PVA TePla AG engages in the provision of high-tech solutions in the fields of materials technology and metrology. It operates under the Semiconductor Systems and Industrial Systems segments. The Semiconductor Systems segment includes crystal growing systems, metrology systems for quality control, and plasma systems for removing surface contamination from wafers. The Industrial Systems segment focuses the production, refinement, and inspection of innovative materials for surface treatment, cleaning and inspection, and for monitoring production processes, which are specially configured to meet the requirements and needs of other industries such as the medical, electrical, and tool industries. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Wettenberg, Germany.