Our History
Evolving with Advanced Manufacturing
For more than four decades, Brooks has supported the evolution of advanced manufacturing—growing alongside the industries it serves and adapting as technologies, processes, and customer needs have changed.
From early semiconductor automation to today’s complex manufacturing environments, Brooks’ history reflects a consistent focus on solving real production challenges through engineering discipline, system-level thinking, and long-term partnership.
Foundations in Semiconductor Automation
Brooks’ origins are rooted in semiconductor manufacturing, where the need for precise, reliable automation first emerged as device complexity and production scale increased. Early solutions focused on improving material handling, tool integration, and operational consistency inside demanding fab environments.
These foundational experiences established the engineering principles that continue to guide Brooks today: designing automation that performs reliably under real production conditions, not just in controlled settings.
Evolving with Manufacturing Technology Cycles
As semiconductor manufacturing advanced through multiple technology generations, Brooks expanded its automation capabilities to address new challenges—higher throughput requirements, tighter tolerances, contamination control, and increasingly integrated tool architectures.
Over time, Brooks applied this experience to adjacent markets, including laboratory automation and industrial applications, where similar demands for precision, reliability, and scalability exist. Each expansion was driven by customer needs and grounded in proven manufacturing realities.
Scaling Globally with Customers
As customers’ operations expanded worldwide, Brooks grew alongside them—building a global footprint of engineering, manufacturing, service, and support teams. This presence enables Brooks to work closely with customers across regions while maintaining consistent engineering standards and operational execution.
Long-term partnerships and sustained collaboration have been central to Brooks’ growth, reinforcing a shared focus on uptime, yield, and performance at scale.
Positioned for the Next Generation of Manufacturing
Today, Brooks supports some of the most advanced manufacturing environments in the world, where complexity continues to increase and performance margins continue to narrow. Emerging demands—from advanced packaging to AI-driven manufacturing—require automation solutions that integrate seamlessly, operate reliably, and evolve over time.
Brooks’ history of adapting through multiple technology cycles positions the company to continue supporting customers as manufacturing challenges grow more complex and interconnected.
A Continuity of Engineering Discipline
Across every stage of its history, Brooks has maintained a consistent engineering approach: solving problems where they exist, designing for real-world constraints, and delivering solutions that perform reliably at production scale.
That continuity—more than any single milestone—defines Brooks’ role in advanced manufacturing today.
