MKS competitors, on the record
The companies MKS itself names as competitors in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, each with the sentence it appears in and the filing it came from.
Who MKS names
| Company | Named in |
|---|---|
| Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 2025 |
| Almex Technologies Inc. | 2025 |
| Amplitude Laser Group | 2025 |
| Brooks Instrument | 2025 |
| Coherent Corp. | 2025 |
| EdgeWave GmbH | 2025 |
| Element Solutions Inc. | 2025 |
| EO Technics Co., Ltd. | 2025 |
| Excelitas Technologies Corp. | 2025 |
| Hitachi Ltd. | 2025 |
| Horiba Ltd. | 2025 |
| Inficon, Inc. | 2025 |
| IPG Photonics Corporation | 2025 |
| JCU International, Inc. | 2025 |
| Jenoptik AG | 2025 |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc. | 2025 |
| Manz Asia | 2025 |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 2025 |
| Okuno Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | 2025 |
| PI miCos GmbH | 2025 |
| Process Automation International Limited | 2025 |
| Qnity Electronics, Inc. | 2025 |
| Schmid Group | 2025 |
| Sigma Koki Co., Ltd. | 2025 |
| Thorlabs, Inc. | 2025 |
| Top Creation Machines Co., Ltd. | 2025 |
| Trumpf Group | 2025 |
| Universal Circuit Board Equipment Co., Ltd. | 2025 |
| Uyemura | 2025 |
| VAT, Inc. | 2025 |
| Via Mechanics, Ltd. | 2025 |
In its own words
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
Word for word“For example, in VSD, Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. offers products that compete with our power solutions, plasma and reactive gas and sensing products.” 10-K for 2025
Almex Technologies Inc., Manz Asia, Process Automation International Limited, Schmid Group, Top Creation Machines Co., Ltd., Universal Circuit Board Equipment Co., Ltd.
Word for word“Schmid Group, Process Automation International Limited, Top Creation Machines Co., Ltd., Universal Circuit Board Equipment Co., Ltd., Almex Technologies Inc. and Manz Asia offer products that compete with our plating equipment products.” 10-K for 2025
Amplitude Laser Group, EdgeWave GmbH, IPG Photonics Corporation, Lumentum Holdings Inc., Trumpf Group
Word for word“In PSD, Trumpf Group, Lumentum Holdings Inc., IPG Photonics Corporation, EdgeWave GmbH and Amplitude Laser Group offer products that compete with our laser products.” 10-K for 2025
Brooks Instrument, Hitachi Ltd., Horiba Ltd., VAT, Inc.
Word for word“Hitachi Ltd., Horiba Ltd., Brooks Instrument and VAT, Inc. offer products that compete with our materials delivery solutions products.” 10-K for 2025
Coherent Corp., Excelitas Technologies Corp., Jenoptik AG, Thorlabs, Inc.
Word for word“Coherent Corp., Excelitas Technologies Corp., Jenoptik AG and Thorlabs, Inc. offer products that compete with our laser and photonics products.” 10-K for 2025
Element Solutions Inc., JCU International, Inc., Okuno Chemical Industries Co., Ltd., Qnity Electronics, Inc., Uyemura
Word for word“In MSD, Element Solutions Inc., Qnity Electronics, Inc., Uyemura, JCU International, Inc. and Okuno Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. offer products that compete with our chemistry products.” 10-K for 2025
EO Technics Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Via Mechanics, Ltd.
Word for word“Our laser-based systems for PCB manufacturing primarily compete with laser-based systems provided by Via Mechanics, Ltd., EO Technics Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.” 10-K for 2025
Inficon, Inc.
Word for word“Inficon, Inc. offers products that compete with our pressure and vacuum control solutions products.” 10-K for 2025
PI miCos GmbH, Sigma Koki Co., Ltd.
Word for word“Sigma Koki Co., Ltd. and PI miCos GmbH offer products that compete with our photonics products.” 10-K for 2025
Read from MKS’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-24. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.