I am now long MSSCorps (6830) ~$1.4B MC
This appears to be a functional monopoly in CPO for inspection.
But markets might have conflated that with Material/Failure Analysis with MA-tek and iST (oligopoly).
For customers from mapping:
1. $TSM
2. $NVDA
3. $AAPL
4. $AMAT
5. $LRCX
6. $ASML
7. $INTC
And high probability $AVGO, MediaTek, Samsung, $MRVL, and others (they did mention EU too).
If you're curious:
- Taipei times names TSM as a client that Msscorps provides them with advanced material and failure analysis and name drops Apple, Nvidia, Lam, AMAT (also S/O to Latent for doing DD with me on this. there's other supply chain relationships to Nvidia through things like linkedin)
- For $AMSL, Taipei Times, Sept 10, 2024 "ASML adopted Msscorps' ultra-sensitive materials analysis of photoresists"
For Intel - Material analysis lab MSSCORPS has secured orders from major manufacturers such as Nvidia and Intel (Industrial Technology Research).
For inspection (non-destructive infrared (IR) leakage detection), they're a monopoly.
And have aggressively used litigation (like the Enli Tech lawsuit) to lock out rivals, which I view as a positive thing.
This creates massive pricing power with yields and every major player goes through them.
CPO inspection market is also extremely critical and like