20-21 April
Silicon Valley

Thomas Stenger is Senior Vice President, heading the Functional Materials Business Line at Heraeus Precious Metals. He holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and has 20 years of experience in the precious metals industry. He served in various roles, always dedicated to enhancing Heraeus’ materials business across diverse sectors such as Automotive, Medical, PV, or Semiconductor. Thomas is dedicated to driving innovation and developing material solutions that empower industries to achieve the next technological advancements.
Heraeus Precious Metals is globally leading in the precious metals industry. The company is part of the Heraeus Group and covers the value chain from trading to precious metals products to refining and recycling. It has extensive expertise in all platinum group metals as well as gold and silver. With more than 3,000 employees at 17 sites worldwide, Heraeus Precious Metals offers a broad portfolio of products that are essential for many industries such as the automotive, chemicals, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, hydrogen and jewelry industry.
Heraeus offers top-quality solutions and products based on many years of experience and technical expertise. They are a reliable development partner for customers and find the best solutions for their requirements. One area for precious metals in semiconductors is the use of special alloys for semiconductor wafer testing, also known as probing. Heraeus offers a wide range of probe pin materials, from precipitation-hardened PdAgCu alloys to high-strength PtNi alloys. Probe pin materials made by Heraeus can be applied to any probe card type.