Pure Wafer

Pure Wafer

Pure Wafer operates as a silicon product and reclaim services company headquartered in San Jose, California. The firm is led by CEO S. Mark Borowicz, who previously held executive roles at Nanometrics and KLA-Tencor. The company also maintains facilities in Prescott, Arizona and Vancouver, Washington. Pure Wafer provides virgin silicon wafer sales, wafer reclaim services (offering 34nm reclaim capability), and specialty thin film deposition. The company added 10k/month capacity at its Arizona plant and completed a class 1 cleanroom expansion with a Surfscan SP3 metrology tool. Pure Wafer also serves as the official exclusive worldwide reseller of films for Lam Research, a major semiconductor equipment maker. Customer relationships include semiconductor manufacturers in North America, Asia, and Europe. The company does not publicly disclose AUM, deployment, or ownership structure. The executive team includes five named principals with backgrounds at Nanometrics, KLA-Tencor, and other semiconductor firms. In 2024, Pure Wafer received a newly created Indirect Supplier Award for 2024 from Lam Research (per firm website). Pure Wafer's structural differentiator is its position as a US-based silicon reclaim specialist with direct OEM relationships — notably its exclusive reseller arrangement with Lam Research — that competitors may lack. Its Arizona cleanroom expansion and capacity addition demonstrate active capital deployment in semiconductor supply chain resilience.