers, End Effectors, And Handling Fixtures
  • Process Chamber Components And Gas Distribution Plates
  • Vacuum Chucks, Sensor Mounts, And Optics Housings
  • Thermal Management Hardware And Heat Spreaders For Led And Electronic Devices
  • Precision Tooling For Optical Fiber Production
  • Telecom Hardware Components And Precision Connectors
  • Semiconductor Equipment Subassemblies Requiring Combined Machined And Fabricated Elements

Semiconductor

Scale and Consistency Across
a Single Supply Chain

Semiconductor programs cycle. When demand drops, suppliers get consolidated, and when it surges, lead times compress. Compass Precision facilities have the distributed capacity to absorb those shifts without customers requalifying a new shop each time requirements change.

Programs route to the facility best positioned to run them based on process capability, material expertise, and available capacity.
Program requirements stay on the same quality system throughout. No requalification, no new documentation trail, no break in the customer relationship when work moves between locations.

Semiconductor capital equipment programs also tend to involve components that cut across multiple process types. A single assembly might require Swiss-turned fasteners, precision-milled aluminum housings, and EDM tooling inserts. The Compass Precision platform handles all three without the customer coordinating separate supplier relationships for each, and the quality documentation covers the full assembly rather than arriving in pieces from separate vendors.

Precision measuring instruments on an inspection bench

Semiconductor

Demonstrated Experience in This Industry

Accu-Tool has machined for semiconductor customers for more than 30 years from its facility in Apex, NC, working in engineered plastics and refractory metals such as molybdenum, tungsten, and TZM for semiconductor capital equipment, materials most shops actively avoid quoting. That reputation came with the shop when it joined the Compass Precision platform in May 2026.

Bergeron Machine in Westford, MA has manufactured Swiss-turned components for semiconductor customers since 1948, producing small-diameter components, 1/8 inch to 1-1/4 inch, in Inconel, Monel, titanium, and other difficult materials with the guide-bushing accuracy semiconductor programs require. In December 2025, Bergeron added a Tornos MultiSwiss 8×26, an eight-spindle configuration reaching 8,000 RPM in a few tenths of a second, expanding the shop’s capacity for high-volume semiconductor production programs.

Strom Manufacturing in North Plains, Oregon has operated in lights-out production mode since 1974. Palletized horizontal and vertical machining centers give semiconductor customers short, predictable lead times across recurring programs.

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