Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. reports recurring developments in semiconductor assembly technology, including capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices. The company serves automotive, compute, industrial, memory and communications markets, with business areas tied to ball bonding, wedge bonding, advanced solutions, and aftermarket products and services.
News for KLIC commonly covers quarterly financial results, business outlook updates, conference-call schedules, dividends, and product portfolio expansion. Recent company updates have addressed memory-focused interconnect solutions, the ProMEM suite, advanced thermo-compression and hybrid bonding, vertical wire technologies, power semiconductor assembly, advanced dispense, and the ASTERION™-TW ultrasonic terminal welding system for power module manufacturing.
Kulicke & Soffa (KLIC) has been selected for the 2026 SEMI Award for North America for its fluxless thermocompression bonding technology. Presented during the CEO Summit Keynotes at SEMICON West, the award recognizes the company's formic acid in-situ bonding process.
The process combines plasma pre-cleaning with oxide reduction during bonding, avoiding the need for flux. Kulicke & Soffa says the technology simplifies manufacturing and reduces production costs while enabling customers to pursue interconnect pitches below 10 microns, the spacing between connections. It supports wafer-level, substrate-level and panel-level manufacturing and forms part of the company's advanced packaging roadmap.
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) reports that its advanced packaging portfolio, including Thermo-Compression Bonding (TCB) solutions, is being used to support emerging Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) architectures critical for next-generation AI, cloud and high-performance networking infrastructure.
According to Kulicke & Soffa, its Fluxless Thermo-Compression (FTC) systems, offering integrated plasma and formic-acid options, are already deployed in several advanced heterogeneous-integration applications, including leading-edge logic, high-bandwidth memory and advanced networking. The company plans to showcase key features of its expanding Advanced Solutions portfolio at SEMICON Taiwan from September 2–4, 2026.
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.205 per share of common stock. The dividend is scheduled to be paid on October 7, 2026 to shareholders of record as of September 17, 2026.
Kulicke and Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) appointed Dr. Raj Talluri as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2026, and elected him to its Board of Directors effective August 17, 2026. Interim CEO and CFO Lester A. Wong will remain Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
According to the company, Dr. Talluri previously served as President, CEO and director of Enovix, and held senior leadership roles at Micron Technology, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies and Texas Instruments. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) reported fiscal Q3 2026 net revenue of $330.4 million, up from $148.4 million a year ago and $242.6 million in Q2 2026. GAAP net income was $57.4 million, or $1.07 diluted EPS, versus a loss of $0.06 per share in Q3 2025. Non-GAAP net income was $64.2 million, or $1.20 diluted EPS. Gross margin reached 47.8%.
According to the company, Q3 GAAP operating income was $68.3 million (20.7% margin) and non-GAAP operating income was $75.8 million (22.9% margin). Operating cash flow was $45.2 million and adjusted free cash flow was $41.0 million. The company repurchased 5.0 thousand shares for $0.5 million and continued a quarterly dividend of $0.205 per share. For Q4 2026, Kulicke & Soffa guides net revenue to about $375 million ± $20 million, GAAP diluted EPS of $1.29 ±10%, and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.42 ±10%.
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) will hold a conference call to discuss its third fiscal quarter 2026 financial results and business outlook on Thursday, August 6, 2026, at 8:00 am ET. The company plans to release these results on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, after 4:00 pm ET.
Investors can join via phone at +1-877-407-8037 (US) or +1-201-689-8037 (international), or through a live webcast at investor.kns.com. A replay will be available until August 19, 2026 using replay ID 13757798.
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) announced that its board approved a quarterly dividend of $0.205 per common share. The dividend is payable on July 8, 2026 to shareholders of record as of June 18, 2026.
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) reported fiscal Q2 2026 results for the quarter ended April 4, 2026: net revenue $242.6M, GAAP net income $35.1M (GAAP diluted EPS $0.66) and non-GAAP net income $42.1M (non-GAAP diluted EPS $0.79).
Gross margin was 49.3%. Management said capex will rise from ~$12M to ~$22M in FY2026 to expand Thermo-Compression bonding production, supporting up to ~$400M of annual TCB system sales. Q3 revenue outlook: ~$310M ±$20M.
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ:KLIC) will host a conference call to discuss second fiscal quarter 2026 financial results and business outlook on May 7, 2026, at 8:00 AM ET. The company will release Q2 2026 results on May 6, 2026, at ~4:00 PM ET.
Dial-in numbers, a live webcast and replay will be available; the replay is accessible through May 21, 2026 using replay ID 13757797.
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ:KLIC) expanded its memory interconnect portfolio with the ProMEM suite, Vertical Wire, APTURA-based Fluxless Thermo-Compression (FTC) and Hybrid Bonding developments to address higher-density DRAM and NAND assembly.
ProMEM can enable up to 20% higher throughput; the company expects its TCB business to grow ~70% sequentially in fiscal 2026. KLIC will exhibit at SEMICON China, March 25–27, 2026 (booth N3-3431).