Company profile
Scanwel
Supplies and supports vacuum and thin-film deposition equipment for semiconductor applications from Bala, Gwynedd.
Company overview
Scanwel supplies and supports specialist vacuum and thin-film deposition equipment from its base at the Enterprise Park in Bala, Gwynedd. The company represents and supports equipment used across semiconductor research and production, including sputtering, chemical vapour deposition, electron-beam evaporation and rapid thermal annealing systems. Its partnership with Angstrom Engineering explicitly covers semiconductor applications, with UK technical and applications support provided from Wales. Alongside deposition systems, Scanwel supplies vacuum components, instrumentation and service support to universities, research institutes and industrial laboratories. Founded in 1973, the business gives UK semiconductor and thin-film organisations a local source of process equipment, spares and applications expertise, with its workshop and support operation based in North Wales.
Semiconductor activity
Primary capability: Semiconductor Equipment Services / Supply.
Technologies and capabilities
- Sputtering
- Chemical vapour deposition
- Electron-beam evaporation
- Rapid thermal annealing
- Vacuum technology
Thin-film deposition systems; Vacuum components; Applications support; Service and spares
Markets served
- Semiconductor research
- Thin-film processing
- Universities and research institutes
- Industrial laboratories
UK presence
Bala, Wales.
Sources and verification
Last verified: 2026-11-02