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Jan 13, 2026

Covalent Metrology Rebrands as Covalent to Reflect Expanded Capabilities and Focus on Material Insights

Sunnyvale, California, Wednesday, August 14, 2025 - Covalent Metrology today announced it has rebranded as Covalent and launched a new website reflecting a broader scope of products and services. The new, simpler branding reflects Covalent’s evolution into the most comprehensive and modern supplier of characterization, imaging, consulting and failure analysis services for product development teams…

Aug 20, 2025

Covalent Acquires Materials Characterization Services (MAT-CS), Expanding Its North-American Lab Partner Network

Sunnyvale, Calif. – Thursday, August 21, 2025 – Covalent, a leading provider of advanced analytical and metrology services, has acquired Materials Characterization Services (MAT-CS), an Austin-based analytical services supplier. MAT-CS provides scientists and engineers with the techniques necessary to meet their materials analysis requirements by managing high-value materials testing via a nationwide network of laboratories.…

Mar 25, 2025

Covalent Announces Exclusive Partnership with Toray Research Center to Expand Advanced Materials Analysis Services

Sunnyvale, CA – March 26, 2025 – Covalent, a leading analytical services company based in the heart of the Silicon Valley, has announced a strategic, exclusive North American partnership with Toray Research Center, a premier research and analysis firm based in Japan. This collaboration expands Covalent’s service offerings, providing clients with access to Toray Research…

Feb 26, 2025

Covalent Welcomes Richard Gottscho as Board Member

Sunnyvale, CA – 2/26/2025 – Covalent, a leading provider of cutting-edge metrology and analytical services, is pleased to announce that Dr. Richard A. Gottscho has joined the company as a Member of the company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Gottscho brings extensive leadership experience in semiconductor technology and materials science, further strengthening Covalent’s mission to revolutionize…

Oct 23, 2024

Covalent Appoints Dr. Fuhe Li as Vice President and General Manager of Materials, Chemistry, and Surfaces (MCS) Analysis Division

Dr. Li joins the executive leadership at Covalent to support continuing growth in the MCS division. October 23, 2024 – Sunnyvale, CA. Covalent, North America’s premier metrology and characterization services provider, has hired industry veteran Dr. Fuhe Li to join the company in the newly created role of Vice President, General Manager of the Materials,…

Jul 30, 2024

Covalent Promotes Pralav Shetty to VP and GM of Electron Microscopy and Failure Analysis

Dr. Shetty will continue to grow Covalent in its analytical electron microscopy and multidisciplinary problem-solving capabilities. July 30, 2024 – Sunnyvale, CA. Covalent, a leading North American provider of premiere analytical services and metrology solutions, announces the appointment of Pralav Shetty, Ph.D., P.E. as Vice President and General Manager of Electron Microscopy and Failure Analysis…

Jul 09, 2024

Covalent Hires Aram Sarkissian as New Vice President of Growth and Strategy

Aram joins Covalent with proven experience in the test and analytical services lab space as Covalent looks to continue its impressive growth trajectory July 9, 2024 – Sunnyvale, CA. Throughout 2024, Covalent has made considerable strides in elevating customers’ experience by developing new tools and systems that make it easier than ever for its clients to…

Sep 27, 2023

Covalent Installs Acoustic Microscope From PVATePla for Imaging Internal Device Defects

The new SAM-302HD2 from PVATePla will accelerate time-to-data for scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) and failure analysis services at Covalent. September 27, 2023 Sunnyvale, CA. Covalent, a premiere North American provider of modern analytical services, has installed a new acoustic microscope from its partner, PVA TePla OKOS, a global leader in systems engineering and the development…

May 31, 2023

Covalent Joins the Silicon Catalyst In-Kind Partner Ecosystem

Covalent brings 100+ modern semiconductor metrology techniques to the incubator's network to empower next-generation start-ups May 31, 2023 - Silicon Valley, California. Silicon Catalyst, an incubator exclusively focused on accelerating semiconductor solutions, announced that Covalent has joined as a new member of its In-Kind Partner ecosystem. Covalent, a leading provider of premier analytical services in…

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